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.
Karen Brødsgaard is a former Danish team handball player, two times Olympic champion and the current head coach of Odense Håndbold. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Anikó Nagy is a former Hungarian team handball player and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She received a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Beatrix Csatáné Balogh is a Hungarian handballer, European champion and Olympic silver medalist. Between 2011 and 2016, Balogh was the player-coach of Marcali VSZSE. Since 2016 she is the player-coach of Egerszegi KK.
Krisztina Pigniczki is a former Hungarian team handball player and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and a silver medal at the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship in Croatia. She became European champion in 2000 with the Hungarian national team, and received a bronze medal in 1998 and in 2004.
Anikó Kántor is a former Hungarian team handball player and Olympic medalist, who currently works as a handball coach. She received a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and also received a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Beáta Siti is a former Hungarian team 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.
Lotte Kiærskou is a former Danish team handball player and two times Olympic champion. She won a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and again four years later at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Petra Kvitová is a Czech professional tennis player. Known for her powerful left-handed groundstrokes and variety, Kvitová turned professional in 2006 and has won 27 career singles titles, two of which are Grand Slam titles, the Wimbledon Championships in 2011 and in 2014. She also won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Her career-high ranking of world No. 2 was reached on 31 October 2011 and as of 16 March 2020, she is ranked world No. 12 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). As such, Kvitová is currently the highest-ranked left-handed player in the world and the second highest-ranked Czech, behind Karolína Plíšková.
Stine Bredal Oftedal is a Norwegian handball player for Győri Audi ETO KC and the Norwegian national team, where she is the team captain.
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.
Petra Platen is a German handball player who played for the West German national team. She was born in Moers. She represented West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where the West German team placed fourth.
Petra Komínková is a Czech handball player, born in Olomouc.
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.
Lydia Kahmke is a German 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 female 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.
