Trine Troelsen
Personal information
Born (1985-05-02) 2 May 1985 (age 38)
Skjern Municipality, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Left back
Youth career
Years Team
0000–2003
 Skjern Håndbold
Senior clubs
Years Team
2003–2007
 Viborg HK
2007–2010
 SK Aarhus
2010–2014
 FC Midtjylland Håndbold
2014–2015
 Toulon Handball
2015–2017
 Silkeborg-Voel KFUM
2017–2019
 FC Midtjylland Håndbold
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2014
 Denmark 132 (340)

Trine Bach Troelsen (born 2 May 1985 in Tarm) is a retired Danish team handball player who played for the Danish women's national handball team.

At the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship she reached the bronze final and placed fourth with the Danish team.[1]

Career

Troelsen started playing handball at Skjern Håndbold, but still as junior player she switched to Danish top club Viborg HK. Here she debuted in the top league Damehåndboldligaen in 2003. She did however not see much playing time at Viborg.

In 2007 league rivals SK Aarhus signed her, where she broke through to be a first team regular. But as the club had economic trouble she switched to FC Midtjylland Håndbold in the middle of the 2009/2010 season, despite the fact that she had to play as an amateur in the beginning of her tenure.[2]

In 2014 Troelsen started receiving less playing time, so she switched to French club Toulon Saint-Cyr Var Handball, where she played for one season before returning to Denmark. Here she joined Silkeborg-Voel KFUM, before in 2017 rejoining her old club, FC Midtjylland, which in the meantime had change name to Herning-Ikast Håndbold.[3]

She played here until the end of her career in 2019.[4]

National Yeam

She debuted for the Danish national team, and the same year she was at her first major international tournament.

As the Danish national team was in saw a lot of key players retiring, including Katrine Fruelund, Rikke Skov and Mette Sjøberg, Troelsen quickly earned a starten spot. At the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship she was the overall top scorer with 44 goals.[5]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Trine Troelsen.
  1. ^ "9th Women's European Handball Championship, Euro 2010, Bronze Medal Match. DEN 15–16 ROU" (PDF). European Handball Federation. 19 December 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Trine Troelsen til FCM Håndbold" Archived 2010-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Kristensen, Jørn Just (28 January 2017). "FCM henter Trine Troelsen". aoh.dk. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  4. ^ Lauridsen, Lars (22 May 2019). "Trine Troelsen har spillet sin sidste kamp: Vemodigt at det er slut". tvmidtvest.dk. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  5. ^ Målscorerlisten på hjemmesiden for VM 2010[permanent dead link]
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