Lotte Kiærskou
Lotte Kiærskou (full name Lotte Faldborg Kiærskou) is a Danish former international handball player, a back-court playmaker who won Olympic gold with the Denmark women's national team at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.1 She is listed among the handball players who successfully defended an Olympic title in the same event in back-to-back Games.1
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1975 in Frederikshavn, Nordjylland, Denmark1 |
| Position | Back / playmaker (center back), shirt number 7 or 132 |
| Olympic medals | 2 gold, women's handball, Sydney 2000 and Athens 20041 |
| National team record | 111 senior caps, 414 goals (3.7 per match), debut 20 February 1996, last match 6 March 20053 |
| Clubs | Frederikshavn fI, then Viborg HK from 20011 |
| Measurements | 178 cm / 67 kg1 |
Playing career
She debuted for the Danish national team on 20 February 1996 and played her last international match on 6 March 2005, a 23–26 loss to Hungary at Arena Nord in Frederikshavn, in which she scored 4 goals.3 Across 111 senior internationals she scored 414 goals, an average of 3.7 per match; she also made 15 under-20 appearances (33 goals) and 14 youth appearances (31 goals).3 Injuries kept her out of both the 2002 European Championship and the 2003 World Championship; a contemporary profile described her as a playmaker with a strong fighting instinct, and noted that she took the lead at the 2004 Olympics once finally free of injuries.2
At the Sydney 2000 tournament she played under coach Jan Pytlick; in Denmark's 28–26 group-stage win over France on 28 September 2000 she appeared as a pivot, scoring no goals but recording one assist and one steal.4 In the 2004 tournament in Athens she scored 7 goals in the 29–29 draw against Korea and 5 goals in the 38–36 win over Korea in the later meeting at the Helliniko Indoor Arena.3
Life after playing
In a 2019 interview republished by Europamester.dk, she said she worked as an English and Danish teacher with 9th-grade classes at Overlund Skole in Viborg, and that she had found the transition out of professional sport easy because she had children immediately after retiring. She named the Olympics in Sydney and Athens as her greatest experiences on the court, not only for the victories but for the quality of the teams she played on.5
Personal life
Olympedia records her as the same-sex partner of handball player Rikke Skov, her teammate on the 2004 Olympic squad.1
References
- Lotte Kiærskou, Olympedia
- Danish national team player info, geocities.ws
- Lotte Kiærskou, DanskHåndbold statistics
- Handball, Women – Match #3 (DEN–FRA, 28 September 2000), Olympedia
- Hvor er de nu? – med Lotte Kiærskou, Europamester.dk
Initially written Oct 21, 2026 · Edited: Oct 25, 2026
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