Mie Enggrob Højlund (born 24 October 1997) is a Danish

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player for

Odense Håndbold Odense Håndbold (in its first season: Odense GOG and after that Handball Club Odense) is a Danish professional women's handball team, that plays in Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's premier women's handball league. The team's home court is Sydb ...

and the Danish national team. Højlund can play both right back and left back, but has said publicly, that she prefers the left back position.

Club career

Højlund played on the

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youth teams, and in 2014 she became a part of the senior team. She scored a total of 30 goals in her debut season. In the first years she was the back up to national team player Jane Schumacher. In the fall of 2016 she became the first choice on the playmaker position. That season Randers HK won the

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with a surprise win over

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. She ended the season as the second top scorer in the league with 89 goals. This prompted a move to the Danish top club

, with whom she came second in the

2017–18 Damehåndboldligaen The 2017–18 Damehåndboldligaen (known as ''HTH GO Ligaen'' for sponsorship reasons) was the 82nd season of Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's premier handball league. Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub were the defending champions. København Håndbo ...

. In the 2017 Mie Højlund played in a cup match against

Aarhus United Aarhus United was a Danish women's handball club based in Aarhus. They played in Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's premier women's handball league. Aarhus United was founded in 2017 and took over SK Aarhus's league license for the 2017-18 season. ...

without being eligible, and Aarhus United was afterwards awarded the win. In 2019 she further extended the contract at Odense Håndbold until 2024. In 2021 she won the Danish Championship for the first time, as well as second Danish cup. In the 2024-25 season, she achieved a perfect regular season with

, winning 26 of 26 games. Later the same season she won the Danish Championship, when Odense beat Team Esbjerg in the final 2-1 in matches.

National team career

Højlund was part of the Danish youth teams that saw success in the middle of the 2010s. She was part of the team that won u-19 Euroes 2015 in Spain followed by the U-19 World Cup in Russia. This together with her success at

prompted national team coach

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to call her up against Norway in October 2016. She was initially called up to the national team for the

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, but rejected it due to exams. The next years

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she missed due to a shoulder injury. Her first major international tournament was thus the

2018 European Women's Handball Championship The 2018 European Women's Handball Championship was held in France in from 29 November to 16 December 2018. It was the first time France hosts the women's tournament. The matches were played in Brest, France, Brest, Montbéliard, Nancy, France, Na ...

in France. She was part of the Danish team that won bronze medals at the

2021 World Women's Handball Championship The 2021 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 25th event by the International Handball Federation, was held in Spain from 1 to 19 December 2021. On 18 October 2018, at a congress in Doha, Qatar, the IHF announced that the World Championsh ...

in Spain and the

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in Denmark/Norway/Sweden.

Achievements

* Danish League: **''Winner:''

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Danish Cup The Danish Cup (; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "single-elimination tournament, knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955. The winner will ...

**''Winner:'' 2020 *

EHF Champions League The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...

: ** ''Silver'':

Individual awards

* Youth player of the Year in

Damehåndboldligaen The Kvindeligaen () is the top professional league for Danish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Danish Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Danish champions. The league was previously called Bambusa Kvindeligaen ...

: 2015/16, 2016/17

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hojlund, Mie 1997 births Living people Danish female handball players People from Favrskov Municipality Handball players from the Central Denmark Region 21st-century Danish sportswomen Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Denmark Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in handball Odense Håndbold players