Lene Rantala
Appearance
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Born |
Gladsaxe, Denmark | 10 August 1968||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Danish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current club | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior clubs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
– | FIF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
–1994 | Brabrand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–1996 | Toten HK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–1997 | IK Junkeren | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–2014 | Larvik HK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–2007 | Denmark | 226 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2019 | Larvik HK (Team manager) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Netherlands (GK coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Larvik HK (Head coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2023 | Vipers Kristiansand (GK coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023– | Vipers Kristiansand (Assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lene Rantala (born 10 August 1968 in Copenhagen) is a former Danish handball player, two times Olympic champion and a World champion. Rantala is currently assistant coach for Vipers Kristiansand in the Norwegian REMA 1000-ligaen.
She debuted on the Danish national team on 14 February 1991, and has since played 226 matches for Denmark. She has won numerous medals with the team, notably including two Olympic gold medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta[1] and at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[2]
Personal life
Rantala is of Finnish descent through her paternal grandmother.[3]
References
- ^ "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball" Archived 2007-12-08 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 12, 2008)
- ^ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 12, 2008)
- ^ "Rantala torjui Tanskalle kultaa". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). October 2, 2000. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
suomalaistaustainen (isän äiti oli suomalainen) maalivahti Lene Rantala
External links
- Lene Rantala at the European Handball Federation
- Lene Rantala at Olympics.com
- Lene Rantala at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Danish female handball players
- Olympic gold medalists for Denmark
- Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Expatriate handball players
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Handball players from Copenhagen
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Danish people of Finnish descent
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Danish handball biography stubs
- Danish Olympic medalist stubs