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Karin Mortensen
Personal information
Born	(1977-09-26) 26 September 1977 (age 47) Horsens, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1998-2002	Horsens HK
2002-2006	Ikast/Bording EH
2006-2010	SK Aarhus
2010-2013	FIF
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000-2012	Denmark	233	(4)
Medal record Representing  Denmark Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team 2004 Athens Team European Championship 2002 Denmark Team 2004 Hungary Team

Karin Ørnhøj Mortensen (born 26 September 1977) is a former Danish team handball player and two times Olympic champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, as well as the 2002 European Women's Handball Championship where she was awarded the MVP award for the tournament.

She retired from the national team in September 2012. Having played 233 matches, she is the second most tenured player on the Danish Women's national team (second to Janne Kolling with 250 matches), and the most matches as Goalkeeper.

During her handball career, she educated herself as a physiotherapist and today she has a clinic in Copenhagen. Additionally, she has worked sporadically as a handball expert on Danish television.

References

1. Official squad 2012 Women’s EHF European Championship Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karin Mortensen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Full name: Karin Ørnhøj Mortensen
3. "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2008.
4. "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2008.
5. "Husker du håndboldstjernen Karin Mortensen? Det laver hun i dag". 6 December 2023.
6. Andersen, Patrick (15 September 2012). "Målmandsprofil stopper på landsholdet". Hbold.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
7. "Den store målvogter har forladt håndbolden" [The Great Goalkeeper has left handball]. Jyske Vestkysten. 25 September 2017.
8. "Karin Mortensen". Fysio360.
9. "Husker du håndboldstjernen Karin Mortensen? Det laver hun i dag" [Do you remember the handball star Karin Mortensen? This is what she does today.] (in Danish). Billed-bladet. 6 December 2023.

External links

• Karin Mortensen at the European Handball Federation (also at EHF Archive)
• Karin Mortensen at Olympedia (archive)
• Karin Oernhoej Mortensen at Olympics.com

Denmark squads

v t e Denmark squad – 2000 European Championship – 11th place  Daugaard 19 M. Hansen 8 P. Hansen 9 Kiærskou 13 Mortensen 12 Nielsen 3 Pedersen 16 Schmidt 1 Rantala 7 Roslyng 5 Vestergaard 10 Hørlykke 6 Jørgensen 4 Larsen 17 Skov 14 Mølgaard Coach: Pytlick v t e Denmark squad – Women's handball – 2000 Summer Olympics (2nd Title) 1 Rantala 2 Fruelund 4 Andersen 5 Vestergaard 6 Hoffmann 7 Roslyng 8 Bøttzau 9 Kolling (c) 11 Nielsen 12 Mortensen 13 Kiærskou 14 Grønbæk 15 Kjærgaard 16 Petersen 18 Brødsgaard Coach: Pytlick v t e Denmark squad – 2001 World Championship – 4th place K. Andersen Daugaard Fruelund Roslyng Hansen Hørlykke Kiærskou Mortensen Pedersen Rantala Schmidt Vestergaard Touray Johansen D. Andersen Melgaard Coach: Pytlick v t e Denmark squad – 2002 European Championship – Gold medal (3rd title) 2 D. Andersen 17 K. Andersen 18 Brødsgaard 19 Daugaard 15 Fruelund 7 Roslyng 9 Johansen 10 Hørlykke 12 Mortensen 11 Mølgaard 1 Rantala 21 Touray 5 Vestergaard 14 Jensen  Thomsen 16 Bager Nørgaard Coach: Pytlick v t e Denmark squad – Women's handball – 2004 Summer Olympics (3rd Title) 1 Nørgaard 2 Skov 4 Mikkelsen 5 Vestergaard 10 Hørlykke 11 Thomsen 12 Mortensen 13 Kiærskou 14 Jensen 15 Fruelund 16 Schmidt 17 Andersen 18 Brødsgaard (c) 19 Daugaard 21 Touray Coach: Pytlick v t e Denmark squad – 2004 European Championship – Silver medal 18 Brødsgaard (c) 10 Hørlykke 13 Knudsen 3 Mikkelsen 12 Mortensen 14 Mølgaard 6 Nielsen  Bager Nørgaard 4 Petersen 16 Schmidt 2 Skov 11 Thomsen 21 Touray 5 Danielsen 15 Sjøberg 19 Tobiasen Coach: Pytlick v t e Denmark squad – 2005 World Championship – 4th place Andersen Brødsgaard (c) Fruelund Hørlykke Knudsen K. Mortensen Nielsen Schmidt Sjøberg Touray Vestergaard Wangsøe Bille-Hansen L. Mortensen Lund Nielsen Thomsen Coach: Pytlick v t e Denmark squad – 2006 European Championship – 11th place 19 Bille-Hansen 1 Bager Due 15 Fruelund 3 Rønde Mikkelsen (c) 12 K. Mortensen 8 L. Mortensen 11 L. Lund Nielsen 4 R. Nielsen  Schmidt 6 Sjøberg 2 Skov 17 Thomsen  Troelsen 10 Bonde Christensen 7 Dalgaard 18 Kristensen 5 Svalastog Coach: Lyngholm v t e Denmark squad – 2008 European Championship – 11th place 2 Skov (c) 3 Kviesgaard 4 Thorsgaard 5 Augustesen 7 Grigel 8 L. Mortensen 9 Dalby 10 Mikkelsen 11 Lund Nielsen 12 K. Mortensen 13 Touray 14 Møller 15 Fruelund 16 Pedersen 17 Aaen 18 Kristensen 22 Troelsen Coach: Pytlick v t e Denmark squad – 2009 World Championship – 5th place 2 Melgaard 3 Kviesgaard 5 Augustesen 8 L. Mortensen 9 Dalby 10 Krogshede 11 Lund Nielsen 12 K. Mortensen (c) 15 Larsen 16 C. Pedersen 18 Kristensen 19 Jørgensen 21 Kristiansen 22 Troelsen 23 Kastrup 24 L. Pedersen Coach: Pytlick v t e Denmark squad – 2010 European Championship – 4th place 2 Melgaard 3 Kviesgaard 4 Thorsgaard 5 Augustesen 9 Dalby 10 Krogshede 12 Mortensen 14 Møller 15 Larsen (c) 16 Pedersen 17 Aaen 18 K. Kristensen 19 Jørgensen 22 Troelsen 23 Nørgaard 24 B. Kristensen 25 Skov Coach: Jan Pytlick v t e Denmark squad – 2011 World Championship – 4th place 1 Toft 2 Melgaard 3 Kviesgaard 4 Thorsgaard 7 Fisker 10 Krogshede 12 Mortensen 15 Larsen 16 Pedersen 18 Burgaard 19 L. Jørgensen 21 Kristiansen 22 Troelsen 23 Nørgaard 26 Spellerberg 28 S. Jørgensen Coach: Pytlick v t e Denmark squad – Women's handball – 2012 Summer Olympics – 9th place 2 Melgaard 4 Thorsgaard 9 Dalby 10 Krogshede 12 Mortensen 13 Bonde 15 Larsen 16 Pedersen 19 Jørgensen 22 Troelsen 23 Nørgaard 24 Kristensen 25 Skov 27 Burgaard Head Coach: Pytlick

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