Line Jørgensen

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Line Jørgensen
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Personal information
Full name Line Anna Ryborg Jørgensen Myers
Born (1989-12-31) 31 December 1989 (age 36)
Hvidovre, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Right back
Youth career
Years Team
1993–2001
 Hvidovre IF
2001–2006
 BK Ydun
Senior clubs
Years Team
2006–2009
 GOG Svendborg TGI
2006–2008
 BK Ydun (loan)
2009–2010
 Odense Håndbold
2010–2015
 FC Midtjylland
2015–2018
 CSM București
2018–2022
 Team Esbjerg
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2018
 Denmark 149 (352)
Medal record
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Serbia
IHF Youth World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2006 Canada
European Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place 2007 Turkey
European Youth Championship
Gold medal – first place 2005 Austria

Line Anna Ryborg Jørgensen Myers (born 31 December 1989) is a Danish former handball player, who last played for Team Esbjerg and formerly the Danish national team.[1][2]

She was given the award of Cetățean de onoare ("Honorary Citizen") of the city of Bucharest in 2016.[3]

Handball career

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Line Myers startet playing handball at the age of 3 at Hvidovre IF, before switching to BK Ydun at the age of 12.

She debuted for the Danish national team in 2007, and played her first major tournament at the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship in Denmark. In 2012 she was appointed captain of the Danish national team after Karin Mortensen retired.[4]

At the 2013 World Championship, she was a part of the Danish team that won bronze medals, breaking a 9 year streak without medals for the Danish team. They beat Poland 30-26.[5]

She won the Danish Championship in 2015 with FC Midtjylland Håndbold, before switching to Romanian club CSM Bucuresti the following season. Here she won the EHF Champions League. She played in Romanian handball for 3 years before she returned to Denmark to play for the Danish top club Team Esbjerg.

After 4 years at Team Esbjerg, where she won the Danish Championship twice, she retired in 2022.

Post playing career

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In 2022 she was hired as a coach for the Danish U15 and U17 national teams.[6]

At the 2021 Danish local elections she ran for office in her home municipality, Esbjerg Municipality, for the local party 'Borgerlisten', but did not achieve election.[7]

Achievements

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Club

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National team

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Individual awards

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References

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