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Born | Frederikshavn, Denmark | 30 November 1970|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Danish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frederikshavn fI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Drammen HK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sindal IF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2012–2016 | FC Midtjylland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | CSM București | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | Molde Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Kastamonu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022- | Neptunes de Nantes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Helle Thomsen (born 30 November 1970) is a Danish handball coach and former player, who is the current head coach of Neptunes de Nantes. [1] [2]
Previously she was head coach for FC Midtjylland Håndbold between 2012 and 2016, and the Swedish national team between 2014 and 2015 alongside Thomas Sivertsson. [3] [4] Between 2009 and 2012, she served as assistant coach to Niels Agesen in TTH Holstebro and assistant coach to Kenneth Jensen and Ryan Zinglersen in FC Midtjylland.
As a player, she won silver and bronze medals in the Danish handball championship. As a head coach, she has won the Danish championship twice, the Danish Handball Cup once and the EHF Cup once. [5] In addition to that, she led FC Midtjylland to the Final Four tournament in the 2013–2014 Champions League season.
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