Mette Melgaard
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| Nationality | Danish | ||||||||||||
| Born | 3 June 1980 Rønde, Denmark | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Handball | ||||||||||||
| Position | Line player | ||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||
| –2001 | Brabrand IF | ||||||||||||
| 2001–2008 | Slagelse FH | ||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | FCK Håndbold | ||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Randers HK | ||||||||||||
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| Teams managed | |||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Team Esbjerg (Assistant coach) | ||||||||||||
| Updated on 7 December 2023 | |||||||||||||
Mette Melgaard (born 3 June 1980)[2] is a Danish handball coach and former player. She was the assistant coach for Team Esbjerg in the Danish Damehåndboldligaen from 2017 to 2019.
At the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship she reached the bronze final and placed fourth with the Danish team.[3]
With Slagelse DT she won the Danish League in 2003, 2005 and 2007, the DHF Handball Cup in 2002 and the EHF Women's Champions League in 2004, 2005 and 2007. In 2007 she was on the Danish league all star team as the pivot player.
Personal life
[edit]She was previously in a relationship with Anja Andersen.[4]
Achievements
[edit]Club
[edit]- Damehåndboldligaen:
- Winner: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2012
- Silver Medalist: 2011
- Bronze Medalist: 2009, 2010
- Landspokalturneringen:
- Winner: 2002, 2009
- EHF Champions League:
- Winner: 2004, 2005, 2007
- EHF Cup:
- Winner: 2003
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
- Winner: 2009
Individual
[edit]- 2002: Landspokalturneringen's Most Valuable Player[5]
- 2006-2007: Damehåndboldligaen's All-Star Team
References
[edit]- ↑ "DHDB > Mette Melgaard".
- ↑ "Mette Melgaard Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ↑ "9th Women's European Handball Championship, Euro 2010, Bronze Medal Match. DEN 15–16 ROU" (PDF). European Handball Federation. 19 December 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
- ↑ Ritzau (21 September 2009). "Melgaard vil ikke læse Anja-bog". www.folketidende.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ↑ "Pokalfightere" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
External links
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