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Born |
Horsens, Denmark | 10 March 1978|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
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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.
- ↑ "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)
- ↑ https://politiken.dk/sport/haandbold/art6371671/Et-s%C3%A6rsyn-Jeg-bliver-betragtet-som-en-tr%C3%A6ner-ikke-som-en-kvinde
- ↑ https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2018-03-06-karen-broedsgaard-vender-hjem-til-danmark-som-traener
- ↑ "Oprykning til HTH GO Ligaen". Elitehåndbold Aalborg. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ↑ https://www.tv2nord.dk/tv-2/karen-brodsgaard-stopper-i-eh-aalborg-skal-vaere-pytlicks-assistent
- ↑ https://www.tv2nord.dk/tv-2/karen-brodsgaard-fyret-i-eh-aalborg
- ↑ https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2022-02-21-karen-broedsgaard-stopper-i-odense