# Sandra Toft > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sandra_Toft > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sandra_Toft.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Toft > Source revision: 1335613389 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Danish handball player (born 1989)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Sandra Toft | fullname = Sandra Toft | image = Sandra Toft 2 20181118.jpg | caption = Toft in 2018 | nationality = Danish | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|10|18|df=y}} | birth_place = [Gribskov](/source/Gribskov_Municipality), Denmark | height = 1.76 m | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = [Győri ETO KC](/source/Gy%C5%91ri_ETO_KC) | clubnumber = 89 | years1 = 2006–2007 | clubs1 = [Virum-Sorgenfri HK](/source/Virum-Sorgenfri_HK) | years2 = 2007–2014 | clubs2 = [TTH Holstebro](/source/TTH_Holstebro) | years3 = 2014–2017 | clubs3 = [Larvik HK](/source/Larvik_HK) | years4 = 2017–2019 | clubs4 = [Team Esbjerg](/source/Team_Esbjerg) | years5 = 2019–2022 | clubs5 = [Brest Bretagne HB](/source/Brest_Bretagne_Handball) | years6 = 2022– | clubs6 = [Győri ETO KC](/source/Gy%C5%91ri_ETO_KC) | nationalyears1 = 2008– | nationalteam1 = [Denmark](/source/Denmark_women's_national_handball_team) | nationalcaps1 = 195 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | ntupdate = 5 January 2025 | medaltemplates = {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalBronze|[2024 Paris](/source/2024_Summer_Olympics)|[Team](/source/Handball_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament)}} {{MedalCompetition|[World Championship](/source/IHF_World_Women's_Handball_Championship)}} {{MedalBronze|[2021 Spain](/source/2021_World_Women's_Handball_Championship)|}} {{MedalBronze|[2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden](/source/2023_World_Women's_Handball_Championship)|}} {{MedalCompetition|[European Championship](/source/European_Women's_Handball_Championship)}} {{MedalSilver|[2022 Slovenia/North Macedonia/Montenegro](/source/2022_European_Women's_Handball_Championship)|}} {{MedalSilver|[2024 Austria/Hungary/Switzerland](/source/2024_European_Women's_Handball_Championship)|}} {{MedalCompetition|[Junior World Championship](/source/IHF_Women's_Junior_World_Championship)}} {{MedalSilver|[2008 Macedonia](/source/2008_Women's_Junior_World_Handball_Championship)|}} {{MedalCompetition|[Youth World Championship](/source/IHF_Women's_Youth_World_Championship)}} {{MedalGold|[2006 Canada](/source/2006_Women's_Youth_World_Handball_Championship)|}} {{MedalCompetition|[European Junior Championship](/source/European_Women's_Junior_Handball_Championship)}} {{MedalGold|[2007 Turkey](/source/2007_Women's_U-19_European_Handball_Championship)|}} }} '''Sandra Toft''' (born 18 October 1989) is a Danish professional [handball](/source/handball) goalkeeper for [Győri ETO KC](/source/Gy%C5%91ri_ETO_KC) and the [Danish national team](/source/Denmark_women's_national_handball_team).[https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/zQC-fDmHOy3dG1gy-tZB2A/sandra-toft/ EHF profile] She is the fifth most capped player ever on the Danish national team with 195 appeances. == National team == She made her debut on the Danish national team on 27 March 2008, against [Czech Republic](/source/Czech_Republic_women's_national_handball_team).{{cite web|url=https://dhf.dk/landsholdsinfo/spiller/419001_1|title=Sandra Toft – Statistik – Håndbold.dk|publisher=[Danish Handball Federation](/source/Danish_Handball_Federation)|language=Danish|accessdate=27 December 2021|archive-date=27 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227131820/https://dhf.dk/landsholdsinfo/spiller/419001_1|url-status=dead}} She participated for the first time in a major international at the [2011 World Women's Handball Championship](/source/2011_World_Women's_Handball_Championship) in Brazil, where she was the third choice keeper behind [Karin Mortensen](/source/Karin_Mortensen) and [Christina Pedersen](/source/Christina_Pedersen_(handballer)).{{cite web|url=https://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/haandbold/article4065475.ece|title=Pytlick med VM-overraskelse |publisher=[Ekstra Bladet](/source/Ekstra_Bladet)|date=17 November 2011|access-date=27 December 2021}} She missed the [2013 World Cup in Serbia](/source/2013_World_Women's_Handball_Championship) due to illness. At the [2014 European Championship](/source/2014_European_Women's_Handball_Championship) she finished 7th with the Danish team. The year after she was on the Danish team that finished 6th at the [2015 World Cup](/source/2015_World_Women's_Handball_Championship). At the [2016 European Championship](/source/2016_European_Women's_Handball_Championship) Denmark reached the semifinal but would ultimately only get a 4th place. Toft was selected for the tournament all star team. At the [2020 European Championship](/source/2020_European_Women's_Handball_Championship) they finished 4th again and again Toft was selected for the all star team.{{cite web|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-20-41342.html|publisher=handball-world.news|title=Handball-EM der Frauen: Kroatien sichert sich mit nächstem Coup über Dänemark Bronze|access-date=31 December 2020|language=de|archive-date=11 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111222435/https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-20-41342.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-20-41341.html|publisher=handball-world.news|title=Norwegen mit drei Spielerinnen im All-Star-Team der Handball-EM der Frauen, Frankreich stellt MVP|access-date=31 December 2020|language=de|archive-date=21 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021181942/https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-20-41341.html|url-status=dead}} At the [2021 World Cup](/source/2021_World_Women's_Handball_Championship) she won her first medals with Denmark when they took bronze medals. Once again she was in the all-star team.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvmidtvest.dk/midt-og-vestjylland/haandboldkvinder-slaar-spanien-og-tager-vm-bronze |publisher=tvmidtvest.dk |title=Håndboldkvinder slår Spanien og tager VM-bronze|access-date=23 December 2021|language=da}}{{cite web|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-23-44338.html|publisher=handball-world.news|title=All-Star Team der Handball-WM der Frauen: Kreisläuferin wird MVP|access-date=21 December 2021|language=de|archive-date=13 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613103413/https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-23-44338.html|url-status=dead}} At the [2022 European Women's Handball Championship](/source/2022_European_Women's_Handball_Championship) she won silver medals with the Danish team, losing to Norway in the final.{{cite web|url=https://ehfeuro.eurohandball.com/women/2022/teams/details/IJNvA_wR3b04jsFty8VaJw/denmark/ |publisher=[European Handball Federation](/source/European_Handball_Federation)|website=ehfeuro.eurohandball.com |title=Denmark - Team report 2022 European Championship|access-date=21 December 2022}} At the [2024 Olympics](/source/2024_Olympics) she won bronze medals with the Danish team.{{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}} At the [2024 European Women's Handball Championship](/source/2024_European_Women's_Handball_Championship) Danish head coach [Jesper Jensen](/source/Jesper_Jensen_(handballer)) surprisingly chose to leave her out of the team in favour of [Anna Kristensen](/source/Anna_Kristensen).{{cite news|url=https://www.dr.dk/sporten/seneste-sport/sandra-toft-saetter-ord-paa-em-fravalg-blev-enormt-ked-af-det|publisher=[Danmarks Radio](/source/Danmarks_Radio)|title=Sandra Toft sætter ord på EM-fravalg: 'Blev enormt ked af det'|date=15 November 2024 |access-date=5 December 2025|language=da|author=Emil Halkier}} Following an injury to [Althea Reinhardt](/source/Althea_Reinhardt) midway through the tournament, she did however enter the team and went on to win silver medals.{{cite news|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2025-02-13-odense-giver-status-paa-althea-reinhardt|publisher=[TV2 Danmark](/source/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}}{{cite web|url=https://danskhaandbold.dk/nyheder/handboldkvinderne-vinder-em-solv |publisher=[Dansk Håndbold](/source/Dansk_H%C3%A5ndbold)|title=Håndboldkvinderne vinder EM-sølv|access-date=5 January 2025|language=da}} She missed the [2025 World Championship](/source/2025_World_Women's_Handball_Championship) due to pregnancy.{{cite web|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2025-12-11-thomsen-gentager-pointe-om-dansk-niveau-ekspert-koeber-den-ikke-helt|publisher=TV2|title=Thomsen gentager pointe om dansk niveau – ekspert køber den ikke helt|date=12 December 2025|accessdate=12 December 2025|language=da}} ==Club career== ===Pre-professional career=== Toft started playing handbold at [Team Helsinge](/source/Team_Helsinge), before joining [Virum-Sorgenfri Håndboldklub](/source/Virum-Sorgenfri_H%C3%A5ndboldklub) in 2002 at the age of 14. In 2007, she joined [Team Tvis Holstebro](/source/Team_Tvis_Holstebro) for her first professional contract. ===Team Tvis Holstebro=== At TTH Holstebro, she was part of the team that reached the 2010/2011 [Women's EHF European League](/source/Women's_EHF_European_League) final, where they lost to league rivals [FC Midtjylland Håndbold](/source/FC_Midtjylland_H%C3%A5ndbold).{{Cite web |date=15 May 2011 |title=FCM vandt EHF-trofæ med et nederlag |url=https://politiken.dk/sport/haandbold/art5008924/FCM-vandt-EHF-trof%C3%A6-med-et-nederlag |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Politiken |language=da-DK}} In 2012/2013, TTH Holstebro with Toft in goal manage to reach the final once again and win it this time.{{Cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Jan |date=12 May 2013 |title=Vildt comeback: Team Tvis vinder Europa Cup-finale |url=https://www.bt.dk/content/item/177602 |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=www.bt.dk |language=da}} Toft almost missed the match due to an injury in her left knee in January 2012.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Sandra Toft knæskadet |url=https://www.tvmidtvest.dk/holstebro/sandra-toft-knaeskadet |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=TV MIDTVEST |language=da}} ====Car crash in 2009==== In 2009, Toft was driving back home from [North Zealand](/source/North_Zealand) when she lost control over her vehicle. At 10 pm, north of the city [Give](/source/Give_(Denmark)), the car spun off the road, flew 50 metres across a field and made four rollovers. Toft survived the car crash, but suffered a severe neck vertebra collapse. Only five months later, she was back on court for [Team Tvis Holstebro](/source/Team_Tvis_Holstebro).{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=27 April 2009 |title=Håndboldtalent kvæstet i bilulykke |url=https://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/haandbold/article4277716.ece |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=ekstrabladet.dk |language=da}} ===Larvik=== In the summer 2014, Toft signed with Norwegian club [Larvik HK](/source/Larvik_HK).{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Officielt: Sandra Toft til Larvik |url=https://www.tvmidtvest.dk/holstebro/officielt-sandra-toft-til-larvik |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=TV MIDTVEST |language=da}} Here, she won the Norwegian Championship and the norwegian cup three times each in the four years she played for the club. She also reached the [EHF Champions League](/source/EHF_Champions_League) final in [2015](/source/2014%E2%80%9315_Women's_EHF_Champions_League) where Larvik HK lost to [Montenegrin](/source/Montenegro) side [ŽRK Budućnost](/source/%C5%BDRK_Budu%C4%87nost). After the tournament She was a part of the tournament all star team as the Best EHF Goalkeeper 2014/2015.{{Cite web |date=8 May 2015 |title=Sandra Toft udtaget til Champions League-Allstar-hold |url=https://www.dr.dk/sporten/haandbold/championsleague/sandra-toft-udtaget-til-champions-league-allstar-hold |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=DR |language=da-DK}} ===Team Esbjerg=== Toft returned to Danish handball in 2017/2018 on a two-year contract.{{Cite web |date=2 March 2017 |title=Sandra Toft skifter til Team Esbjerg |url=https://europamester.dk/sandra-toft-skifter-team-esbjerg |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Håndbold nyheder om dansk og udenlandsk håndbold, VM og EM |language=da}} She won the [Danish Cup](/source/Danish_Women's_Handball_Cup) in 2017 and the [2018–19 Danish League](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_Dameh%C3%A5ndboldligaen) with the club.{{Cite web |date=21 May 2019 |title=Team Esbjerg er dansk mester – TV 2 |url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2019-05-21-team-esbjerg-er-dansk-mester |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=sport.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}} In 2019, Toft once again reached the [Women's EHF European League](/source/Women's_EHF_European_League) final, but this time her club lost to Hungarian side [Siófok KC](/source/Si%C3%B3fok_KC).{{Cite web |date=11 May 2019 |title=Team Esbjerg taber finalen i EHF Cuppen – TV 2 |url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2019-05-11-team-esbjerg-taber-finalen-i-ehf-cuppen |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=sport.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}} ===Brest=== In 2019, she joined the French top club [Brest Bretagne Handball](/source/Brest_Bretagne_Handball),{{Cite web |date=31 January 2019 |title=Sandra Toft forlader Danmark – skifter til Champions League-klub – TV 2 |url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2019-01-31-sandra-toft-forlader-danmark-skifter-til-champions-league-klub |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=sport.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}} where she reached the final of the [2020–21 Women's EHF Champions League](/source/2020%E2%80%9321_Women's_EHF_Champions_League). Once again, Toft lost a European final, this time to Norwegian [Vipers Kristiansand](/source/Vipers_Kristiansand).{{cite web | url=https://ehfcl.eurohandball.com/women/2021-22/news/en/superb-vipers-celebrate-first-champions-league-title/ | title=Superb Vipers celebrate first Champions League title }} The same season she won the domestic double with the club. ===Győr=== In 2022, she signed with Hungarian side [Győri ETO KC](/source/Gy%C5%91ri_ETO_KC), where she won the [Hungarian Championship](/source/Nemzeti_Bajnoks%C3%A1g_I_(women's_handball)) in her first season. She then won the [2023–24](/source/2023%E2%80%9324_Women's_EHF_Champions_League) and [2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League](/source/2024%E2%80%9325_Women's_EHF_Champions_League). ==Achievements== *'''[EHF Champions League](/source/Women's_EHF_Champions_League):''' **''Winner:'' 2024, 2025 **''Silver:'' 2015, 2019, 2021 *'''[Women's EHF European League](/source/Women's_EHF_European_League)''' **''Winner:'' 2013 **''Silver'': 2011 *'''[Norwegian Championship](/source/REMA_1000-ligaen_(women's_handball))''' **''Winner:'' 2015, 2016, 2017 *'''[Norwegian Women's Handball Cup](/source/Norwegian_Women's_Handball_Cup)''' **''Winner:'' 2015, 2016, 2017 *'''[Danish Championship](/source/Dameh%C3%A5ndboldligaen)''' **''Winner:'' 2019 *'''[Danish Women's Handball Cup](/source/Danish_Women's_Handball_Cup)''' **''Winner:'' 2017 *'''[LFH Division 1 Féminine](/source/LFH_Division_1_F%C3%A9minine)''' **''Winner:'' 2021 *'''[French Cup](/source/Coupe_de_France_(women's_handball))''' **''Winner:'' 2021 *'''[Hungarian Championship](/source/Nemzeti_Bajnoks%C3%A1g_I_(women's_handball))''' **''Winner:'' 2022, 2023, 2025 ==Individual awards== * [IHF World Player of the Year – Women](/source/IHF_World_Player_of_the_Year): 2021{{cite web|url=https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/danish-delight-2021-ihf-world-players-and-coaches-year-awards?fbclid=IwAR14Unne9fW_NGlvrXp-3G7qv5EZYsrCQR9IvWpeHc-Z1Ytbzyj3Veo38dA|title=DANISH DELIGHT IN THE 2021 IHF WORLD PLAYERS AND COACHES OF THE YEAR AWARDS|publisher=[International Handball Federation](/source/International_Handball_Federation)|date=28 March 2022}} * All-Star Goalkeeper of the World Championship: [2021](/source/2021_World_Women's_Handball_Championship){{cite web|url=https://www.ihf.info/competitions/women/307/-25th-ihf-womens-world-championship/66403/news/83111|title=Spain 2021 All-Star Team |date=19 December 2021|work=ihf.info}} * All-Star Goalkeeper of the European Championship: [2016](/source/2016_European_Women's_Handball_Championship), [2020](/source/2020_European_Women's_Handball_Championship){{cite web|url=https://women2020.ehf-euro.com/news/news/ehf-euro-2020-all-star-team-unveiled/|title=EHF EURO 2020 All-star Team unveiled|publisher=European Handball Federation|work=women2020.ehf-euro.com|date=20 December 2020|access-date=20 December 2020|archive-date=20 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220113933/https://women2020.ehf-euro.com/news/news/ehf-euro-2020-all-star-team-unveiled/|url-status=dead}} * [EHF Excellence Awards](/source/EHF_Excellence_Awards): Goalkeeper of the Season 2023/24{{Cite web |title=EHF Excellence Awards 2024: These are the season's best players |url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/ehf-excellence-awards-2024-these-are-the-season-s-best-players/ |access-date=8 September 2024 |website=EHF}} * All-Star Team Best Goalkeeper of the [EHF Champions League](/source/EHF_Women's_Champions_League): [2015](/source/2014%E2%80%9315_Women's_EHF_Champions_League){{cite web|url=http://www.ehfcl.com/women/2014-15/article/22184/All-stars+take+to+the+court+at+the+2015+MVM+EHF+FINAL4 |title=EHF Champions League 2014/15 – All-stars take to the court at the 2015 MVM EHF FINAL4 |publisher=Ehfcl.com |date= |accessdate=4 June 2015}} * Handball-Planet.com All-Star Goalkeeper of the Year: 2019{{cite web|url=https://www.handball-planet.com/world-female-handball-best-8-in-2019/|title=World Female Best 8 in 2019!|publisher=handball-planet.com|date=20 January 2020}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} *{{Sports links}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20111004070138/http://www.teamtvisholstebro.dk/pages.aspx?id=70&spiller=159 Player info at Team Tvis Holstebro] {{in lang|da}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100727151645/http://dhf.dk/DHF/Landshold/Spillerstatistik.aspx National game stats at Danish Handball Federation (search for Sandra Toft)] {{Győri ETO KC squad}} {{Navboxes |title = Denmark squads |titlestyle = background:#e11b22;color:white; 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