{{short description|Danish handball player (born 1996)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Althea Reinhardt | fullname = Althea Rebecca Reinhardt | image = 2016 Women's Junior World Handball Championship - Group A - MNE vs DEN - (77).jpg | caption = Reinhardt in 2016 | nationality = Danish | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|9|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Aarhus, Denmark | height = 1.79 m | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = Odense Håndbold | clubnumber = 16 | youthyears1 = 2007–2013 | youthclubs1 = Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub | years1 = 2013–2015 | clubs1 = NFH | years2 = 2015–2016 | clubs2 = Roskilde Håndbold | years3 = 2016– | clubs3 = Odense Håndbold | nationalyears1 = 2016– | nationalteam1 = Denmark | nationalcaps1 = 131 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | ntupdate = 16 January 2025 | medaltemplates = {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalBronze|2024 Paris|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championship}} {{MedalBronze|2021 Spain|}} {{MedalBronze|2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden|}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championship}} {{MedalSilver|2022 Slovenia/North Macedonia/Montenegro|}} {{MedalSilver|2024 Austria/Hungary/Switzerland|}} {{MedalCompetition|IHF Junior World Championship}} {{MedalGold|2016 Russia|}} {{MedalCompetition|IHF Youth World Championship}} {{MedalBronze|2014 Macedonia|}} {{MedalCompetition|European Junior Championship}} {{MedalGold|2015 Spain|}} {{MedalCompetition|European Youth Championship}} {{MedalBronze|2013 Poland|}} }} '''Althea Rebecca Reinhardt''' (born 1 September 1996) is a Danish handball player for Odense Håndbold and the Danish national team.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HB_PROD/HBEC16W/PDF_ROSTER_DEN.PDF |title=2016 European Championship roster |access-date=2016-12-31 |archive-date=2016-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221003839/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HB_PROD/HBEC16W/PDF_ROSTER_DEN.PDF |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/12jpUwDdjTkTKxKoqK63NA/althea-rebecca-reinhardt/ EHF profile]</ref>
==Clubs career== She signed for Odense in 2016, after starting the career at Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub.<ref name=Odense /> With Odense she won the Danish Cup in 2020 and the Danish League in 2021 and 2022. In the 2024-25 season, she achieved a perfect regular season with Odense Håndbold, winning 26 of 26 games.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dr.dk/sporten/haandbold/kvindeligaen/odense-napper-rub-og-stub-og-vinder-grundspillet-med-lutter-sejre|publisher=Danmarks Radio|title=Odense napper rub og stub og vinder grundspillet med lutter sejre|author=Morten Mølby|date=5 April 2025|language=da|access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref> Later the same season she won the Danish Championship, when Odense beat Team Esbjerg in the final 2-1 in matches.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/live/haandbold/2025-06-12-odense-vinder-dm-guld-efter-vanvittig-afgoerelse|publisher=TV2 Danmark|website=sport.tv2.dk|title=Odense vinder DM-guld efter vanvittig afgørelse|date=12 June 2025|access-date=12 June 2025|language=da}}</ref>
==National team== She was part of the national team that finished 4th at the 2016 European Championship in Sweden.<ref>{{cite news|language=da |url=http://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2016-12-14-dansk-debutant-er-utrolig-paa-straffekast-nu-er-hun-ems-bedste |title=Dansk debutant er utrolig på straffekast: Nu er hun EM’s bedste |publisher=TV2 |date=16 December 2016 |accessdate=5 March 2017}}</ref> 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 2021 and 2023 World Championships. At the 2024 Olympics she won another bronze medals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/HBL/OG2024_HBL_C92C_HBLWTEAM7-------------------------.pdf |publisher=olympics.com|title=Paris 2024: Medallists|access-date=11 August 2024}}</ref>
On 8 December 2024 at a training session during the 2024 European Championship she suffered a concussion, which kept her out for over 3 months.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2025-02-13-odense-giver-status-paa-althea-reinhardt|publisher=TV2 Danmark|title=Odense giver status på Althea Reinhardt|author1=Stine Bjerre Mortensen|author2=Joachim Glenthøj|date=13 February 2025|accessdate=14 February 2025|language=da}}</ref> She was replaced by Sandra Toft. she returned to the pitch on 1 April 2025.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2025-04-03-helt-fantastisk-foelelse-siger-reinhardt-efter-comeback|publisher=TV2 Danmark|website=sport.tv2.dk|title=- Helt fantastisk følelse, siger Reinhardt efter comeback|date=3 April 2025|access-date=3 April 2025|author=Mads Artmann Haugaard|language=da}}</ref> Despite her injury, she won silver medals, losing to Norway in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://danskhaandbold.dk/nyheder/handboldkvinderne-vinder-em-solv |publisher=Dansk Håndbold|title=Håndboldkvinderne vinder EM-sølv|access-date=5 January 2025|language=da}}</ref>
She missed the 2025 World Championship due to injury and was replaced by Amalie Milling.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2025-11-21-et-stort-tab-danske-stjerner-ude-af-vm|publisher=TV2 Danmark|title="Et stort tab" – danske stjerner ude af VM|date=21 November 2025|access-date=4 December 2025|language=da|author=Rasmus Lomholdt Leth}}</ref>
==Achievements== *'''EHF Champions League''': ** ''Silver'': 2025 *'''Danish League''': ** ''Gold'': 2025 * '''Women's U17 European Championship''': ** ''Bronze'': 2013 * '''Women's Youth U18 World Championship:''' ** ''Bronze'': 2014 * '''Women's U19 European Championship''': ** ''Gold'': 2015<ref name=Odense>{{cite news|language=da |url=http://www.tv3sport.dk/sport/handbold/nyheder/ung-dansk-europamester-til-hc-odense |title=Ung dansk europamester til HC Odense |publisher=TV3 |date=29 January 2016 |accessdate=5 March 2017}}</ref> * '''IHF Women's Junior World Championship''': ** ''Gold'': 2016 * '''All-Star Team:''' ** ''Best Goalkeeper'': 2013, 2016
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons}} *{{Sports links}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20161125154940/http://odensehaandbold.dk/player/althea-reinhardt/ Althea Reinhardt – Odense Håndbold] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20161031085250/http://www.teamdanmark.dk/Atleter/4270/Althea-Rebecca-Reinhardt Althea Reinhardt – Team Danmark] *[http://dhdb.hyldgaard-jensen.dk/spiller.php?id=3973 DHDb > Althea Reinhardt] {{Navboxes |title = Denmark squads |titlestyle = background:#e11b22;color:white; |list1= {{Denmark squad 2016 European Women's Handball Championship}} {{Denmark squad 2017 World Women's Handball Championship}} {{Denmark squad 2018 European Women's Handball Championship}} {{Denmark squad 2019 World Women's Handball Championship}} {{Denmark squad 2020 European Women's Handball Championship}} {{Denmark squad 2021 World Women's Handball Championship}} {{Denmark squad 2022 European Women's Handball Championship}} {{Denmark squad 2023 World Women's Handball Championship}} {{Danmark Women Handball squad 2024 Summer Olympics}} {{Denmark squad 2024 European Women's Handball Championship}} }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Reinhardt, Althea}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Danish women's handball players Category:Handball players from Aarhus Category:Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic handball players for Denmark Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Category:Olympic medalists in handball Category:21st-century Danish sportswomen Category:Odense Håndbold players