Mathilde Kristensen (born 7 April 1993) is a Danish

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player who plays for

Silkeborg-Voel KFUM Silkeborg-Voel KFUM is a Danish handball club from Silkeborg and Voel. In the season 2023-2024 it plays in the Danish Women's Handball League. The team alternates between playing home matches in Jysk Arena in Silkeborg and Voelhallen in Voel ...

Career

Kristensen started her career at

Viborg HK Viborg HK (Viborg Håndbold Klub) is a Danish professional handball club from Viborg, Denmark, Viborg. The club has many teams for both women and men, but especially the professional women's team is one of the most successful in Danish and Euro ...

, where she in the 2011-12 season was loaned out to

Danish 1st Division The 1st Division (''1. Division'') is the second-highest football league in Denmark, also known as NordicBet Liga for sponsorship reasons. From 1945 to 1991, the 1. Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark. With the for ...

side

Skive fH Skive fH (Skive forenede Håndboldklubber) is a Danish handball club from Skive. The club has a team in the men's 1st Division. They play their home matches in Freja Arena. The Club is a fusion between Skive KFUM and Skive Håndboldklub and i ...

. After achieving promotion with the club to the

Damehåndboldligaen The Kvindeligaen () is the top professional league for Danish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Danish Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Danish champions. The league was previously called Bambusa Kvindeligaen ...

she signed a permanent contract with the club. In 2015 she joined Norwegian

Vipers Kristiansand Vipers Kristiansand was a professional handball club from Kristiansand, Norway. The team competed in REMA 1000-ligaen, the top division in the country, since its promotion in 2001. They claimed their first Norwegian championship in 2018, ending ...

. Here she won the Norwegian championship twice; in 2018 and 2019. In 2018 she reached the final of the

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previo ...

, and in 2019 she came third in the

EHF Champions League The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...

with Vipers. For the 2019-2020 season she returned to Denmark to join

. She has announced her intention to retire at the end of the 2024-25 season.

Achievements

: **''Bronze medalist'': 2018/2019 *

: **''Finalist'':

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

* Norwegian League: **''Winner'': 2017/2018 (Vipers), 2018/2019 (Vipers) *Norwegian Cup: **''Winner'': 2017, 2018

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kristensen, Mathilde 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Viborg Municipality Danish female handball players Handball players from the Central Denmark Region Danish expatriate handball players in Norway 21st-century Danish sportswomen Viborg HK players