Rikke Iversen

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Rikke Iversen
Personal information
Born (1993-05-18) 18 May 1993 (age 31)
Nykøbing Falster, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Team Esbjerg
Number 11
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2010–2011
 Virum-Sorgenfri HK
2011–2012
 Lyngby HK
2012–2014
 Nykøbing Falster HK
2014–2020
 Silkeborg-Voel KFUM
2020–2023
 Odense Håndbold
2023–
 Team Esbjerg
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–
 Denmark 99 (155)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris Team
World Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Spain
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden
European Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Slovenia/North Macedonia/Montenegro
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Austria/Hungary/Switzerland
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Singapore Team

Rikke Iversen (born 18 May 1993) is a Danish handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Danish national team. [1]

She is the sister of Sarah Iversen who plays for Ikast Håndbold.

She started playing handball at Virum-Sorgenfri Håndbold, and has previously played for Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub and Odense Håndbold. [2] With Odense Håndbold she won the Danish Women's Handball League twice in 2021 and 2022.

She debuted for the Danish national team in september 2015 against Slovenia, and has since represented Denmark at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship and at the 2021 and 2023 world cups. [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Rikke Iversen Profile". eurohandball.com.
  2. ↑ "NFH siger farvel til Rikke Iversen". europamester.dk. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Kvindelandsholdets EM-trup er udtaget". DHF. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "2020 European Championship Roster" (PDF). livecache.sportresult.com. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Team Roster Denmark" (PDF). ihf.info. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.


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