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Born | Neenah, Wisconsin, U.S. | October 16, 1962
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Laura Coenen (born October 16, 1962) is an American former basketball and handball player who competed in the latter sport in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Coenen was born in Neenah, Wisconsin. Before switching to handball, she had been a basketball star at the University of Minnesota, where she won the inaugural Big Ten Conference Player of the Year award in 1983. [1]
The United States of America (USA) competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 545 competitors, 355 men and 190 women, took part in 248 events in 28 sports. At the closing ceremony, a segment of American culture was performed, as the country hosted the next Olympics in Atlanta.
Laura Ann Hodges is an Australian female professional basketball player, having played in Australia's Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), Europe, and the WNBA. She currently plays for the Adelaide Lightning in the WNBL. She currently sits on the board of the Australian Basketball Players’ Association
Zinaida Mykhaylivna Turchyna is a retired Ukrainian handball player. Coached by her husband Igor Turchin she competed for the Soviet Union in all major international tournaments in 1973–1988, except for the boycotted 1984 Summer Olympics, and won three Olympic and five world championship medals. In 2000, a panel from the International Handball Federation and sports journalists named her the best female handball player of the 20th century.
Slovenia first participated as an independent nation at the Olympic Games at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, and the country has sent athletes to compete at every Games since then. The Slovenian Olympic Committee was established in 1991 and was recognised by the International Olympic Committee on 5 February 1992.
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.
Anette Hoffmann is a former Danish team handball player, two times Olympic champion and a World champion. She won a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Four years later she won a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. With 183 matches she is the 6th most capped player on the Danish Women's National Team.
Son Mi-na is a South Korean team handball player and Olympic champion.
Fiona Mary Robinson is an Australian former basketball and handball player. She played 10 seasons in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and five seasons in the State Basketball League (SBL). She was a member of the Australia women's national basketball team that won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Four years later, she was a member of the Australia women's national handball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Danira Bilić is a retired Croatian basketball player. As part of the Yugoslavian women's team, she won a silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. She was European basketball's Most Valuable Player three times running, in 1988, 1989 and 1990. In 1991, she was awarded Croatia's highest national recognition for sports, the Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport.
Elzira de Fátima Borges Tavares Barros, is a former Angolan handball player. Elzira represented Angola at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, where Angola finished 9th. She also participated in the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship in Beijing. She participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil.
Laura Steinbach-Romero is a former German handball player for the German national team. Since summer of 2016 she is married with former Spanish handball player Iker Romero.
Laura Nicholls González is a former Spanish basketball player. She was a regular member of the Spain women's national basketball team since 2008, having won eight medals in final tournaments.
Carol Beth Lindsey, also known as "Coke" Lindsey, is an American former handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Kim Dorota Clarke is an American former handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics(Seoul, South Korea), in the 1992 Summer Olympics(Barcelona, Spain), and in the 1996 Summer Olympics(Atlanta, Georgia, US). Kim Clarke graduated from St. Ambrose University in 1991, where she played on the Women's Basketball team, including her sophomore(1988–89) and senior(1990–91) season where she helped the team get to the NAIA Final Four.
Cheryl Abplanalp Thompson is an American handball player. She competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Chryssandra Annette Watts Hires is an American former handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.
The following squads and players competed in the women's handball tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
The following squads and players competed in the women's handball tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
The following squads and players competed in the women's handball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Laura Fritz is an Austrian handball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics.