{{short description|Danish handball player (born 1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Freja Cohrt | image = | fullname = Freja Cohrt Kyndbøl | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|1|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Odense, Denmark | nationality = Danish | height = 1.68 m | position = Left wing | currentclub = København Håndbold | clubnumber = 6 | youthyears1 = 2003–2009 | youthclubs1 = OH 77 Odense | youthyears2 = 2009–2010 | youthclubs2 = HC Odense | youthyears3 = 2010–2011 | youthclubs3 = Sportsefterskolen SINE | youthyears4 = 2011–2012 | youthclubs4 = FC Midtjylland | years1 = 2011–2012 | clubs1 = FC Midtjylland | years2 = 2012–2014 | clubs2 = Randers HK | years3 = 2014–2015 | clubs3 = Skive fH | years4 = 2015–2017 | clubs4 = Silkeborg-Voel KFUM | years5 = 2017–2023 | clubs5 = Odense Håndbold | years6 = 2023- | clubs6 = København Håndbold | nationalyears1 = 2014– | nationalteam1 = Denmark | nationalcaps1 = 28 | nationalgoals1 = 52 | ntupate = 22 January 2024 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|IHF Junior World Championship}} {{MedalBronze|2014 Croatia|}} {{MedalCompetition|IHF Youth World Championship}} {{MedalGold|2012 Montenegro|}} {{MedalCompetition|European Junior Championship}} {{MedalBronze|2013 Denmark|}} {{MedalCompetition|European Youth Championship}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Czech Republic|}} }} '''Freja Cohrt Kyndbøl''' (born 20 January 1994) is a Danish former handball player who played for the Danish national team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/player/545110|title=Freja Cohrt Kyndbol Profile|publisher=European Handball Federation|accessdate=4 March 2017}}</ref> She retired in 2025.<ref name=retirement />
==Career== ===Youth teams=== Cohrt started playing handball at OH77 in the hometown, Odense.<ref name=Europamester>{{cite web|url=https://europamester.dk/freja-cohrt|publisher=Europamester|title=Freja Cohrt|language=da|access-date=6 May 2025}}</ref> Through HC Odense and the elite sport boarding school SINE, she joined the youth team of FC Midtjylland.<ref name=Europamester />
===Randers HK=== In 2012 she signed her first professional contract at Randers HK, where she debuted for the senior team in September against Team Esbjerg.<ref name=Europamester />
===Skive fH=== In 2014-15 she played a single season for Skive fH.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://fyens.dk/sport/freja-cohrt-skifter-til-skive|publisher=Fyens Stiftstidende|title=Freja Cohrt skifter til Skive|date=12 June 2014|access-date=6 May 2025|language=da}}</ref> In April 2025 the team however decided to withdraw from the league due to financial difficulties.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/2015-04-15-bekraeftet-skive-traekker-sit-hold-fra-dameligaen|publisher=TV2 Danmark|website=sport.tv2.dk|language=da|title=Bekræftet: Skive trækker sit hold fra Dameligaen|date=15 April 2025|access-date=6 May 2025|author=Jacob Qvirin Petersen}}</ref>
===Silkeborg-Voel=== In 2015 she joined Silkeborg-Voel KFUM, and already in December the same year she signed a contract extension until 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.silkeborgvoel.dk/cohrt-ikke-nogen-svaer-beslutning/|publisher=Silkeborg-Voel KFUM|title=Cohrt: Ikke nogen svær beslutning|date=20 December 2015|access-date=6 May 2025|language=da}}</ref> She did however decide to resign already in 2017 for personal reasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.silkeborgvoel.dk/freja-cohrt-stopper-til-sommer/|publisher=Silkeborg-Voel KFUM|title=Freja Cohrt stopper til sommer|date=13 February 2017|access-date=6 May 2025|language=da}}</ref>
===Odense Håndbold=== In 2017 she joined Odense Håndbold, and became one of the key players at the team.<ref name=Odensehåndbold>{{cite news|url=https://fyens.dk/fyn/to-aar-mere-i-den-orange-troeje-freja-cohrt-forlaenger-med-odense-haandbold|publisher=Fyens Stiftstidende|title=To år mere i den orange trøje - Freja Cohrt forlænger med Odense Håndbold|date=10 November 2020|language=da|author=Niels Abildtrup}}</ref> In 2020 she extended her contract until 2023.<ref name=Odensehåndbold />
She was part of the Odense Håndbold team that won the Danish league back-to-back in 2021 and 2022. This was the first time Odense won the Danish Championship.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2021-05-29-odense-vinder-foerste-dm-guld|title=Odense vinder første DM-guld|publisher=TV2 Danmark|website=sport.tv2.dk|date=29 May 2021|accessdate=13 November 2021|language=da}}</ref>
===København Håndbold=== In 2023 she joined København Håndbold after her contract expired at Odense.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ugeavisen.dk/sport/odense-haandbold-mister-freja-cohrt-til-sommer|title=Odense Håndbold mister Freja Cohrt til sommer|publisher=Ugeavisen|work=ritzau|date=27 October 2022|access-date=28 February 2025|language=da}}</ref> After 2 years at København Håndbold she retired from handball.<ref name=retirement>{{cite news|url=https://hbold.dk/tidligere-dansk-landsholdsfloj-stopper-karrieren-efter-sasonen|publisher=hbold.dk|title=Tidligere dansk landsholdsfløj stopper karrieren efter sæsonen |date=15 May 2025|access-date=22 November 2025|language=da}}</ref>
==National team== Cohrt had played 24 matches for the Danish junior national team and 40 matches for the Danish youth national team, before debuting for the Danish senior national team in November 2014.<ref name=Europamester />
She represented Denmark at the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship in Japan, where Denmark finished 9th.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dhf.dk/nyheder-og-presse/nyheder/truppen-til-kvindernes-vm-i-japan-er-udtaget/ |title=Truppen til kvindernes VM i Japan er udtaget |publisher=Dansk Håndbold Forbund |accessdate=18 October 2019 |archive-date=18 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018145316/https://www.dhf.dk/nyheder-og-presse/nyheder/truppen-til-kvindernes-vm-i-japan-er-udtaget/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Titles== *'''Danish league''': **''Winner:'' 2021, 2022 **''Second place:'' 2018, 2020 **''third place:'' 2019 *'''Danish Cup''' **''Winner:'' 2020 **''Finalist'': 2018, 2019 ==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Sports links}} *[https://dhdb.hyldgaard-jensen.dk/spiller.php?id=1166 DhDB Profile]
{{Denmark squad 2019 World Women's Handball Championship}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cohrt, Freja}} Category:Danish women's handball players Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Handball players from Odense Category:FCM Håndbold players Category:21st-century Danish sportswomen Category:Odense Håndbold players Category:København Håndbold players