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handball player

Rikke Erhardsen Skov is a Danish handball player and Olympic champion.

Career

A loyal player of Viborg Hong Kong, Skov joined the club yet as a teenager and it remained her lone team up to date. In 2011 she was one of the five handballers, and the only woman who received The EHF Handball Award. Skov started her handball career in 1992, aged 12.

She played for Overlund GF until she joined Viborg Hong Kong in 1994.

Rikke Skov made her debut with the national team on 28 July 2000, and was appointed team captain in 2007. Skov first retired from international handball in April 2009, until when she played 107 matches and scored 296 goals.

However, Skov later changed her mind and participated on the 2010 European Women"s Handball Championship, where she reached the fourth place. In 2011 she continued to play for the national team and participated among others on the GF World Cup "11, but before the squad selection for the 2011 World Championship she withdrew from the team to focus fully on her club duties.

Champions League

Finalist: 2001

EHF Cup

Danish Championship

Gold: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010

Silver: 2007

Bronze: 2005

Danish Cup.

Achievements

  • Danish national team player of the year (Danish: Årets Landsholdsspiller) in 2006/07 and 2007/08 Member of the All Star Team of the Møbelringen Cup 2008 The EHF Handball Award winner (2011).