# Susan Thorsgaard
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{{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](/source/Aarhus), Denmark
| height = {{height|m=1.89|precision=0}}
| position = Pivot
| currentclub =
| clubnumber = 17
| clubs1 = Brabrand IF
| years1 = -2006
| clubs2 = [Silkeborg-Voel KFUM](/source/Silkeborg-Voel_KFUM)
| years2 = 2006–2008
| clubs3 = [FC Midtjylland Håndbold](/source/FC_Midtjylland_H%C3%A5ndbold)
| years3 = 2008–2016
| clubs4 = [Odense Håndbold](/source/Odense_H%C3%A5ndbold)
| years4 = 2016–2018
| nationalyears1 = 2007–2015
| nationalteam1 = [Denmark](/source/Denmark_women's_national_handball_team)
| nationalcaps1 = 131[{{cite web|url=http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM14W/PDF/DEN-R.pdf|title=2014 European Championship Roster|publisher=[EHF](/source/European_Handball_Federation)|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}}]
| nationalgoals1 = 226
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCompetition|[World Championship](/source/World_Women's_Handball_Championship)}}
{{MedalBronze|[2013 Serbia](/source/2013_World_Women's_Handball_Championship)|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|[IHF Junior World Championship](/source/IHF_Women's_Junior_World_Championship)}}
{{MedalSilver|[2008 Macedonia](/source/2008_Women's_Junior_World_Handball_Championship)|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[IHF 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)|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[European Youth Championship](/source/European_Women's_U-17_Handball_Championship)}}
{{MedalGold|[2005 Austria](/source/2005_European_Women's_U-17_Handball_Championship)|}}
}}
thumb|France – Denmark (Golden League).19 Mar. 2015
'''Susan Thorsgaard''' (born 13 October 1988)[{{cite web|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/player/525206|title=Susan Thorsgaard Profile|publisher=European Handball Federation|accessdate=6 October 2011}}] is a Danish former [handball](/source/handball) player, who played for the [Danish women's national handball team](/source/Denmark_women's_national_handball_team).
At the [2010 European Women's Handball Championship](/source/2010_European_Women's_Handball_Championship) she reached the bronze final and placed fourth with the Danish team.[{{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](/source/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 }}]
In the 2012-13 edition of the [Danish Handball Cup](/source/Danish_Women's_Handball_Cup) she was named MVP.[{{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}}] Despite that she only finished second with [FC Midtjylland Håndbold](/source/FC_Midtjylland_H%C3%A5ndbold), losing to [Viborg HK](/source/Viborg_HK) in the final.
At the [2013 World Championship](/source/2013_World_Women's_Handball_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.[{{cite news|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2013-12-22-forbandelsen-er-brudt-danmark-vinder-bronze|publisher=[TV2 Danmark](/source/TV2_Danmark)|website=sport.tv2.dk|title=Forbandelsen er brudt: Danmark vinder bronze|date=22 December 2013|access-date=5 March 2025|language=da}}]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{FC Midtjylland Håndbold squad}}
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{{Denmark squad 2008 European Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 2010 European Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 2011 World Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark Women Handball squad 2012 Summer Olympics}}
{{Denmark squad 2012 European Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 2013 World Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 2014 European Women's Handball Championship}}
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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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