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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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1900–1993 | FIF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–1994 | Brabrand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–1996 | Toten HK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–1997 | IK Junkeren | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–2014 | Larvik HK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–2007 | Denmark | 226 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2014–2019 | Larvik HK (Team manager) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Netherlands (GK coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Larvik HK (Head coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2023 | Vipers Kristiansand (GK coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023–01/2025 | Vipers Kristiansand (Assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lene Rantala (born 10 August 1968 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a former Danish handball player and handball coach, two times Olympic champion and a World champion. Rantala was assistant coach for Vipers Kristiansand in the Norwegian REMA 1000-ligaen until the bankruptcy of the club[1]
Career
[edit]During her career she played for Frederiksberg IF and Brabrand in Denmark, before moving to Norway in 1994 to join Toten HK. In 1996 she joined IK Junkeren, where she played for a single season before joining Larvik HK. Here so won 40 titles with the club over a 17 year period.[2] In 2014 she retired at the age of 45 to become a goalkeeping coach at the club.[3] In December 2024 she made a short comeback due to the injury of Larvik goalkeeper Alma Hasanić.[4]
National team
[edit]She debuted on the Danish national team on 14 February 1991, and has since played 226 matches for Denmark. This makes her the 3rd most tenured player on the Danish Women's national team ever behind fellow goalkeeper Karin Mortensen and Janne Kolling.[5] She also has the record for the oldest player on the Danish national team ever with 42 years and 307 days.[6] She has won numerous medals with the team, notably including two Olympic gold medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta[7] and at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Rantala is of Finnish descent through her paternal grandmother.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Norsk storklub går konkurs - igen" [Norwegian top club in bankrupt - again] (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- ^ "Lene Rantala ferdig i Larvik HK" (in Norwegian). www.op.no. 2 May 2014.
- ^ "Nu siger 45-årige Lene Rantala stop" [Now the 45 year old Rantala ends it]. sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ "Lene (46) klar for sin 16. NM-finale". www.tv2.no. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "KVINDE A-LANDSKAMPE RANGLISTE 1947 - 2023" (in Danish). Håndbold Info.
- ^ "KVINDE A-LANDSHOLDSPILLERE ÆLDST PÅ LANDSHOLDET" (in Danish). Håndbold Info.
- ^ "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball" Archived 2007-12-08 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 12 February 2008)
- ^ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 12 February 2008)
- ^ "Rantala torjui Tanskalle kultaa". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 2 October 2000. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
suomalaistaustainen (isän äiti oli suomalainen) maalivahti Lene Rantala
External links
[edit]- Lene Rantala at the European Handball Federation
- Lene Rantala at Olympics.com
- Lene Rantala at Olympedia
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- Danish female handball players
- Danish handball coaches
- Olympic gold medalists for Denmark
- Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Handball players from Copenhagen
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Danish people of Finnish descent
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Danish expatriate handball players in Norway
- Expatriate handball coaches
- Female sports coaches