Karen Brødsgaard (born 10 March 1978) is a former Danish team handball player and manager, and two times Olympic champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney[1] and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she was the captain of the team.[2]
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10 March 1978 Horsens, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Danish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Line player | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1998–2003 | Viborg HK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004 | Larvik HK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2007 | Ikast-Bording Elitehåndbold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2010 | Aalborg DH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998-2007 | Denmark | 140 | (288) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2010–2012 | Aalborg DH (assistant coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Alingsås HK (assistant coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | EH Aalborg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–22 | Odense Håndbold (assistant coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Odense Håndbold (interim head coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
With Viborg HK she won the Danish League four times in a row in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002, the EHF European League in 1999 and reached the EHF Champions League final in 2001.
Managing career
editKaren Brødsgaard ended her career at Aalborg DH, and immediately became an assistant coach, a position she held until 2012.
In 2016 Karen Brødsgaard became assistant coach for Alingsås HK men's team in Sweden.[3] In 2018 she switched to become the manager of EH Aalborg in Denmark.[4] EH Aalborg was at the time playing in the second tier the 1st Division. In her first season in charge Karen Brødsgaard managed to get them promoted to the top league.[5]
Her tenure at EH Aalborg did however not last long. During the following season (2019-2020), she announced her intention to leave the club to become assistant manager assistant manager of Odense Håndbold under Jan Pytlick the following season.[6] Only 6 days later she was fired at EH Aalborg, with the disappointing points accumulated cited as the reason.[7] At the time EH Aalborg was in last place in the league with only 5 points to their name. EH Aalborg was relegated that season.
During her tenure at Odense Håndhold she won the Danish Cup and the Danish league in the 2020-2021 season. After three years in Odense, they parted ways in 2022 when her contract expired.[8]
References
edit- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karen Brødsgaard". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 12 February 2008)
- ^ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 12 February 2008)
- ^ "Et særsyn: Jeg bliver betragtet som en træner, ikke som en kvinde". 9 March 2018.
- ^ "Karen Brødsgaard vender hjem til Danmark som træner - TV 2". 6 March 2018.
- ^ "Oprykning til HTH GO Ligaen". Elitehåndbold Aalborg. Retrieved 18 March 2018.[dead link]
- ^ "Karen Brødsgaard stopper i EH Aalborg: Skal være Pytlicks assistent". 19 February 2019.
- ^ "Karen Brødsgaard fyret i EH Aalborg". 25 February 2019.
- ^ "Karen Brødsgaard stopper i Odense - TV 2". 21 February 2022.
