Ole Nørskov Sørensen (born 13 January 1952 in

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality, Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and app ...

) is a former 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 and coach who competed in the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

. In 1980 he finished ninth with the Danish team in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches as goalkeeper. At club level he played at AGF for 10 years over two periods, interrupted by a two year stayed at the Copenhagen club SAGA. After his playing days he has had several coaching positions including AGF and the Faroe Islands national team.

The Hummel Controversy

Before 1980 Handball players could decide for themselves, which shoes they wanted to use, but this changed when the Danish national team signed a sponsorship agreement with Hummel forcing the players to use their shoes. As Ole Nørskov did not believe the shoes were good enough, he refused to do so and was subsequiently removed from the national team. Afterwards, he never played a match for the Danish national team.

Private

He has worked as a teacher at a primary school in Mårslet, near

. He is also an avid musician.

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1952 births Living people Danish male handball players Danish handball coaches Olympic handball players for Denmark Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Handball players from Aarhus 20th-century Danish sportsmen Handball coaches of international teams {{Denmark-handball-bio-stub