{{short description|Danish handball player (born 1988)}} {{BLP primary sources|date=January 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Susan Thorsgaard | image = Susan Thorsgaard 20150319.jpg | nationality = Danish | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|10|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Aarhus, Denmark | height = {{height|m=1.89|precision=0}} | position = Pivot | currentclub = | clubnumber = 17 | clubs1 = Brabrand IF | years1 = -2006 | clubs2 = Silkeborg-Voel KFUM | years2 = 2006–2008 | clubs3 = FC Midtjylland Håndbold | years3 = 2008–2016 | clubs4 = Odense Håndbold | years4 = 2016–2018 | nationalyears1 = 2007–2015 | nationalteam1 = Denmark | nationalcaps1 = 131<ref>{{cite web|url=http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM14W/PDF/DEN-R.pdf|title=2014 European Championship Roster|publisher=EHF|accessdate=7 December 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191245/http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM14W/PDF/DEN-R.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> | nationalgoals1 = 226 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|World Championship}} {{MedalBronze|2013 Serbia|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|IHF Junior World Championship}} {{MedalSilver|2008 Macedonia|}} {{MedalCompetition|IHF Youth World Championship}} {{MedalGold|2006 Canada|}} {{MedalCompetition|European Junior Championship}} {{MedalGold|2007 Turkey|}} {{MedalCompetition|European Youth Championship}} {{MedalGold|2005 Austria|}} }} thumb|France – Denmark (Golden League).19 Mar. 2015 '''Susan Thorsgaard''' (born 13 October 1988)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/player/525206|title=Susan Thorsgaard Profile|publisher=European Handball Federation|accessdate=6 October 2011}}</ref> is a Danish former handball player, who played for the Danish women's national handball team.
At the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship she reached the bronze final and placed fourth with the Danish team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportresult.com/sports/hb/hbem10w/PDF/19122010/46/46.pdf |title=9th Women's European Handball Championship, Euro 2010, Bronze Medal Match. DEN 15–16 ROU |date=19 December 2010 |accessdate=26 December 2010 |publisher=European Handball Federation |archive-date=22 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722090832/http://www.sportresult.com/sports/hb/hbem10w/PDF/19122010/46/46.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In the 2012-13 edition of the Danish Handball Cup she was named MVP.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pokalfightere|url=http://www.dhf.dk/elite/liga-1-division/santander-cup/pokalfightere/|accessdate=27 October 2017|language=Danish|archive-date=27 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027231847/http://www.dhf.dk/elite/liga-1-division/santander-cup/pokalfightere/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Despite that she only finished second with FC Midtjylland Håndbold, losing to Viborg HK in the final.
At the 2013 World Championship, she was a part of the Danish team that won bronze medals, breaking a 9-year streak without medals for the Danish team. They beat Poland 30–26.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2013-12-22-forbandelsen-er-brudt-danmark-vinder-bronze|publisher=TV2 Danmark|website=sport.tv2.dk|title=Forbandelsen er brudt: Danmark vinder bronze|date=22 December 2013|access-date=5 March 2025|language=da}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thorsgaard, Susan}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Handball players from Aarhus Category:Handball players from the Central Denmark Region Category:Danish women's handball players Category:Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic handball players for Denmark Category:21st-century Danish sportswomen Category:FCM Håndbold players Category:Odense Håndbold players
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