About Line Jørgensen
Born 1989. Line Jørgensen is a Danish handball player.
Line Anna Ryborg Jørgensen Myers (born 31 December 1989) is a Danish former handball player, who last played for Team Esbjerg and formerly the Danish national team.
She was given the award of Cetățean de onoare ("Honorary Citizen") of the city of Bucharest in 2016.
Handball career Line Myers startet playing handball at the age of 3 at Hvidovre IF, before switching to BK Ydun at the age of 12.
She debuted for the Danish national team in 2007, and played her first major tournament at the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship in Denmark. In 2012 she was appointed captain of the Danish national team after Karin Mortensen retired.
At the 2013 World Championship, she was a part of the Danish team that won bronze medals, breaking a 9 year streak without medals for the Danish team. They beat Poland 30-26.
She won the Danish Championship in 2015 with FC Midtjylland Håndbold, before switching to Romanian club CSM Bucuresti the following season. Here she won the EHF Champions League. She played in Romanian handball for 3 years before she returned to Denmark to play for the Danish top club Team Esbjerg.
After 4 years at Team Esbjerg, where she won the Danish Championship twice, she retired in 2022.
Post-playing career
In 2022 she was hired as a coach for the Danish U15 and U17 national teams.
At the 2021 Danish local elections she ran for office in her home municipality, Esbjerg Municipality, for the local party 'Borgerlisten', but did not achieve election.
Achievements Club Danish Championship: Winner: 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2020 Silver Medalist: 2014 Bronze Medalist: 2012 Danish Cup: Winner: 2012, 2014 Finalist: 2013 Danish Supercup: Winner: 2013, 2014, 2019 Romanian Championship: Winner: 2016, 2017 EHF Champions League: Winner: 2016 Bronze Medalist: 2017, 2018 EHF Cup: Winner: 2011 Semifinalist: 2013 EHF Cup Winners' Cup: Winner: 2015 Bucharest Trophy: Winner: 2015
National team European Championship: Fourth place: 2010 World Championship: Bronze Medalist: 2013 Fourth place: 2011
Individual awards All-Star Right Back of the World Championship: 2011 MVP of the Bucharest Trophy: 2015 Team of the Tournament Right Back of the Bucharest Trophy: 2015
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Who is Line Jørgensen?
Danish handball player
When was Line Jørgensen born?
Line Jørgensen was born on 31 December 1989 in Hvidovre.
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Line Jørgensen is a handball player.
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Line Jørgensen is Danish.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Line Jørgensen. https://biography.guide/line-jorgensen/
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