Janne Kolling

Janne Kolling (born 12 July 1968) is a former Danish team handball player, two times Olympic champion and a World champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta^[1] and at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.^[2]

Janne Kolling
Personal information
Born	(1968-07-12) 12 July 1968 (age 55) Aarhus, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Right Wing
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1986–1987	Hornbæk SF
1987–1988	Viby IF
1988–1989	Kyndil
1989–1991	Lyngså BK
1991–1997	Viborg HK
1997–1999	Corteblanco Bidebieta
1999–2000	Tertnes HE
2000–2001	Slagelse DT
2007–2008	FCK Håndbold
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–2001	Denmark	250	(756)
Medal record Women's handball Representing  Denmark Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team 2000 Sydney Team World Championship 1997 Germany Team 1993 Norway Team 1995 Austria Hungary Team European Championship 1994 Germany Team 1996 Denmark Team 1998 Netherlands Team

She is the most tenured player ever on the Danish Women's national team with 250 matches,^[3] and she has scored the second most goals on the national team, only surpassed by Camilla Andersen.

In 2001 she retired due to knee injury.^[4] Since then she has worked with hospitality in Dansk Håndbold Forbund.

References

1. "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball" 2007-12-08 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 12 February 2008)
2. "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball" 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 12 February 2008)
3. "Top 10 håndboldspillere der spillede flest internationale håndboldkampe" [Top 10 handball players who played the most international handball matches] (in Danish). Spilxperten.
4. "Janne Kolling tvunget til at stoppe" [Janne Kolling forced to retired]. Politiken.