Therese Bengtsson

Therese Bengtsson
Therese Bengtsson in 2008
Personal information
Born	(1979-02-13) 13 February 1979 (age 46) Eslöv, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs
Years	Team
-1998 1998-2000 2000-2001 2001-2005 2005-2007 2007-2008 2008-2012	Eslövs IK Skånela IF Stockholmspolisens IF Eslövs IK IL Björnar HC Leipzig Eslövs IK
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001-2008	Sweden	33	(0)

Therese Bengtsson (born 13 February 1979) is a Swedish former handball goalkeeper. She played for the Swedish national team.

Career

Bengtsson started playing profesional handball at the club Eslövs IK ^[1] She also played for Skånela IF and Stockholmspolisens IF and IL Björnar in Norway, before moving to HC Leipzig in Germany. ^[2] While playing for Stockholmspolisens IF she was called up to the national team for the first time. While playing for Eslöv she won the Swedish Cup in 2002, 2003 and 2007. In Germany she won the 2008 the DHB-Pokal with Leipzig. ^[3]

In 2008 she return to her mother club, Eslövs IK from HC Leipzig, ^[4] where she played for one additional season before retirering. ^[5] She later made a comeback at the same club in the 2016–17 season, 7 years after she had retired. ^[2]

With the Swedish national team she played in the European Women's Handball Championship in 2006 at home, and got 6th place. This also qualified them for the 2008 Olympics.

She participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China, where the Swedish team placed eight. ^{[6] [7]}

References

1. "THERESE BENGTSON - Career & Statistics | EHF". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
2. Grandin, Jimmy (21 October 2016). "EXTRA: Förra landslagsmålvakten gör comeback i Team Eslöv - 37 år ung". Handbollskanalen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 October 2023.
3. "Landskamper". Handbollslandslaget.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 October 2023.
4. "… och även Therese Bengtsson återvänder". Skånska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 22 May 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
5. "Skadebekymmer i "Teamet"". Skanskan.se (in Swedish). Skånska Dagbladet. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
6. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Therese Bengtsson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
7. "Therese Bengtsson". SOK.se (in Swedish). Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté . Retrieved 28 October 2023.

External links

• Therese Bengtsson at the European Handball Federation
• Therese Bengtsson at Olympics.com
• Therese Bengtsson at Olympedia
• Therese Bengtsson at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) ( English translation )