Marianne Florman

Marianne Florman
Personal information
Full name	Marianne Florman Christensen
Born	(1964-06-01) 1 June 1964 (age 60) Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Left Wing
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1980–1987	IF Hjorten
1987–1991	Rødovre HK
1991–1996	Frederiksberg IF
1996–1997	Chateraise Fofu (  Japan)
1997–1999	BK Ydun
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1997	Denmark	107 [1]	(170)
Medal record Women's handball Representing   Denmark Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team competition World Championships 1993 Norway Team competition 1995 Austria and Hungary Team competition European Championship 1994 Germany Team 1996 Denmark Team

Marianne Florman (born 1 June 1964) is a Danish former team handball player and Olympic champion, journalist, author and personal coach. She won a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. ^[2] With the Danish national team she also won the European Championship twice.

Career

Handball

She started playing handball at IF Hjorten i 1980 as a Goalkeeper. In 1987 she switched to the 1st Division club Rødovre Håndboldklub. In 1990 she was called up to the Danish national team as a left wing. ^[1]

By 1997 she began to lose her spot on the national team. She retired in 2001 when she became pregnant with her first of two children. ^[3] After her professional career she has featured at lower levels recreationally.

Civil career

Florman has a degree in Pedagogy from Roskilde University from 1995, a degree in Pedagogical Psychology from the Danish School of Education, and a degree in journalism from Danish School of Media and Journalism. ^[4]

From 1998 to 2000 Florman was a presenter at Danmarks Radio's sports section. She has since then been a TV presenter at DR1 and dk4, as well as editor of the sports magazine FriPuls. ^[4] She has also been a part of the National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark. She has acted as personal coach in her own company, and she is the author on a list of books on leadership and exercise. ^[4]

She participated in the first season of the Danish version of Dancing with the Stars. ^[5]

Bibliography

• 1996: En jernladys lærdom
• 1997: Kunsten at gøre sig umage (co-author)
• 1998: Drømmemanden (co-author)
• 1998: Husk passet (co-author)
• 2004: Løbebog for kvinder (together with Jens Hansen)
• 2017: Vejen til hestens hjerte / og dit eget (together with Mathilde Denning)

References

1. "Marianne Florman". Danish Handball Federation . Retrieved 12 March 2025.
2. "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball" Archived 8 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine –databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 25 February 2008)
3. "Gravid Florman stopper" (in Danish). B.T. 19 March 2001. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
4. "Om Marianne: Mit CV". florman.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 24 August 2013.
5. "Vild med dans: Hvem var det allerførste par nogensinde på gulvet?" (in Danish). Billed-bladet. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2025.