Râmnicu Vâlcea. The Romanian club hired her in the attempt of winning the Champions League. In March 2011, after less than two months of coaching, she was fired because of poor results, losing two matches from a total of four on the bench of Oltchim in the main round of the Champions League. Achievements and recognition Achievements During her active career as a handball player she won numerous tournaments: 1987 World Junior Championship silver medalist 1992 Norwegian League champion with Bækkelaget 1993 World Women's Handball Championship silver medalist 1994 European Women's Handball Championship gold medalist 1995 World Women's Handball Championship bronze medalist 1996 Summer Olympics gold medalist 1996 European Women's Handball Championship gold medalist 1997 World Women's Handball Championship gold medalist 1997 IHF World Player of the Year player (As of 2022 she is the only Danish female player besides Goalkeeper, Sandra Toft, to win this title, and until 1 March 2012, when Mikkel Hansen won the title, she was the only Danish player, male or female, who had ever won). Her career as a coach has also yielded results: 2003, 2005 and 2007 winner of the Danish Women's Handball League with Slagelse 2004, 2005, 2007 winner of EHF Women's Champions League with Slagelse Recognition 1994: Named the world's second best handball player 1997: Named the world's best handball player 2007: Recorded in the Danish Hall of Fame 2009: Mathilde Prize for challenging the convention of coaches of elite athletes. References 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Odense Danish female handball players Danish handball coaches Olympic handball players of Denmark Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in handball Danish expatriates in Serbia Danish expatriate sportspeople in Romania Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Handball coaches of international teams