Lotte Kiærskou

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Lotte Kiærskou
Personal information
Born (1975-06-23) 23 June 1975 (age 48)
Frederikshavn, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Playmaker
Club information
Current club Retired
Youth career
Years Team
1981–1991
 Strandby/Elling
Senior clubs
Years Team
1991–2001
 Frederikshavn fI
2001–2005
 Viborg HK
2006–2008
 Randers HK
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2005
 Denmark 111 (414)
Teams managed
2006-2008
 Randers HK (as player-assistant coach)
 Overlund GF
2014-2015
 Viborg HK (assistant coach)
Medal record
Women's handball
Representing  Denmark
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Team
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 1998 Netherlands Team
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 19 April 2012

Lotte Kiærskou (born 23 June 1975) is a Danish former team handball player, and twice Olympic champion and former handball coach. She won a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney,[1] and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[2]

Kiærskou is openly lesbian. She met fellow handballer Rikke Skov as teammates for Viborg HK, and "never had any thought to keep their relationship secret."[3] They were in a registered partnership as allowed by Danish law.[3] but split in 2011.[4] Lotte, now retired, she works as a teacher in a school in Viborg gave birth to the ex-couple’s two daughters (Caroline in 2006, and Anna in 2008).[3]

Handball career[edit]

Kiærskov started playing handball at age 6 at Strandby Ellinge IF. Later she moved to Northern Jutland side Frederikshavn FI, where she came second in the Danish league in 1997. In 2001 she joined Danish top club Viborg HK. Here she won the Danish league in 2002 and 2004, the Danish cup in 2003 and the EHF Cup in 2004.[5]

She skipped the 2005/2006 season due to pregnancy. Afterwards she joined Randers HK as a player-coach from 2006 to 2008. .[6][7] Later she coached the Overlund GF youth team, where her daughter played. [8] From December 2014 she was the assistent coach at her former club Viborg HK.[9] Due to medical operation she stopped as coach already in February the following year.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 25, 2008)
  2. ^ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 25, 2008)
  3. ^ a b c "2012 Olympics: Who Are The LGBT Athletes? Day Twenty — Rikke Skov". 7 August 2012. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Kendt håndboldpar skilles". 12 October 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Info Om Lotte Kiærskou". champagnebold.dk.
  6. ^ Lotte Kiærskou ass. træner i Randers HK, publisher: Danmarks Radio
  7. ^ "Lotte Kiærskou lagt trænerkarrieren på hylden". Europamester.dk.
  8. ^ http://www.sporten.dk/haandbold/kendt-haandboldpar-skilles Kendt håndboldpar skilles
  9. ^ vhk.dk: Lotte Kiærskou nv assistenttræner at vhk.dk (Error: unknown archive URL) (archived (Date missing))
  10. ^ https://viborg-folkeblad.dk/sport/heidi-astrup-bliver-dalmoses-hoejre-haandF

External links[edit]

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