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Freja Cohrt
Personal information
Full name Freja Cohrt Kyndbøl
Born (1994-01-20) 20 January 1994 (age 31)
Odense, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Left wing
Club information
Current club København Håndbold
Number 6
Youth career
Years Team
2003–2009
OH 77 Odense
2009–2010
HC Odense
2010–2011
Sportsefterskolen SINE
2011–2012
FC Midtjylland
Senior clubs
Years Team
2011–2012
FC Midtjylland
2012–2014
Randers HK
2014–2015
Skive fH
2015–2017
Silkeborg-Voel KFUM
2017–2023
Odense Håndbold
2023-
København Håndbold
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–
Denmark 28 (52)
Medal record
IHF Junior World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Croatia
IHF Youth World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2012 Montenegro
European Junior Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Denmark
European Youth Championship
Silver medal – second place 2011 Czech Republic

Freja Cohrt Kyndbøl (born 20 January 1994) is a Danish handball player for København Håndbold and the Danish national team.[1]

Career

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Youth teams

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Cohrt started playing handball at OH77 in the hometown, Odense.[2] Through HC Odense and the elite sport boarding school SINE, she joined the youth team of FC Midtjylland.[2]

Randers HK

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In 2012 she signed her first professional contract at Randers HK, where she debuted for the senior team in September against Team Esbjerg.[2]

Skive fH

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In 2014-15 she played a single season for Skive fH.[3] In April 2025 the team however decided to withdraw from the league due to financial difficulties.[4]

Silkeborg-Voel

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In 2015 she joined Silkeborg-Voel KFUM, and already in December the same year she signed a contract extension until 2018.[5] She did however decide to resign already in 2017 for personal reasons.[6]

Odense Håndbold

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In 2017 she joined Odense Håndbold, and became one of the key players at the team.[7] In 2020 she extended her contract until 2023.[7]

She was part of the Odense Håndbold team that won the Danish league back-to-back in 2021 and 2022. This was the first time Odense won the Danish Championship.[8]

København Håndbold

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In 2023 she joined København Håndbold after her contract expired at Odense.[9]

National team

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Cohrt had played 24 matches for the Danish junior national team and 40 matches for the Danish youth national team, before debuting for the Danish senior national team in November 2014.[2]

She represented Denmark at the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship in Japan, where Denmark finished 9th.[10]

Titles

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References

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  1. ^ "Freja Cohrt Kyndbol Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "Freja Cohrt" (in Danish). Europamester. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Freja Cohrt skifter til Skive" (in Danish). Fyens Stiftstidende. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  4. ^ Jacob Qvirin Petersen (15 April 2025). "Bekræftet: Skive trækker sit hold fra Dameligaen". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Cohrt: Ikke nogen svær beslutning" (in Danish). Silkeborg-Voel KFUM. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Freja Cohrt stopper til sommer" (in Danish). Silkeborg-Voel KFUM. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  7. ^ a b Niels Abildtrup (10 November 2020). "To år mere i den orange trøje - Freja Cohrt forlænger med Odense Håndbold" (in Danish). Fyens Stiftstidende.
  8. ^ "Odense vinder første DM-guld". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 29 May 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Odense Håndbold mister Freja Cohrt til sommer". ritzau (in Danish). Ugeavisen. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  10. ^ "Truppen til kvindernes VM i Japan er udtaget". Dansk Håndbold Forbund. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
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