Line Jørgensen

Danish handball player (born 1989)
Line Jørgensen
Personal information
Full name Line Anna Ryborg Jørgensen Myers
Born (1989-12-31) 31 December 1989 (age 34)
Hvidovre, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Right back
Youth career
Years Team
1993–2001
 Hvidovre IF
2001–2006
 BK Ydun
Senior clubs
Years Team
2006–2009
 GOG Svendborg TGI
2006–2008
 BK Ydun (loan)
2009–2010
 Odense Håndbold
2010–2015
 FC Midtjylland
2015–2018
 CSM București
2018–2022
 Team Esbjerg
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2018
 Denmark 149 (352)

Line Anna Ryborg Jørgensen Myers (born 31 December 1989) is a former Danish handball player, who last played for Team Esbjerg and formerly the Danish national team.[1][2]

She was given the award of Cetățean de onoare ("Honorary Citizen") of the city of Bucharest in 2016.[3]

Handball career

Line Myers startet playing handball at the age of 3 at Hvidovre IF, before switching to BK Ydun at the age of 12.

She debuted for the Danish national team in 2007, and played her first major tournament at the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship in Denmark. In 2012 she was appointed captain of the Danish national team after Karin Mortensen retired.[4]

She won the Danish Championship in 2015 with FC Midtjylland Håndbold, before switching to Romanian club CSM Bucuresti the following season. Here she won the EHF Champions League. She played in Romanian handball for 3 years before she returned to Denmark to play for the Danish top club Team Esbjerg.

After 4 years at Team Esbjerg, where she won the Danish Championship twice, she retired in 2022.

Post playing career

In 2022 she was hired as a coach for the Danish U15 and U17 national teams.[5]

At the 2021 Danish local elections she ran for office in her home municipality, Esbjerg Municipality, for the local party 'Borgerlisten', but did not achieve election.[6]

Achievements

Club

National team

Individual awards

References

  1. ^ "Line Anna Ryborg Jørgensen Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Line Jorgensen: "CSM București este un pas înainte în cariera mea"" (in Romanian). CSM București Official Website. 26 January 2015. Archived from the original on 31 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Cetățeni de Onoare cu acte » Premiere în masă făcută de Gabriela Firea: cine sunt sportivii care au fost recompensați" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 10 November 2016.
  4. ^ https://sport.tv2.dk/2012-11-27-ny-anfoerer-jeg-er-rykket-op-i-hierarkiet
  5. ^ https://hbold.dk/2022/04/28/line-myers-scorer-nyt-job
  6. ^ https://ugeavisen.dk/esbjerg/nu-vil-line-ogsaa-spille-paa-den-politiske-bane

External links

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Denmark squad – 2009 World Championship – 5th place
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Denmark squad – 2010 European Championship – 4th place
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Denmark squad – 2011 World Championship – 4th place
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Denmark squad – Women's handball – 2012 Summer Olympics – 9th place
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Denmark squad – 2012 European Championship – 5th place
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Denmark squad – 2013 World Championship – Bronze medal
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Denmark squad – 2014 European Championship – 8th place
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Denmark squad – 2015 World Championship – 6th place
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Denmark squad – 2017 World Championship – 6th place
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