Mette Vestergaard
Player information | |
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Full name | Mette Vestergaard Brandt |
Nickname | "Mus" |
birthday | November 27, 1975 |
place of birth | Tåstrup , Denmark |
citizenship | Danish |
height | 1.72 m |
Playing position | Back right |
Throwing hand | Left |
Club information | |
society | Career ended |
Clubs as active | |
from ... to | society |
- | Rødovre |
-2002 | FIF |
2002-2006 | FCK Håndbold |
2006-2013 | Lyngby HK |
National team | |
Debut on | February 23, 1995 |
against | Sweden |
Games (goals) | |
Denmark | 181 (519) |
Clubs as coaches | |
from ... to | society |
2014-2017 | HIK Håndbold (youth) |
As of September 26, 2019 |
Mette Vestergaard Brandt (born November 27, 1975 in Tåstrup ; born Mette Vestergaard Larsen ) is a former Danish handball player .
Career
Vestergaard initially played for Rødovre and later played with FIF in the Danish top division. From 2002 Vestergaard ran for FCK Håndbold , who had taken over the league license from FIF. In 2006, the back player ended her professional career and was then active in the amateur area of Lyngby HK. From 2009 the left-hander ran for the first women's team from Lyngby, which competed in the second highest Danish division. From 2011 she also worked as an assistant trainer in Lyngby. After the 2012/13 season, Vestergaard left the club and ended her career.
Vestergaard was a member of the Danish national team from 1995 . With Denmark she won gold medals at the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004 and the European Championships in 1996 and 2002.
Between 2014 and 2017 Vestergaard coached a youth team at HIK Håndbold. She has been the team manager of the Danish women's national team since 2015.
successes
- Gold medal at the 2000 Olympics, 2004
- European champion 1996, 2002
- Vice European Champion 1998
Awards
- Allstar-Team 2001 (WM)
- Top scorer of the Damehåndboldligaen 2000/01
Private
Mette Vestergaard has been married to the Dane Lars Brandt since 2005.
Web links
- Mette Vestergaard in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
- Mette Vestergaard in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b www.b.dk: Mette Vestergaard bedste back , accessed on 6 July 2013
- ↑ www.dillesport.dk: Det Danske hold til EM i håndbold for kvinder 1996 ( Memento of 14 December 2013, Internet Archive ), accessed on July 6, 2013
- ↑ www.haslund.info: Mette Vestergaard , accessed on December 24, 2017
- ↑ a b www.dhf.dk: Mette Vestergaard i ny landsholdsrolle ( Memento from July 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 9, 2015
- ↑ a b Mette Vestergaard Larsen ( Memento from June 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ politiken.dk: Dæmpede FCK-forventninger , accessed on 6 July 2013
- ↑ lyngby-taarbaek.lokalavisen.dk: Mette Vestergaard tager en sæson mere ( memento of January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on July 6, 2013
- ↑ lyngby-taarbaek.lokalavisen.dk: Mette Vestergaard fortsætter i Lyngby ( memento of February 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on July 6, 2013
- ↑ lokalavisen.dk: Seks nye til Lyngby Lyngby Håndbold Klub går styrket ind til the next sæson i first division ( Memento of 14 December 2013, Internet Archive ), accessed on October 9, 2013
- ↑ www.bt.dk: Vestergaard viser vejen , accessed on July 6, 2013
- ↑ dhb.de: European Championship Women , accessed on October 4, 2017
- ↑ haandbold.hik.dk: Mette Vestergaard ny U8 træner , accessed on September 12, 2014
- ↑ ubold.dk: HIK's trænere i sæsonen 2016/2017 er på plads ( Memento of October 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 4, 2017
- ↑ Mus med kænguruer i pungen ( Memento from May 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Vestergaard, Mette |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vestergaard Brandt, Mette (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish handball player and trainer |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1975 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tåstrup , Denmark |