Rikke Skov

Rikke Skov
Personal information
Full name Rikke Erhardsen Skov
Born (1980-09-07) 7 September 1980 (age 43)
Viborg, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Left back
Number 2
Youth career
Years Team
1994–1998
Viborg HK
Senior clubs
Years Team
1998–2016
Viborg HK
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2016
Denmark 152 (384)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2004 Hungary
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 5 November 2023

Rikke Erhardsen Skov (born 7 September 1980) is a former Danish team handball player and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[1] A loyal player of Viborg HK, Skov joined the club yet as a teenager in 1994 and it remained her lone team till she retired in 2016 and retired from active sports when she became pregnant in February 2017.[2]

In 2011, she was one of the five handballers, and the only woman who received The EHF Handball Award. The prize was handed out in the 20th anniversary of the European Handball Federation for the players who achieved the biggest successes both in club and international level.[3]

  1. ^ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback MachinedatabaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 25, 2008)
  2. ^ "Håndboldlegenden Rikke Skov indstiller karrieren". DR. 18 February 2017.
  3. ^ Pazen, Björn (17 November 2011). "Playing legends honoured at EHF 20th Anniversary". European Handball Federation. Eurohandball.com. Retrieved 20 November 2011.

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