Lene Rantala
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10 August 1968 Gladsaxe, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Danish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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-1994 | Brabrand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994-1996 | Toten HK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996-1997 | IK Junkeren | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997-2014 | Larvik HK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1991-2007 | Denmark | 226 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lene Rantala (born 10 August 1968 in Copenhagen) is a former Danish team handball player, two times Olympic champion and a World champion. Rantala is currently goalkeeping coach for the Dutch national team as well as for Larvik HK in the Norwegian Eliteserien.
She debuted on the Danish national team on 14 February 1991, and has since played 226 matches for Denmark. She has won numerous medals with the team, notably including two Olympic gold medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta[1] and at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[2]
Personal life[]
Rantala is of Finnish descent through her paternal grandmother.[3]
References[]
- ^ "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball" Archived 2007-12-08 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 12, 2008)
- ^ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 12, 2008)
- ^ "Rantala torjui Tanskalle kultaa". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). October 2, 2000. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
suomalaistaustainen (isän äiti oli suomalainen) maalivahti Lene Rantala
External links[]
- Lene Rantala at European Handball Federation
- Lene Rantala at Olympics.com
- Lene Rantala at Olympedia
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- Olympic gold medalists for Denmark
- Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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