Rikke Poulsen

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Rikke Poulsen
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Personal information
Born (1986-04-20) 20 April 1986 (age 40)
Ejsing, Holstebro, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
Team
Ejsing BK
HH90
Senior clubs
Years Team
2004–2007
Team Tvis Holstebro
2007–2008
GOG Svendborg TGI
2008–2012
SK Aarhus
2012–2014
KIF Vejen
2014–2019
Viborg HK
2019–2023
Team Esbjerg
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2016
Denmark 73 (1)
Teams managed
2023–
Team Esbjerg (GK coach)
Medal record
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Serbia

Rikke Poulsen (born 20 April 1986) is a Danish former handball player and current goalkeeping coach for Team Esbjerg.[1] She represented the Danish national team at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia.[2]

Career

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She started playing handball at the age of 4 at her local club Ejsing Boldklub.[3]

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.[4]

In December 2016 she took a break from handball due to maternity leave.[5]

In the 2019–20 season she won the Danish Championship with Team Esbjerg.[6]

In 2021 she was named the MVP in the Danish Handball Cup[7] when she won the cup with Team Esbjerg.

In November 2021 she announced her retirement at the end of the season, but she was convinced to take one more season.[8] She retired in 2022 to become the goalkeeper coach at Team Esbjerg, where she was tasked with coaching the Danish national team keeper Anna Kristensen and the talent Amalie Milling.[9][1]

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