{{short description|Danish handball player (born 1998)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Matilde Vestergaard | fullname = Matilde Marie Vestergaard | image = | nationality = Danish | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|9|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Fredericia, Denmark | height = {{convert|1.64|m|ftin}} | position = Left wing | currentclub = HH Elite | clubnumber = 17 | youthyears1 = 2020-2023 | youthclubs1 = HH Elite | years1 = 2023-2025 | clubs1 = Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub | years2 = 2025- | clubs2 = HH Elite | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | ntupdate = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|Youth World Championship}} {{MedalSilver|2022 North Macedonia|}} {{MedalCompetition|Junior European Championship}} {{MedalSilver|2023 Romania|}} }} '''Matilde Marie Vestergaard''' (born 11 September 2004) is a Danish handball player for HH Elite in the Damehåndboldligaen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/lep3IiMQRmlKKDRm_Mbjmw/matilde-marie-vestergaard/|title= MATILDE MARIE VESTERGAARD - Career & Statistics |publisher=European Handball Federation|accessdate=6 January 2026}}</ref>
Vestergaard represented the Danish junior national team in the 2023 European Women's U-19 Handball Championship in Romania, winning silver.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hsfo.dk/hhelite/danmark-fik-soelv-fredericia-og-horsens-talent-paa-allstarholdet-til-u19-em |title=Danmark fik sølv - Fredericia- og Horsens-talent på Allstarholdet til U19 EM|website=hsfo.dk|date=17 July 2023|access-date=6 January 2026}}</ref> She was also included in the official All-Star team of the tournament as best left wing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://danskhaandbold.dk/statistik/spillere/301315|title=Matilde Marie Vestergaard . Statistik|website=danskhaandbold.dk|access-date=6 January 2026}}</ref>
On 3 January 2023, it was announced that she signed a three-year contract with Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fredericiaavisen.dk/fra-b-raekken-i-trelde-til-ligakontrakt/|title= Fra b-rækken i Trelde til ligakontrakt | website= fredericiaavisen.dk|date=11 January 2023|access-date=6 January 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://folketidende.dk/sport/elma-s-afloeser-fundet |title=ELMAS AFLØSER FUNDET |website= folketidende.dk|date=3 January 2023|access-date=6 January 2026}}</ref> In August 2025, she returned to HH Elite.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ubold.dk/artikler/matilde-vestergaard-vender-hjem-til-hh-elite/|title= Matilde Vestergaard vender hjem til HH Elite | website= fredericiaavisen.dk|date=21 August 2025|access-date=6 January 2026}}</ref>
== Achievements == *'''Youth World Championship''': **''Silver Medalist'': 2022 *'''Junior European Championship''': **''Silver Medalist'': 2023
==Individual awards== * Best left wing of the 2023 European Women's U-19 Handball Championship<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/hungary-s-simon-earns-mvp-plaudits-at-w19-ehf-euro-2023/|title=Hungary's Simon earns MVP plaudits at W19 EHF Euro 2023|publisher=EHF|date=16 July 2023|access-date=6 January 2026}}</ref>
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