Rikke Hørlykke

Rikke Hørlykke
Personal information
Full nameRikke Hørlykke Bruun Jørgensen
Born (1976-05-02) 2 May 1976
Vejle, Denmark
Spouse
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(m. 2000)​
Handball career
Personal information
Height 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Centre back
Senior clubs
Years Team
–
 Ballerup HK
–
 Værløse HK
–1998
 Virum-Sorgenfri HK
1998–1999
 TV Lützellinden
1999–2001
 Frederiksberg IF
2001–2004
 GOG
2004–2006
 Slagelse FH
2011
 Frederiksberg IF
2012–2013
 Virum-Sorgenfri HK
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2005
 Denmark 125 (234)
Medal record
Women's handball
Representing  Denmark
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2004 AthensTeam
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2002 DenmarkTeam
Silver medal – second place2004 HungaryTeam

Rikke Hørlykke Bruun Jørgensen (born 2 May 1976) is a Danish former team handball player and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[1][2] Additionally she won the European Championship 2002, and the Danish league and EHF Champions League in 2004.

At club level she played for a long list of clubs around Copenhagen, including Virum-Sorgenfri HK, Værløse HK, Ballerup HK and Frederiksberg IF. She also played for the German club TV Lützellinden in the 1998-99 season.[3] Here she won the DHB-Pokal. From 2001 to 2004 she played for GOG Håndbold, followed by Slagelse DT before retiring in 2006 due to pregnancy.[4] In 2011 she made a comeback for FIF.[5] In January 2012 she rejoined Virum-Sorgenfri HK and helped them getting promoted to the Danish 1st Division.[6] She retired for a second time after the 2012-13 season.

In 2000, she married the handball player Klavs Jørgensen.[7] After her playing career she has worked as a TV-show host and as a personal trainer.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rikke Hørlykke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Full name: Rikke Hørlykke Jørgensen
  3. ↑ www.eurohandball.com: Rikke Hørlykke – Saison 1998/99
  4. ↑ www.dr.dk: Gravid Rikke Hørlykke stopper
  5. ↑ www.sporten.dk: FIF får hjælp fra landsholds-koryfæer
  6. ↑ www.jv.dk: Rikke Hørlykke gør comeback
  7. ↑ "Har du 9,5 mio. kr.? Kendt håndboldpar har sat Nordsjælland-sommerhuset til salg". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  8. ↑ "Gift med dansk landstræner: Det kostede hende jobbet" (in Danish). Ekstra Bladet. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
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