Rikke Nielsen (born 9 April 1977, in

Fjerritslev Fjerritslev is a town in North Jutlandic Island, North Jutland, Denmark. It is located in Jammerbugt Municipality, 13 km north of Løgstør, 37 km northeast of Thisted and 30 km southwest of Aabybro. Until 1 January 2007 Fjerritsle ...

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) is a former 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 ...

er. She previously played for

Aalborg DH Aalborg Damehåndbold is a former team handball club for women from Aalborg, Denmark. History Aalborg DH was promoted to the top league in Denmark in 2002–2003. The club finished second in the top league once, and obtained third place in 2005� ...

, and before that she played for the German club

HC Leipzig HC Leipzig is a women's handball club based in Leipzig, Germany. They play in Handball-Bundesliga Frauen and are often competing in the EHF Women's Champions League, the now defunct EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup, which merged with the Women's EHF ...

. Before this she played for Aalborg DH and its parent club HS Nord. She won silver medals at the European Championships in 2004. In all she played 54 national games and scored 68 goals. Her first national game was 25 September 2003. She retired in 2008 due to a thump injury.

Lykkeliga

In 2017 Nielsen established the initiative Lykkeliga (English: ''Happiness League''), a handball league for people with Downs Syndrome.

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Rikke Nielsen's career is over
ekstrabladet.dk
Player stats for national team
(search for Rikke Nielsen), Danish Handball Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:Nielsen, Rikke Danish female handball players 1977 births Living people People from Jammerbugt Municipality Handball players from the North Jutland Region Danish expatriate handball players in Germany