# Mette Vestergaard
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{{short description|Danish handball player (born 1975)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Mette Vestergaard
| full_name = Mette Vestergaard Larsen
| image =
| caption =
| nationality = Danish
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|11|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Taastrup](/source/Taastrup), Denmark
| height = 172 cm
| weight =
| position = Right back
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1982–1992
| youthclubs1 = [Rødovre HK](/source/R%C3%B8dovre_HK)
| years1 = 1992–1994
| clubs1 = [Rødovre HK](/source/R%C3%B8dovre_HK)
| years2 = 1994–2002
| clubs2 = [FIF Håndbold](/source/FIF_H%C3%A5ndbold)
| years3 = 2002–2006
| clubs3 = [FCK Håndbold](/source/FCK_H%C3%A5ndbold)
| years4 = 2006–2013
| clubs4 = [Lyngby HK](/source/Lyngby_HK)
| nationalyears1 = 1995–2005
| nationalteam1 = [Denmark](/source/Denmark_women's_national_handball_team)
| nationalcaps1 = 181
| nationalgoals1 = 519
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's [handball](/source/Team_handball)}}
{{MedalCountry | {{DEN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[Olympic Games](/source/Olympic_Games)}}
{{MedalGold | [2000 Sydney](/source/2000_Summer_Olympics) | [Team competition](/source/Handball_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament) }}
{{MedalGold | [2004 Athens](/source/2004_Summer_Olympics) | [Team competition](/source/Handball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament) }}
{{MedalCompetition |[European Championship](/source/European_Women's_Handball_Championship)}}
{{MedalGold | [1996 Denmark](/source/1996_European_Women's_Handball_Championship) | Team competition}}
{{MedalGold | [2002 Denmark](/source/2002_European_Women's_Handball_Championship) | Team competition}}
{{MedalSilver | [1998 Netherlands](/source/1998_European_Women's_Handball_Championship) | Team competition}}
}}
'''Mette Vestergaard Larsen''' (born 27 November 1975) is a Danish former [team handball](/source/team_handball) player and coach. During her playing career she became two times Olympic champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the [2000 Summer Olympics](/source/2000_Summer_Olympics) in Sydney[[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=HAN "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407003620/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=HAN |date=7 April 2008 }} – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved 12 February 2008)] and at the [2004 Summer Olympics](/source/2004_Summer_Olympics) in Athens.[[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=26&sp=HAN "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407003625/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=26&sp=HAN |date=7 April 2008 }} – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved 12 February 2008)]
At club level she never won a trophy, the closest being 2nd place in the Danish league in 1999/2000 with FIF. In the 1995–96 and 2000-01 season she was the topscorer in the Danish top league, [Damehåndboldligaen](/source/Dameh%C3%A5ndboldligaen).[{{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=19 February 2009 }}]
Between 2015 and 2020 she was part of the staff around the Danish Women's National Team.[{{cite web | url=http://www.dhf.dk/Presse/nyheder/2015/Maj/mette_vestergaard_i_ny_landsholdsrolle | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709012027/http://www.dhf.dk/Presse/nyheder/2015/Maj/mette_vestergaard_i_ny_landsholdsrolle | archive-date=9 July 2016 | title=Mette Vestergaard i ny landsholdsrolle – DHF }}]
She was included in the [European Handball Federation](/source/European_Handball_Federation) Hall of Fame in 2023.[{{cite web |url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/legendary-players-enter-the-hall-of-fame-of-european-handball/ |publisher=[European Handball Federation](/source/European_Handball_Federation)|website=eurohandball.com|title=LEGENDARY PLAYERS ENTER THE HALL OF FAME OF EUROPEAN HANDBALL|date=26 June 2023|accessdate=27 June 2023}}]
==References==
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{{Denmark squad 1996 European Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 1999 World Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 2000 European Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 2000 Summer Olympics}}
{{Denmark squad 2002 European Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 2004 Summer Olympics}}
{{Denmark squad 2005 World Women's Handball Championship}}
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Category:1975 births
Category:Living people
Category:Danish women's handball players
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Denmark
Category:Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic medalists in handball
Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Handball players from the Capital Region of Denmark
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