Maja Grønbæk

Maja Grønbæk
Personal information
Full name	Maja Corinna Grønbek
Born	(1971-01-30) 30 January 1971 Amager, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Left Back
Youth career
Team
–	MK 31
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000–1992	Virum-Sorgenfri HK
1992–2001	IK Skovbakken
2001–2005	SK Århus
2005–2006	FH Handbolti (Iceland)
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2000	Denmark	22	(56)
Medal record Women's handball Representing Denmark Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team competition

Maja Grønbæk (born 30 January 1971) is a Danish former team handball player and Olympic champion.

National team

She won a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney after making her debut in 1999. She was however only a back-up for most of the matches. She ended up playing 22 matches for the Danish National team.

Career

Grønbæk started playing handball at MK 31 aged, and later joined Virum-Sorgenfri HK. She joined IK Skovbakken in 1992. From 2001 to 2005 she played for SK Aarhus. Grønbæk initially retired in march 2005, but later the same year she came back to professional handball, signing for the Spanish club Cementos. However after only a week at the club, head coach Gregorio Garcia announced that she could not expect playing time. This prompted her to leave the club without even playing a single match. She instead signed a two-month contract with the Icelandic club FH Handbolti.

Today she works as physiotherapist.

External links

• Maja Grønbæk at Olympedia