Rikke Poulsen (born 20 April 1986) is a former Danish handball player and current goalkeeping coach for Team Esbjerg.[1] She represented the Danish national team at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia.[2]

Career

She started playing handball at the age of 4 at her local club Ejsing Boldklub.[3]

At the 2013 World Championship, she was a part of the Danish team that won bronze medals, breaking a 9 year streak without medals for the Danish team. They beat Poland 30-26.[4]

In December 2016 she took a break from handball due to maternity leave.[5]

In the 2019-20 season she won the Danish Championship with Team Esbjerg.[6]

In 2021 she was named the MVP in the Danish Handball Cup[7] when she won the cup with Team Esbjerg.

In November 2021 she announced her retirement at the end of the season, but she was convinced to take one more season.[8] She retired in 2022 to become the goalkeeper coach at Team Esbjerg, where she was tasked with coaching the Danish national team keeper Anna Kristensen and the talent Amalie Milling.[9][1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Rikke Poulsen overgår til en anden rolle i Team Esbjerg". teamesbjerg.dk. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  2. ^ "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. ^ Lars Hedegård Nielsen (4 July 2018). "Landsholdsspilleren vendte hjem til Ejsing" (in Danish). Folkebladet Lemvig. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  4. ^ "Forbandelsen er brudt: Danmark vinder bronze". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  5. ^ "Viborgs Rikke Poulsen fällt für den Rest der Saison aus" (in German). handball-world.com. 31 December 2016.
  6. ^ Mikkel Asferg (6 November 2021). "Esbjerg-profil indstiller karrieren". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  7. ^ "Pokalfightere" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Nu er det slut: Rikke Poulsen stopper karrieren" (in Danish). Se og Hør. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  9. ^ "Rikke fra Ejsing stopper karrieren og bliver målmandstræner" (in Danish). Dagbladet Holstebro-Struer. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2025.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikke_Poulsen
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