Ditte Andersen

Ditte Andersen
Personal information
Full name	Ditte Due Andersen
Born	27 January 1975 (age 51); Vissenbjerg, Denmark
Sport
Sport	Handball
Position	Left back
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1998–2004	GOG Håndbold
2004–2005	Ikast-Bording EH
2005	Horsens HK
2005–2007	GOG Håndbold
2007–2008	Odense HF
Years	Team
National team
Years	Team
2001–2005	Denmark
Teams managed
2008–2009	Odense Håndbold (Assistant)
Medal record
European Championship
	Updated on 21 April 2011

Ditte Due Andersen (born 27 January 1975) is a Danish former handball player, coach, and sporting director.

Career

She started her handball career at GOG, where she played until 2004. After a cruciate ligament injury she signed a three year contract with Ikast.

Just a year after signing for Ikast, she joined Horsens HK instead in search of more playing time. Later the same year she returned to GOG, where she played until 2007. She then joined Odense HF, where she played for a year.

She became the sporting director in Odense Håndbold i 2009 and continued when the club became HC Odense.

In October 2012 she withdrew from the position to be replaced by Bent Nyegaard.

National team

Andersen played for the Danish national team from 2001 to 2005, where she reached 65 national team games, scoring 97 goals. Her national team debut was on 23 March 2001 against Germany.

At the 2001 World Women's Handball Championship she finished finished 4th with the Danish team.

Her biggest achievement was winning the 2002 European Women's Handball Championship.

In 2003 she had a Cruciate ligament injury, which meant she did not play a match for Denmark for all of 2004.

She returned to the national team in the fall of 2005, and was part of the Denmark team for the 2005 World Women's Handball Championship, where Denmark once again finished 4th. The bronze match against Hungary became her last national team match.