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Tina Bøttzau

About

Tina Bøttzau (born 29 August 1971 in Kolding) is a former Danish handball player who won Olympic gold at the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Games, a World Championship gold in 1997, and a European Championship gold in 1996 - all as part of the celebrated squad known as "De Jernhårde Ladies". She played 120 international matches as a right back before retiring in 2001. After two decades as a teacher and completing a master's degree in well-being and resource psychology, she returned to elite handball in 2024 as team manager of the Denmark women's national team.

120
international matches for Denmark (1990-2000)
247
goals in international matches
2
Olympic gold medals (Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000)
3
Olympic participations (as player and team manager)

What's new

  • 2025-11

    DanskHåndbold appointed Tina Bøttzau as the new responsible person for the women's development squad on 11 November 2025.

  • 2024-07

    Tina Bøttzau participated in the Paris 2024 Olympics in her new role as Team Manager for the Danish women's national team - her third Olympics in total.

  • 2024-04

    Tina Bøttzau took office in April 2024 as Team Manager for the handball women and thus replaced Christina Roslyng.

Tracks

OL-guld, Atlanta 1996Part of "The Iron Ladies" who beat South Korea and Hungary on the way to gold
VM-guld, Tyskland 1997World champion with the Danish women's national team
OL-guld, Sydney 2000Denmark defeated Hungary 31-27 in the final
EM-guld, Danmark 1996European champion on home soil

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