Rikke Iversen (born 18 May 1993) is a Danish

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player for

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 ...

and the Danish national team. She is the sister of Sarah Iversen who plays for

Ikast Håndbold Ikast Håndbold is a Danish professional women's handball club based in Ikast. They have competed in Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's primary handball league, since 1991. History The club was founded as ''Ikast FS Håndboldafdeling'' on 20 June ...

. She started playing handball at Virum-Sorgenfri Håndbold, and has previously played for

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 ...

and

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 ...

. With Odense Håndbold she won the

Danish Women's Handball League 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 ...

twice in

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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 ...

. She debuted for the Danish national team in September 2015 against

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, and has since represented Denmark at the

2020 European Women's Handball Championship The 2020 European Women's Handball Championship was held from 3 to 20 December 2020. The games were played in Herning and Kolding, Denmark. Originally, this tournament would be held with 2 host countries: Norway and Denmark. However, lacking som ...

and at the

and

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world cups.

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* 1993 births Living people Danish female handball players Sportspeople from Nykøbing Falster Handball players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Handball players from Region Zealand 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 Team Esbjerg players Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub players Odense Håndbold players {{Denmark-handball-bio-stub