Mie Højlund
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Mie Enggrob Højlund | ||
| Born |
24 October 1997 Voldum, Favrskov, Denmark | ||
| Nationality | Danish | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back / Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Odense Håndbold | ||
| Number | 32 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2014–2017 | Randers HK | ||
2017– | Odense Håndbold | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016– | Denmark | 108 | (219) |
Mie Enggrob Højlund (born 24 October 1997) is a Danish handball player for Odense Håndbold and the Danish national team.[1][2][3]
Højlund can play both right back and left back, but has said publicly, that she prefers the left back position.[4]
Club career
[edit]Højlund played on the Randers HK youth teams, and in 2014 she became a part of the senior team.[5] She scored a total of 30 goals in her debut season. In the first years she was the back up to national team player Jane Schumacher. In the fall of 2016 she became the first choice on the playmaker position. That season Randers HK won the Danish Women's Handball Cup with a surprise win over FC Midtjylland Håndbold.[6] She ended the season as the second top scorer in the league with 89 goals.[7]
This prompted a move to the Danish top club Odense Håndbold, with whom she came second in the 2017–18 Damehåndboldligaen. In 2019 she further extended the contract at Odense Håndbold until 2024. In 2021 she won the Danish Championship for the first time, as well as second Danish cup.[8]
National team career
[edit]Højlund was part of the Danish youth teams that saw success in the middle of the 2010s. She was part of the team that won u-19 Euroes 2015 in Spain followed by the U-19 World Cup in Russia.[9] This together with her success at Randers HK prompted national team coach Klavs Bruun Jørgensen to call her up against Norway in October 2016.[10]
She was initially called up to the national team for the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship, but rejected it due to exams. The next years 2017 World Women's Handball Championship she missed due to a shoulder injury.[11]
Her first major international tournament was thus the 2018 European Women's Handball Championship in France.
She was part of the Danish team that won bronze medals at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship in Spain and the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship in Denmark/Norway/Sweden.
Achievements
[edit]- Danish League:
- Danish Cup
- Winner: 2020
Individual awards
[edit]- Youth player of the Year in Damehåndboldligaen: 2015/16, 2016/17[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mie Højlund Profile". Odense Håndbold. Retrieved 8 July 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Danmarks trup mod Frankrig". DHF. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ EHF profile
- ^ "Mie Højlund har fået nok: – Jeg er ret træt af at spille højre back" (in Danish). europamester.dk.
- ^ "Randers HK skiver med Mie Højlund" (in Danish). europamester.dk.
- ^ "Randers HK er pokalmestre 2016" (in Danish). europamester.dk.
- ^ "Statistik". tophaandbold.dk (in Danish).
- ^ "The Double: Odense Håndbold vinder også pokalfinalen" (in Danish). TV 2/Fyn.
- ^ "Danmarks gyldne talenter vinder VM-guld efter gyserafslutning" (in Danish). TV2 Denmark.
- ^ "LANDSHOLDSDATA/SPILLER" (in Danish). Danish Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Stortalent takker endnu engang nej til en slutrunde" (in Danish). TV 2/Fyn.
- ^ "Årets Kvindelige Talent". tophaandbold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 13 September 2021.
External links
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Danish female handball players
- People from Favrskov Municipality
- Handball players from the Central Denmark Region
- 21st-century Danish sportswomen
- Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players for Denmark
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark
- Olympic medalists in handball