Agnes Østergaard

Agnes Østergaard

Agnes Østergaard, Iosefina Ștefănescu, Jana Vrbová, 1962
Personal information
Nationality	Danish
Born	(1929-10-27)27 October 1929 Odder, Denmark
Died	7 January 2006(2006-01-07) (aged 76)
Sport
Sport	Athletics, Handball
Event(s)	Javelin throw, shot put, discus throw, Combined track and field events
Medal record Representing Denmark World Championships 1962 Romania Team

Agnes Østergaard Olsen (27 October 1929 – 7 January 2006) was a Danish athlete and Handball player.

Østergaard also played handball in Frederiksberg IF and won Danish League in 1956, 1959, 1962 and 1966. She made her debut on the national team on 26 November 1953 and played 39 international matches and scored 51 goals. She won silver at the 1962 World Championships in Romania.

Danish athletics medals

•  Gold 1954 Shot put 11.58 m
•  Silver 1954 Discus throw 34.55 m
•  Silver 1954 Javelin throw 35.57 m
•  Gold 1953 Shot put 12.33 m
•  Gold 1953 Discus throw 36.66 m
•  Bronze 1953 Javelin throw 39.08 m
•  Gold 1953 Combined track and field events (8-matct)
•  Gold 1952 Shot put 12.26 m
•  Gold 1952 Discus throw 36.28 m
•  Bronze 1952 Javelin throw 37.60 m
•  Gold 1951 Shot put 12.21 m
•  Gold 1951 Discus throw 34.18 m
•  Silver 1950 Shot put 11.07 m
•  Gold 1949 Shot put 11.05 m
•  Bronze 1948 Shot put 11.39 m

Danish records

• Shot put

11.96 m - 1951

12.49 m - 1951

12.55 m - 1952

13,12 m - 1952

• Discus throw

38.50 m - 1952

Danish Handball Medals

• 1956: DM  Gold
• 1959: DM  Gold
• 1962: DM  Gold
• 1964: Pokal  Gold
• 1965: Pokal  Gold
• 1966: DM  Gold, Pokal  Silver

References

• DAF in numbers – Agnes Østergaard
• FIF's History through 100 years Archived 7 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine </link>
• Palle "Banks" Jørgensen: Handball Heroes ( Danish Handball, 2007 )