1 National team caps and goals correct as of 3 June 2012
Katrine Fruelund (born 12 July 1978 in Randers, Midtjylland)[1] is a former Danish team handball player and politician. She is two times Olympic champion, winning gold medals with the Danish national team in 2000 and 2004.
After her active career she has taken part in local politics in Randers.
She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney[3] and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[4] She stopped playing for the Danish national team in 2008, but unretired for a single match in 2012.[5][6] She ended her playing career in 2014.[7]
During her career she was one of the dominant players on the Danish National Team, especially at the 2004 Olympics, where she was player of the match and top scorer in the final against South Korea. She has played the fifth most matches on the Danish national team.[8]
Post playing career
After her playing career, she continued to be involved with handball as a talent scout for her childhood club Randers HK. In 2020 she became the assistant trainer for the Danish U-19 national team, and a year later for the Danish U-17 national team.[9]
