Simone Petersen
| Simone Petersen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Simone Cathrine Petersen | ||
| Born |
28 August 1997 Ringsted, Denmark | ||
| Nationality | Danish | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Ikast Håndbold | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| TMS Ringsted | |||
| BK Ydun | |||
2014–2017 | FC Midtjylland Håndbold | ||
2017–2019 | Aarhus United | ||
2019–2020 | TuS Metzingen | ||
2020– | Ikast Håndbold | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Denmark | 57 | (92) |
Simone Cathrine Petersen (born 28 August 1997) is a Danish handball player for Ikast Håndbold and the Danish national team.[1][2] She represented Denmark at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship in Spain.[3]
She debuted for the Danish national team in 2021 against France. The same year she was at her first major tournament, the 2021 world cup in Spain[4] where she won a bronze medal.[5]
Career
[edit]Simone Petersen started playing handball in her hometown Ringsted at TMS Ringsted. While she was enrolled at Københavns Idrætsefterskole in Copenhagen she was on the youth team at BK Ydun.
When she returned to Jutland she joined FC Midtjylland Håndbold, where she debuted in the Danish league at the age of 17. The 14–15 season was especially a prolific season, where she won both the junior and senior Danish Cup and league, as well as the EHF Cup Winners' Cup and won the European Youth Championship with the Danish U-19 national team.[2]
In 2017 she joined the recently created Aarhus United, where she quickly became one of the key players.[6] In her first season at the club she won bronze medals in the Danish cup, beating her old club FC Midtjylland in the third place play-off.[7]
In 2019 she joined the German Bundesliga side TuS Metzingen for a single season before returning to FC Midtjylland Håndbold.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Simone Cathrine Petersen Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Portræt: Simone Petersen - vil være verdens bedste". fcm-haandbold.dk (in Danish). fcmhaandbold.dk. Retrieved 24 January 2017.[dead link]
- ^ "Team Roster Denmark" (PDF). ihf.info. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ Busk Stie, Hans-Henrik (2 November 2021). "Jesper Jensen har udtaget sin VM-trup". TV 2 (in Danish). Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ Bruun-Mortensen, Lars (19 December 2021). "Otte års medaljetørke er slut: Danmark vinder VM-bronze". TV 2 (in Danish). Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ Markussen, Maria Høllsberg (18 June 2017). "FCM-stortalent: Det var ventetiden værd at satse på Aarhus United". Århus Stiftstidende (in Danish). Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ Otte, Mads (30 December 2017). "Aarhus United snupper overraskende pokalbronze". TV 2 (in Danish). Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ Madsen, Mads O. (10 July 2020). "Simone Petersen vender hjem til Herning-Ikast Håndbold". Hbold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 September 2024.
External links
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- Simone Cathrine Petersen at the European Handball Federation
- Simone Cathrine Petersen at Olympics.com
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