Karen Brødsgaard

Karen Brødsgaard (born 10 March 1978) 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.

Karen Brødsgaard
Personal information
Born (1978-03-10) 10 March 1978
Horsens, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Line player
Senior clubs
Years Team
1998–2003
Viborg HK
2004
Larvik HK
2004–2007
Ikast-Bording Elitehåndbold
2007–2010
Aalborg DH
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998-2007
Denmark 140 (288)
Teams managed
2010–2012
Aalborg DH (assistant coach)
2016–2018
Alingsås HK (assistant coach)
2018–2019
EH Aalborg
2019–22
Odense Håndbold (assistant coach)
2020
Odense Håndbold (interim head coach)
Medal record
Women's handball
Representing  Denmark
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney Team competition
2004 Athens Team competition
European Championship
2002 Denmark Team competition
1998 Netherlands Team competition
2004 Hungary Team competition
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 2024

With Viborg HK she won the Danish League four times in a row in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002, the EHF European League in 1999 and reached the EHF Champions League final in 2001.

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