Susanne Munk Wilbek (born Munk Lauritsen, ) is a former Danish

team 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 Handball goalkeeper, goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands ...

player and Olympic champion and current Handball trainer. She won a gold medal with the Danish national team at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...

."1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 25 February 2008) She also won the 1997 World Women's Handball Championship, where she was selected for the tournament all-star team. Susanne Lauritsen is married to handball coach and politician

Ulrik Wilbek Ulrik Wilbek (born 13 April 1958) is a Danish politician and former professional handball coach who is the incumbent Mayor of Viborg Municipality, serving in office since 2018. He is the most successful Danish team handball coach ever, having wo ...

. Lauritsen started playing handball at Vellev IF. She played her entire senior career at the Danish club

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 won 7 Danish championships, 3 Danish cups and the Champions League in 1994.

Coaching Career

She became the assistant trainer at

in 2006, the club where she played her entire playing career. In 2008 she joined

Skjern Håndbold Skjern Handball () is a team handball, handball club from Skjern, Denmark. Currently, Skjern Handball competes in the Danish Handball League, which they have won twice, in 1999 and in 2018. They have also achieved international success, by winn ...

, as the goalkeeping coach of the mens team.ekstrabladet.dk: Munk Wilbek bliver Skjern-træner
/ref> In 2011 she returned to Viborg as the Sporting director, www.skjernhaandbold.dk: ''Wilbek klar til ny rolle''
read the 17. Januar 2023 In 2013 she became the goalkeeping coach instead, but she only lasted for half a year in that position. In 2017 she returned once again to Viborg HK as assistent coach.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilbek, Susanne Munk 1967 births Living people Danish female handball players Danish handball coaches Handball players from the Central Denmark Region Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Viborg HK players Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics