Madeleine Gustafsson, formerly Madeleine Grundström (born 12 August 1980) is a Swedish former

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 ...

goalkeeper who played for the

Sweden women's national handball team The Sweden women's national handball team () is the national team of Sweden. It is governed by the Swedish Handball Federation () and takes part in international handball competitions. Honours Competitive record Champions R ...

. She participated at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

, where Sweden placed 8th. She was listed among the top ten goalkeepers at the

2008 European Women's Handball Championship The 2008 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in the Republic of Macedonia from 2–14 December, it was won by Norway after beating Spain 34–21 in the final match. Venues Two Macedonian cities have been selected as hosts for t ...

in Macedonia. In September 2009 she was forced to retire due to injury. She is married to former handball player

Mattias Gustafsson Mattias Gustafsson (born 11 July 1978) is a Swedish former 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 pla ...

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* 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Eskilstuna Swedish female handball players Olympic handball players for Sweden Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swedish expatriate handball players in Denmark 21st-century Swedish sportswomen {{Sweden-handball-bio-stub