# Heidi Astrup

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{{short description|Danish handball player (born 1972)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name           = Heidi Astrup
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1972|05|31|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [Viborg](/source/Viborg%2C_Denmark), Denmark
| nationality    = Danish
| height         = {{height|m=1.75|precision=0}} 65 kg
| position       = Playmaker
| currentclub    = Retired
| clubnumber     = 20
| years1         = 1988–1997
| clubs1         = [Viborg HK](/source/Viborg_HK)
| years2         = 1997–1998
| clubs2         = Chateraise
| years3         = 1998–2003
| clubs3         = [Viborg HK](/source/Viborg_HK)
| years4         = 2003–2005
| clubs4         = [Aalborg DH](/source/Aalborg_DH)
| years5         = 2005–2007
| clubs5         = [Viborg HK](/source/Viborg_HK)
| nationalyears1 = 1990–2007
| nationalteam1  = [Denmark](/source/Denmark_women's_national_handball_team)
| nationalcaps1  = 104
| nationalgoals1 = 269<ref>[http://www.ehf-euro.com/fileadmin/ehfeuro/downloads/EChW2012/DEN.pdf Official squad 2012 Women’s EHF European Championship] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102002449/http://www.ehf-euro.com/fileadmin/ehfeuro/downloads/EChW2012/DEN.pdf |date=2 November 2013 }}</ref>
| ntupdate       = 1 July 2013
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport|Women's [handball](/source/Handball_at_the_Summer_Olympics)}}
{{MedalCountry | {{DEN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[Olympic Games](/source/Handball_at_the_Summer_Olympics)}}
{{MedalGold | [1996 Atlanta](/source/1996_Summer_Olympics) | [Team](/source/Handball_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament) }}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Championship](/source/World_Women's_Handball_Championship)}}
{{MedalBronze | [1995 Austria and Hungary](/source/1995_World_Women's_Handball_Championship) | Team }}
{{MedalCompetition|[European Championship](/source/European_Women's_Handball_Championship)}}
{{MedalGold | [1994 Germany](/source/1994_European_Women's_Handball_Championship) | Team }}
{{MedalGold | [1996 Denmark](/source/1996_European_Women's_Handball_Championship) | Team }}
}}
'''Heidi Astrup''' (born 31 May 1972) is a Danish former [team handball](/source/team_handball) player and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the [1996 Summer Olympics](/source/1996_Summer_Olympics) in [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta).<ref name=db-ol1992-handball>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=HAN "1996 Summer Olympics &ndash; Atlanta, United States &ndash; Handball"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208105249/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=HAN |date=8 December 2007 }} ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 12 February 2008)</ref> She is two times European champion, and received a bronze medal at the 1995 World championship.

For a decade she was one of the dominant back players in the Danish league, where she played around 400 matches.

==Career==
Astrup started playing handball in [Viborg HK](/source/Viborg_HK) in 1979. In 1989 she was promoted to the [top flight](/source/Danish_Women's_Handball_League) with Viborg HK, where the club quickly became one of the dominant clubs. At the same time, she began featuring for the Danish national team, when [Ulrik Wilbek](/source/Ulrik_Wilbek) became the coach. 
In the 1994-95 season she was the topscorer in the Danish league with 157 goals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhf.dk/composite-1711.htm |title=Topscorere siden 1965 - Damer |date=9 July 2008 |publisher=Danish Handball Federation |language=da |access-date=15 March 2009|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219005613/http://www.dhf.dk/composite-1711.htm |archive-date=February 19, 2009 }}</ref>

In 1996 she was part of the team reaching the final of the [1996 European Women's Handball Championship](/source/1996_European_Women's_Handball_Championship), but she had to see her team win the final from the stands, as she was not a part of the selected team. The day after she announced her retirement from the national team.
It would take 11 years and the promotion of a new coach, [Jan Pytlick](/source/Jan_Pytlick) for her to return to the Danish national team. 

In 1997 she joined the Japanese club [Chateraise](/source/Chateraise), but was back in Danish handball in 1999 at her old club [Viborg HK](/source/Viborg_HK). In the meantime Viborg HK had hired Ulrik Wilbek, the coach that did not include her in the national team squad. The two had however reconciled, and Astrup was granted a key role on the Viborg team that won the [Danish League](/source/Danish_Women's_Handball_League) and [EHF-Cup](/source/EHF-Cup) in the 1999–2000 season.

She joined league rivals [Aalborg DH](/source/Aalborg_DH) in 2003, before once again returning to Viborg HK in 2005 where she played the last two years of her active career. In 2014 she made a brief return at the age of 42, again for Viborg Hk.

Today she works as a Accountant.

==Achievements==
*'''[Damehåndboldligaen](/source/Danish_Women's_Handball_League)''':
**''Winner'': 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006
**''Silver Medalist'': 1991, 1993, 1998, 2005, 2007
*'''[DHF Landspokalturneringen](/source/Danish_Handball_Cup)''':
**''Winner'': 1996
*'''[EHF Champions League](/source/EHF_Women's_Champions_League)''':
**''Winner'': 2006
**''Finalist'': 1997, 2001
*'''[EHF Cup](/source/Women's_EHF_Cup)''':
**''Winner'': 1994, 1999

==References==
{{reflist}}http://history.eurohandball.com/ec/cl/men/2002-03/player/505072/Heidi+HolmeAstrup<nowiki/>

{{Denmark squad 1994 European Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 1996 Summer Olympics}}
{{Denmark squad 1996 European Women's Handball Championship}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Astrup, Heidi}}
Category:1972 births
Category:Living people
Category:Danish women's handball players
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Denmark
Category:Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Viborg HK players
Category:Olympic medalists in handball
Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Handball players from the Central Denmark Region
Category:Sportspeople from Viborg

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