Simone Petersen Explained

Simone Petersen
Fullname:Simone Cathrine Petersen
Nationality:Danish
Birth Date:28 August 1997
Birth Place:Ringsted, Denmark
Height:1.75 m
Position:Centre back
Currentclub:Ikast Håndbold
Clubnumber:8
Clubs1:TMS Ringsted
Clubs2:BK Ydun
Years3:2014–2017
Clubs3:FC Midtjylland Håndbold
Years4:2017–2019
Clubs4:Aarhus United
Years5:2019–2020
Clubs5:TuS Metzingen
Clubs6:Ikast Håndbold
Years6:2020–
Nationalyears1:2021–
Nationalteam1:Denmark
Nationalcaps1:57
Nationalgoals1:92

Simone Cathrine Petersen (born 28 August 1997) is a Danish handball player for Ikast Håndbold and the Danish national team.[1] [2]

She represented Denmark at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship in Spain.[3]

She debuted for the Danish national team in 2021 against France. The same year she was at her first major tournament, the 2021 world cup in Spain[4] where she won a bronze medal.[5]

Career

Simone Petersen started playing handball in her hometown Ringsted at TMS Ringsted. While she was enrolled at Københavns Idrætsefterskole in Copenhagen she was on the youth team at BK Ydun.

When she returned to Jutland she joined FC Midtjylland Håndbold, where she debuted in the Danish league at the age of 17. The 14–15 season was especially a prolific season, where she won both the junior and senior Danish Cup and league, as well as the EHF Cup Winners' Cup and won the European Youth Championship with the Danish U-19 national team.[6]

In 2017 she joined the recently created Aarhus United, where she quickly became one of the key players.[7] In her first season at the club she won bronze medals in the Danish cup, beating her old club FC Midtjylland in the third place play-off.[8]

In 2019 she joined the German Bundesliga side TuS Metzingen for a single season before returning to FC Midtjylland Håndbold.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Simone Cathrine Petersen Profile. European Handball Federation. 4 August 2017.
  2. Web site: Portræt: Simone Petersen - vil være verdens bedste . fcmhaandbold.dk. 24 January 2017.
  3. Web site: Team Roster Denmark. ihf.info. 8 December 2021. 8 December 2021.
  4. https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2021-11-02-jesper-jensen-har-udtaget-sin-vm-trup
  5. https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2021-12-19-otte-aars-medaljetoerke-er-slut-danmark-vinder-vm-bronze
  6. Web site: Portræt: Simone Petersen - vil være verdens bedste . fcmhaandbold.dk. 24 January 2017.
  7. https://stiften.dk/sport/fcm-stortalent-det-var-ventetiden-vaerd-at-satse-paa-aarhus-united
  8. https://www.tv2ostjylland.dk/aarhus/aarhus-united-snupper-overraskende-pokalbronze
  9. https://hbold.dk/2020/07/10/simone-petersen-vender-hjem-til-herning-ikast-haandbold/