Marianne_Florman
Marianne Florman
Danish handball player (born 1964)
Marianne Florman (born 1 June 1964) is a Danish former team handball player and Olympic champion, journalist, author and personal coach. She won a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[1] With the Danish national team she also won the European Championship twice.
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| Full name | Marianne Florman Christensen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
(1964-06-01) 1 June 1964 (age 59) Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Danish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Left Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1980-1987 | IF Hjorten | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1987-1991 | Rødovre HK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991-1996 | Frederiksberg IF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996-1997 |
Chateraise Fofu ( Japan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997-1999 | BK Ydun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990-1997 | Denmark | 107 | (170) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Handball
She started playing handball at IF Hjorten i 1980 as a Goalkeeper. In 1987 she switched to the 1st Division club Rødovre Håndboldklub. In 1990 she was called up to the Danish national team as a left wing.
By 1997 she began to lose her spot on the national team. She retired in 2001 when she became pregnant with her first of two children. After her professional career she has featured at lower levels recreationally.
Civil career
Florman has a degree in Pedagogy from Roskilde University from 1995, a degree in Pedagogical Psycology from the Danish School of Education, and a degree in journalism from Danish School of Media and Journalism.[2]
From 1998 to 2000 Florman was a presenter at Danmarks Radio's sports section. She has since then been a TV presenter at DR1 and dk4, as well as editor of the sports magazine FriPuls.[2]
She has also been a part of the National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark.
She has acted as personal coach in her own company,[3] and she is the author on a list of books on leadership and exercise.[4]
- 1996: En jernladys lærdom
- 1997: Kunsten at gøre sig umage (co-author)
- 1998: Drømmemanden (co-author)
- 1998: Husk passet (co-author)
- 2004: Løbebog for kvinder (together with Jens Hansen)
- 2017: Vejen til hestens hjerte / og dit eget (together with Mathilde Denning)
She participated in the first season of the Danish version of Dancing with the Stars.
- "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball" Archived 2007-12-08 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 25 February 2008)