Maja Grønbæk (born 30 January 1971) is a former Danish

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player and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal with the Danish national team at the

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after making her debut in 1999. She ended up playing 22 matches for the Danish National team."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 25 February 2008) Grønbæk initially retired in march 2005, but later the same year she came back to professional handball, signing for the Spanish club Cementos. However after only a week at the club, head coach Gregorio Garcia announced that she could not expect playing time. This prompted her to leave the club without even playing a single match. She instead signed a two-month contract with the Icelandic club FH Handbolti. Today she works as physiotherapist.

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* 1971 births Living people Danish female handball players Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics {{Denmark-Olympic-medalist-stub