Line Gyldenløve Kristensen (born 17. April 1987) is Danish

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

player, who plays for

Bjerringbro FH Bjerringbro FH is a women's handball club from Bjerringbro, Denmark. Currently, Bjerringbro FH competes in the Danish Women's Handball League, since the 2023/24 season. The home arena of the club is Bjerringbro Idræts & Kulturcenter. For the f ...

in the top Danish division,

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. She has played her entire career for the club. Outside of indoor handball she has also featured on the Danish beach handball national team. In 2019 she won both the

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in Doha and the European Championship in Stare Jabłonki. She was the first Danish player to reach both 100 games and 1000 points for the Danish beach handball national team. She has been named the player of the year in the

Danish 1st Division The 1st Division (''1. Division'') is the second-highest football league in Denmark, also known as NordicBet Liga for sponsorship reasons. From 1945 to 1991, the 1. Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark. With the for ...

twice; in 2018-19 and in 2020-21. In the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons she was the top scorer in the Danish 1st division with 163 and 144 goals respectively. In the 2022-23 she was promoted to the

with

for the first time the club's history. In her first season in the Danish top league she was the top scorer with 173. Just after the season she extended her contract at Bjerringbro.

Outside the court

Since 2022 she has been a member on the board of HåndboldSpillerForeningen, the Danish labour union for handball players.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gyldenløve Kristensen, Line 1987 births Living people Danish female handball players Sportspeople from Viborg Municipality Handball players from the Central Denmark Region Danish beach handball players 21st-century Danish sportswomen