Anja Jul Andersen is a former Danish team handball player and current coach. She is an Olympic champion, World champion and two times European champion. In 1997, she was named IHF World Player of the Year. She is widely regarded as one of the best female handball players of all time. She was amitted to the Danish Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.
The 1997 World Women's Handball Championship took place in Germany 30 November – 14 December 1997. It was the first tournament with 24 teams. Denmark won its first title. Denmark's only defeat in the championship was by Macedonia.
Heidi Astrup is a former Danish team handball player and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She is two times European champion, and received a bronze medal at the 1995 World championship.
Karen Brødsgaard is a former Danish team handball player and manager, 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, where she was the captain of the team.
Trine Skovgaard Nielsen is a former Danish team handball player, Olympic champion and recently sports commentator for TV 2 Denmark. She won a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Anja Nielsen is a former Danish team handball player and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Kristine Lunde-Borgersen is a retired Norwegian handballer who played for the Norwegian national team. She is Olympic champion, World Champion and three times European champion. She is the twin sister of fellow handball player Katrine Lunde. On 13 June 2017, she announced her return to playing handball for the 2017–2018 season, to replace Marta Tomac, who is out of play following a severe injury.
Jesper Jensen is a Danish handball player and currently the head coach of Team Esbjerg as well as the Danish women's national team. He was named World Coach of the Year in 2021 by IHF.
Bojana Popović née Petrović, is a handball coach and a retired Montenegrin handballer. She is considered by many to be the best female handball player of the past decade, despite not being given any official recognition. After winning the Women's EHF Champions League with Budućnost and a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games with the Montenegro national team, Bojana Popović decided to retire from handball. However, in June 2016 Popović announced she would come out of retirement and make herself available for selection by the Montenegro national handball team to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Johanna Maria Helène Ahlm is a former Swedish handball player. She started and ended her career at the Swedish club IK Sävehof, but other than those tenures she played her entire career in the Danish handball league. She also played for the Sweden women's national handball team. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where Sweden placed 8th, and the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Sweden placed 11th. Ahlm was listed among the top ten goalscorers at the 2008 Olympics tournament with 40 goals.
Odense Håndbold is a Danish professional women's handball team, that plays in Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's premier women's handball league. It was created in August 2009 and took over GOG Svendborg TGI's license for the league, which was published in a press meeting August 27, 2009 in Odense Idrætshal. They changed their name to Odense Håndbold before the beginning of the 2016/2017 season.
Line Anna Ryborg Jørgensen Myers is a former Danish handball player, who last played for Team Esbjerg and formerly the Danish national team.
Susann Müller is a Retired German handball player and coach and trains the women's team of Füchse Berlin.
Nikolaj Bredahl Jacobsen is a Danish retired handball wing player and current coach of the Danish national team. He was named World Coach of the Year in 2021 by IHF. He is the first manager for a national team to win three world championships in a row (2019-2023).
Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub is a Danish professional handball club from Nykøbing Falster. In the 2023–24 season, it played in the Danish Women's Handball League. They have a local rivalry with fellow Zealand team København Håndbold.
Stine Bodholt Nielsen is a Danish handball player for HH Elite and the Danish national team. She is the twin sister of fellow handball player Sidsel Bodholt Nielsen.
Simone Böhme is a Danish female handballer for Ikast Håndbold and the Danish national team.
Sidsel Bodholt Nielsen is a former Danish handball player, who last played for Viborg HK.
Emil Nielsen is a Danish professional handball player for FC Barcelona and the Danish national team.
Silje Brøns Petersen is a Danish-German handball player who plays for København Håndbold and since 2022 the German national team.
