Lydia Lassila is an Australian Olympic freestyle skier gold medalist who competed in the 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympic Games. She is the 2010 Olympic champion and the 2014 bronze medalist in aerials.
Lim O-Kyeong, also spelled as Im Oh-Gyeong, is a South Korean politician who previously competed in three Olympics as a South Korean handball player.
Tonje Larsen is a retired Norwegian handballer who played for the Norwegian national team. She is Olympic champion, World champion and three times European champion. As a club player she is several times Norwegian champion and once Danish champion, and has won the EHF Cup, EHF Cup Winners' Cup and the EHF Champions League.
Andrea Farkas is a former Hungarian international team handball goalkeeper who currently works as goalkeeping coach for Dunaújvárosi NKS. Among her achievements with the national team is an Olympic bronze medal from 1996 and an Olympic silver medal from 2000. As a club player her career includes victory in the EHF Champions League, as well as several national championships.
Lene Rantala is a former Danish team handball player, two times Olympic champion and a World champion. Rantala is currently goalkeeping coach for Vipers Kristiansand in the Norwegian Eliteserien.
Katrine Lunde is a Norwegian professional handball goalkeeper for Vipers Kristiansand and the Norwegian national team.
Beatrix Csatáné Balogh is a retired Hungarian handball player, European champion and Olympic silver medalist. She retired from professional handball in 2011. Between 2011 and 2016, Balogh was the player-coach of Marcali VSZSE. Since 2016, she is the player-coach of Egerszegi KK.
Beáta Siti is a Hungarian former handball player, and later coach. During her active career she was European champion and silver medalist from both World Championships and the Olympic Games. Her biggest success with the national team was in 2000, when she obtained the gold medal at the European Championship.
Mikkel Hansen is a Danish professional handball player for Aalborg Håndbold and the Danish national team.
Ágnes Farkas is a former Hungarian handball player. She won a gold medal at the 2000 European Championship, and earned a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and at the 1995 and 2003 World Championships.
Rita Deli is a former Hungarian team handball player who received the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and collected the bronze at the 1998 European Championship in the Netherlands.
Lydia Grace Yilkari Williams is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Australia national team.
Mackenzie Elizabeth Arnold is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Women's Super League club West Ham United and the Australia national team. She previously played for Arna-Bjørnar in Norway's Toppserien as well as Brisbane Roar, Perth Glory, Western Sydney Wanderers, and Canberra United in Australia's W-League.
Rina Bjarnason is a Danish born Australian female handball player. She was a member of the Australia women's national handball team. She was part of the team at the 2000 Summer Olympics, playing five matches. On club level she played for Monash University.
Jana Jamnicky is a Slovakian born Australian female handball player. She was a member of the Australia women's national handball team. She was part of the team at the 2000 Summer Olympics, playing five matches. The Australian team were beaten by Angola into tenth place.
Petra Besta is a Czech born Australian female handball player. She was a member of the Australia women's national handball team. She was part of the team at the 2000 Summer Olympics, playing five matches. The Australian team were beaten by Angola into tenth place.
Katrina Shehab is an Australian handball player. As Katrina Shinfield, she was a member of the Australia women's national handball team. She was part of the team at the 2000 Summer Olympics, playing five matches. The Australian team were beaten by Angola into tenth place.
Kim Briggs is an Australian female handball player. She was a member of the Australia women's national handball team. She was part of the team at the 2000 Summer Olympics, playing two matches. The Australian team were beaten by Angola into tenth place.
Jovana Milosevic is an Australian female handball player born in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She was a member of the Australia women's national handball team, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, playing five matches. The Australian team were beaten by Angola into tenth place.
The following squads and players competed in the women's handball tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Germany 
Australia 