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Line Gyldenløve

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Line Gyldenløve Kristensen
Line Gyldenløve at the 2019 European Beach Handball Championship
Personal information
Full name Line Gyldenløve Kristensen
Born (1987-04-17) 17 April 1987 (age 38)
Bjerringbro, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club Bjerringbro FH
Number 7
Youth career
Years Team
2005-2007
Bjerringbro FH
Senior clubs
Years Team
2007-
Bjerringbro FH
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–
Denmark Beach 122 (1225[1])
Medal record
Women's beach handball
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Muscat
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2019 Stare Jabłonki
Silver medal – second place 2013 Randers
Silver medal – second place 2011 Umag
World Beach Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Qatar Team
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 12 February 2025

Line Gyldenløve Kristensen (born 17. April 1987) is Danish handball player, who plays for Bjerringbro FH in the top Danish division, Damehåndboldligaen.[2] She has played her entire career for the club.

Outside of indoor handball she has also featured on the Danish beach handball national team. In 2019 she won both the World Beach Games in Doha[3] and the European Championship in Stare Jabłonki.[4] She was the first Danish player to reach both 100 games and 1000 points for the Danish beach handball national team.[2]

She has been named the player of the year in the Danish 1st Division twice; in 2018-19 and in 2020-21.[5][6] In the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons she was the top scorer in the Danish 1st division with 163 and 144 goals respectively.[7]

In the 2022-23 she was promoted to the Damehåndboldligaen with Bjerringbro FH for the first time the club's history.[8] In her first season in the Danish top league she was the top scorer with 173.[9] Just after the season she extended her contract at Bjerringbro.[9]

Outside the court

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Since 2022 she has been a member on the board of HåndboldSpillerForeningen, the Danish labour union for handball players.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Line Gyldenløve - DHF Statistik" (in Danish). Danish Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "DHDb > Line Gyldenløve" (in Danish). Damehåndbolddatabasen. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Danmark vinder guld i strandhåndbold" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Danmark tager dobbelt EM-guld i strandhåndbold" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Line Gyldenløve kåret til årets spiller i 1. division" (in Danish). europamester.dk. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Årets Kvindelige 1. Divisionsspiller". Divisionsforeningen Håndbold. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Line Gyldenløve Kristensen topscorer i 1. division" (in Danish). europamester.dk. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  8. ^ Fisker, Frida; Lauridsen, Lars (1 April 2023). "Historisk dag for Bjerringbro FH: Håndboldkvinder sikrer sig oprykning til ligaen" (in Danish). TV Midtvest. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  9. ^ a b "Bjerringbro FH forlænger aftale med kvindeligaens topscorer Line Gyldenløve". bfh.dk (in Danish). Bjerringbro FH. Retrieved 10 September 2024.