Karen Brødsgaard
Personal information
Born (1978-03-10) 10 March 1978
Horsens, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Playing position Line player
Senior clubs
Years Team
1998–2003
 Viborg HK
2004
 Larvik HK
2004–2007
 Ikast-Bording Elitehåndbold
2007–2010
 Aalborg DH
Teams managed
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
Women's handball
Representing  Denmark
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Team competition
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team competition
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2002 Denmark Team competition
Silver medal – second place 1998 Netherlands Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2004 Hungary Team competition

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]

Managing career

Karen 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

  • 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.
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