Josephine Touray

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Josephine Touray
Personal information
Born (1979-06-10) 10 June 1979 (age 45)
Aarhus, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position Right wing
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
1997–1998
 Viborg HK
1998–2003
 Kolding IF
2003–2005
 Ikast-Bording Elitehåndbold
2005–2008
 FC København Håndbold
2008–2010
 SK Aarhus
2010–2012
 Frederiksberg IF
2013
 København Håndbold
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2008
 Denmark 123 (383)
Medal record
Women's handball
Representing Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Athens Team competition
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Denmark Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Hungary Team

Josephine Touray (born 6 October 1979) is a former Danish team handball player and Olympic champion of Gambian descent. She played mainly as a right wing. Over the course of her career she played 123 games for the Danish national team, where she scored 383 goals. She played for the clubs: Bjerringbro KFUM, Viborg HK, KIF Kolding, Ikast-Bording EH, FCK Håndbold, Frederiksberg IF and SK Aarhus, all in Denmark. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. [1]

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Career

Touray started her playing career at Bjerringbro before joining the Danish top club Viborg HK. Here she won the Danish league and the EHF-Cup in 1999. [2]

In 2004 with Ikast-Bording EH she won the EHF Cup Winners' Cup. [2]

In 2005 she joined FC København Håndbold to better balance the handball career with her law-studies. [2] In April 2008 she decided to cancel her contract with FC København Håndbold, due to concerns over playing time. At the time of the transfer, she had not taken the field since october 2007. She joined league rivals SK Århus.

She decided to retire in 2009 after struggling with injuries for a long period. [3] In 2010 she did however come out of retirement to join Copenhagen based Frederiksberg IF, where she played as a part time handballer. [4]

Post-handball career

Simultaniously with her playing career, Touray studied Law. After she retired she has been involved in various charity organisation. First in FANT – Football for a new tomorrow, an organisation supporting sports in developing countries [5] and Hej-Fonden, an organisation against bullying, which has involved numerous former and current Danish handball players, including Mikkel Hansen and Mie Højlund. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" Archived 7 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine –databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 25 February 2008)
  2. 1 2 3 "Rejsende i håndbold og medaljer" [Traveller in handball and medals]. stiften.dk (in Danish). Aarhus Stiftstidende. 30 May 2009.
  3. ↑ "Josephine Touray stopper karrieren" [Josephine Touray ends her career] (in Danish). Jyllands-Posten. 28 May 2009.
  4. ↑ "Josephine Touray - 31 år" [Josephine Touray - 31 years old]. stiften.dk (in Danish). Aarhus Stiftstidende. 6 October 2010.
  5. ↑ "B.T.s julekalender – 4. Dec.: Josephine Touray har fået et nyt liv: 'Jeg savner at spille foran 10.000 mennesker'" [B.T.s Christmas calendar - December 4th: Josephine Touray has a new life: "I do miss playing in front of 10,000 spectators] (in Danish). B.T. 4 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "Josephine Touray scorer nyt job: Er ny direktør for Hej Fonden" [Josephine Touray in new job: Is new director of 'Hej Fonden'] (in Danish). B.T. November 2023.
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