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Danish handball player (born 1968)

Janne Kolling
Personal information
Born (1968-07-12) 12 July 1968 (age 56)
Aarhus, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Right Wing
Senior clubs
Years Team
1986–1987 Hornbæk SF
1987–1988 Viby IF
1988–1989 Kyndil
1989–1991 Lyngså BK
1991–1997 Viborg HK
1997–1999 Corteblanco Bidebieta
1999–2000 Tertnes HE
2000–2001 Slagelse DT
2007–2008 FCK Håndbold
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–2001 Denmark 250 (756)
Medal record
Women's handball
Representing  Denmark
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Team
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1997 Germany Team
Silver medal – second place 1993 Norway Team
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Austria Hungary Team
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1994 Germany Team
Gold medal – first place 1996 Denmark Team
Silver medal – second place 1998 Netherlands Team

Janne Kolling (born 12 July 1968) is a former Danish team handball player, two times Olympic champion and a World champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

She is the most tenured player ever on the Danish Women's national team with 250 matches, and she has scored the second most goals on the national team, only surpassed by Camilla Andersen.

In 2001 she retired due to knee injury. Since then she has worked with hospitality in Dansk Håndbold Forbund.

References

  1. "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball" Archived 2007-12-08 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 12 February 2008)
  2. "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 12 February 2008)
  3. "Top 10 håndboldspillere der spillede flest internationale håndboldkampe" [Top 10 handball players who played the most international handball matches] (in Danish). Spilxperten.
  4. "Janne Kolling tvunget til at stoppe" [Janne Kolling forced to retired]. Politiken.
Denmark squads
Denmark squad1993 World Championship – Silver medal
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Denmark squad1994 European Championship – Gold medal (1st title)
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Denmark squad1995 World Championship – Bronze medal
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Denmark squadWomen's handball – 1996 Summer Olympics (1st Title)
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Denmark squad1996 European Championship – Gold medal (2nd title)
Denmark
Denmark women's squad1997 World Championship
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Denmark squad1998 European Championship – Silver medal
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Denmark squad1999 World Championship – 6th place
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Denmark squadWomen's handball – 2000 Summer Olympics (2nd Title)
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