Karin Ørnhøj Mortensen is a former Danish team handball player and two times Olympic champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, as well as the 2002 European Women's Handball Championship where she was awarded the MVP award for the tournament.
Katrine Lunde is a Norwegian professional handball goalkeeper for Vipers Kristiansand and the Norwegian national team.
Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren is a retired Norwegian handball player for the Norwegian national team, who last played for Larvik HK. She is commonly known as Linka. Outside handball she is a qualified nurse.
Clara Woltering is a retired German handball goalkeeper, who played on the German women's national handball team.
Macarena Aguilar Díaz is a Spanish former handball player who played for the Spanish national team.
Amandine Suzanne Monique Leynaud is a former French professional handball player. She is openly lesbian and she and her wife Annabelle are parents to Marcel and Mila. She is currently the goalkeeping coach of the French national handball team.
Isabelle Therese Gulldén is a Swedish professional handball player for Lugi HF and former national team player for the Swedish National Team.
Daniela de Oliveira Piedade is a Brazilian handball player. She plays for Spanish team handball HC Puig d'en Valls and for the Brazilian national team. She participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Darly Zoqbi de Paula is a handballer who plays as a goalkeeper for SCM Craiova. Born in Brazil, she represents Spain at international level.
Vanesa Amorós Quiles is a former Spanish handball player. She played for the Spanish national team, and competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where the Spanish team won the bronze medal.
Silvia Navarro Giménez is a Spanish handball goalkeeper for BM Remudas and the Spanish national team.
Sonja Barjaktarović is a retired Montenegrin handball goalkeeper. She was the first goalkeeper of the Montenegro women's national handball team and helped them to win the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Carolina Martene Miranda Morais a.k.a. Carol is a team handball player from Angola. She plays on the Angola women's national handball team, and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Mayara Fier de Moura is a Brazilian handballer. She is a member of the Brazilian national team and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil and the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Majda Kirmizi née Mehmedović, is a retired Montenegrin handball player and a former player of the Montenegrin national team.
Ju Hui is a Korean handball goalkeeper for Seoul City and the South Korean national team.
Morten Soubak is a Danish handball coach for Primeiro de Agosto and the Angola women's national team. He coached the Brazilian national team between 2009 and 2016 and lead them to a historic title at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship.
Bruno Souza is a Brazilian handball player who plays for the Brazilian national team. He was born in Rio de Janeiro. He participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where Brazil placed 10th, and at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where the Brazilian team placed 11th.
Matías Carlos Schulz is an Argentine handball goalkeeper for Pfadi Winterthur and the Argentina men's national handball team.
The following squads and players competed in the women's handball tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
