Althea Rebecca Reinhardt (born 1 September 1996) 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 for

Odense Håndbold Odense Håndbold (in its first season: Odense GOG and after that Handball Club Odense) is a Danish professional women's handball team, that plays in Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's premier women's handball league. The team's home court is Sydb ...

and the Danish national team.

Clubs career

She signed for Odense in 2016, after starting the career at

Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub (Nykøbing Falster Handball Club) is a Danish professional handball club from Nykøbing Falster. In the 2024–25 season, the club competes in the Danish Women's Handball League. They have a local rivalry with Køb ...

. With Odense she won the

Danish Cup The Danish Cup (; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "single-elimination tournament, knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955. The winner will ...

in 2020 and the Danish League in

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

and

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

. In the 2024-25 season, she achieved a perfect regular season with

, winning 26 of 26 games. Later the same season she won the Danish Championship, when Odense beat

Team Esbjerg Team Esbjerg is a professional women's handball team based in Esbjerg, Denmark, that competes in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen and the 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League. They play their home matches in Blue Water Dokken, which have capacity for ...

in the final 2-1 in matches.

National team

She was part of the national team that finished 4th at the 2016 European Championship in Sweden. A week before the tournament the goalkeeper Rikke Poulsen was reported injured, which led to Althea Reinhardt being a part of the Denmark squad at an international tournament for the first time. She won bronze medals at both the

and 2023 World Championships. On December 8th 2024 at a training session during the 2024 European Championship she suffered a concussion, which kept her out for over 3 months. She was replaced by

Sandra Toft Sandra Toft (born 18 October 1989) is a Danish professional handball goalkeeper for Győri ETO KC and the Danish national team. She is the fifth most capped player ever on the Danish national team with 195 appeances. She made her debut on the ...

. she returned to the pitch on April 1st, 2025.

Achievements

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 ...

: ** ''Silver'':

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

* Danish League: ** ''Gold'':

* Women's European Championship 17: ** ''Bronze'': 2013 * Women's Youth U18 World Championship: ** ''Bronze'': 2014 * Women's European Championship 19: ** ''Gold'': 2015 * Women's Junior World Championship: ** ''Gold'': 2016 * All-Star Team: ** ''Best Goalkeeper'': 2013, 2016

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Althea Reinhardt – Odense HåndboldAlthea Reinhardt – Team DanmarkDHDb > Althea Reinhardt
{{DEFAULTSORT:Reinhardt, Althea 1996 births Living people Danish female handball players Handball players from Aarhus Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Denmark Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in handball 21st-century Danish sportswomen Odense Håndbold players