Lene Rantala (born 10 August 1968 in

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) is a former

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handball player, two times Olympic champion and a World champion. Rantala is currently assistant coach for Vipers Kristiansand in the Norwegian REMA 1000-ligaen. She debuted on the Danish national team on 14 February 1991, and has since played 226 matches for

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. She has won numerous medals with the team, notably including two Olympic gold medals at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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"1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball"
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2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

in Sydney."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 12, 2008)

Personal life

Rantala is of

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descent through her paternal grandmother.

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* 1968 births Living people Danish female handball players Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Expatriate handball players Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Handball players from Copenhagen Olympic medalists in handball Danish people of Finnish descent Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics {{Denmark-Olympic-medalist-stub