Helle Thomsen (born 30 November 1970) is a Danish

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coach and former player, who is the current head coach of

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. Previously she was head coach for

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between 2012 and 2016, and the Swedish national team between 2014 and 2015 alongside Thomas Sivertsson. Between 2009 and 2012, she served as assistant coach to Niels Agesen in

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and assistant coach to Kenneth Jensen and Ryan Zinglersen in FC Midtjylland. As a player, she won silver and bronze medals in the Danish handball championship. As a head coach, she has won the Danish championship twice, the

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once and the

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once. In addition to that, she led FC Midtjylland to the Final Four tournament in the 2013–2014 Champions League season.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomsen, Helle Danish handball coaches Danish female handball players 1970 births Living people Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Danish expatriate sportspeople in Romania Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway People from Frederikshavn Handball coaches of international teams Frederikshavn fI handball players Handball players from the North Jutland Region