Sandra Toft Galsgaard (born 18 October 1989) is a Danish

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goalkeeper for

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and the Danish national team. She made her debut on the Danish national team on 27 March 2008, against

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. She participated for the first time at the

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in Brazil.

Individual awards

* IHF World Player of the Year - Women: 2021 * All-Star Goalkeeper of the World Championship:

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* All-Star Goalkeeper of the European Championship:

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* All-Star Team Best Goalkeeper of the

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* Handball-Planet.com All-Star Goalkeeper of the Year: 2019

Personal

In 2009, Sandra was driving back home from

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when she lost control over her vehicle. At 10 pm, north of the city Give, the car spun off the road, flew 50 metres across a field and made four rollovers. Sandra survived the car crash, but suffered a severe neck vertebra collapse. Only five months later she was back on court for Team Tvis Holstebro.

References

External links

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Player info at Team Tvis Holstebro

National game stats at Danish Handball Federation (search for Sandra Toft)
Danish female handball players 1989 births Living people Expatriate handball players Danish expatriate sportspeople in France Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Danish expatriate sportspeople in Hungary People from Gribskov Municipality TTH Holstebro players Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark {{Denmark-handball-bio-stub Győri Audi ETO KC players