Maja Grønbæk (born 30 January 1971) is a former

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player and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal with the Danish national team at the

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after making her debut in 1999. She ended up playing 22 matches for the Danish National team."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 25 February 2008) Grønbæk initially retired in march

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, but later the same year she came back to professional handball, signing for the Spanish club Cementos.https://www.dr.dk/sporten/haandbold/kvindeligaen/maja-groenbaek-genoptager-karrieren

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* 1971 births Living people Danish female handball players Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics {{Denmark-Olympic-medalist-stub