Marianne Florman

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Marianne Florman
Personal information
Full name Marianne Florman Christensen
Born (1964-06-01) 1 June 1964 (age 59)
Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Left Wing
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
1980-1987
IF Hjorten
1987-1991
Rødovre HK
1991-1996
Frederiksberg IF
1996-1997
Chateraise Fofu (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
1997-1999
BK Ydun
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990-1997
Denmark 107 (170)
Medal record
Women's handball
Representing Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Atlanta Team competition
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1993 Norway Team competition
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1995 Austria and Hungary Team competition
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Germany Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Denmark Team

Marianne Florman (born 1. June 1964 in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark) is a former Danish 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. [1] With the Danish national team she also won the European Championship twice.

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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.

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. 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 Psycology from the Danish School of Education, and a degree in journalism from Danish School of Media and Journalism. [2]

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. [2]

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, [3] and she is the author on a list of books on leadership and exercise. [4]

Bibliography

Personal life

She participated in the first season of the Danish version of Dancing with the Stars.

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