Michelle Brandstrup (born 24 September 1987) is a Danish former

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player who last played for

Ringkøbing Håndbold Ringkøbing Håndbold (Ringkøbing Handball) is a Danish handball club from Ringkøbing. In the season 2022/23 it plays in the Danish Women's Handball League. Kits Stadium *Name: Green Sports Arena *City: Ringkøbing *Capacity: 1,100 pers ...

. Brandstrup started playing Handball in her hometown at TMG Mårslet, and then moved on to Odder IGF followed by

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. This prompted a move to the Norwegian club

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, where she broke into the first team and got an important role. She returned to Denmark to play for Vejen EH on a 3-year contract, but the club went bankrupt after her first year back in Denmark. Therefore she had to find a new club and joined recently promoted

, where she played out the rest of her career. She did initially announce her plan to end her career in 2020, but because said season was cut short by

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, she was convined by her club Ringkøbing Håndbold to continue for one more year.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brandstrup, Michelle 1987 births Living people People from Aarhus Municipality Danish female handball players Handball players from the Central Denmark Region