Mette Gravholt

Mette Gravholt
Personal information
Full name Mette Bjørholm Gravholt
Born (1984-12-12) 12 December 1984
Egtved, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Retired
Number 6
Youth career
Team
–
 Egtved IF
–
 Ikast Håndbold
–
 KIF Vejen
Senior clubs
Years Team
–2008
 Roar Roskilde
2008
 Slagelse FH
2008–2010
 Roar Roskilde
2010–2014
 Team Tvis Holstebro
2014–2015
 Viborg HK
2015–2017
 Nykøbing Falster HK
2017–2018
 Neckarsulmer SU
2018
 Team Esbjerg
2018
 Fredericia HK
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2016
 Denmark 53 (131)
Medal record
World Championship
2013 Serbia

Mette Gravholt (born 12 December 1984) is a retired Danish handball player who played for Danish national team.[1]

Club career

Early career

Gravholt started playing handball aged 5 at Egtved IF.[2] She later joined the youth team at Ikast Håndbold, followed by KIF Vejen.[3][4] Later she joined the Danish 2nd tier team Roskilde Håndbold. In the 2007-08 she was the topscorer with 218 goals, which prompted a move to Slagelse FH.[5] But due to the club having financial difficulties, she quickly returned to Roskilde.[6]

TTH

In 2010 she joined Team Tvis Holstebro in the top Danish league.[7] In 2011 she reached the final of the EHF Cup, where they lost to league rivals FC Midtjylland Håndbold. In 2013 she would go on to win the cup, which was the first in club history.[8]

In the 2011-12 season she was the topscorer in the Danish top league.[9] In the 2013-14 Season she was selected for the Danish League all star team.[10]

Viborg HK

In 2014 she joined Viborg HK.[11]

NFH

In 2015 she joined Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub.[12] Here she won the 2017 Danish Championship, the first in club history.[13] Gravholt selected for the league all star team for the season.

In 2017 she joined Romanian team Dinamo Bucharest, but when the team failed to get promoted to the top Romanian league, she cancelled the transfer and instead announced her retirement.[14]

Comeback from retirement

In November 2017 she came out of retirement to join German team Neckarsulmer Sport-Union.[15] She left the club in February 2018 for personal reasons, and joined Danish side Team Esbjerg.[16] She retired at the end of the 2017-18 season.[17]

National team

Gravholt's first major international tournament was the 2012 European Championship, where Denmark finished 5th.[18]

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.[19]

Private

Gravholt is openly lesbian. She met Betina Lambæk, with whom she has a son Matteo who was born via ivf in 2017. The couple got married in July 2018.[20]

Soon after her wedding, Gravholt announced her retirement as a professional handball player, and started a new job at a primary school in Kolding, where she works as a 1st grade teacher.[17]

International honours

Individual awards

References

  1. ^ "Mette Gravholt". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  2. ^ e-pages.dk: Mette nyder det hårde liv, retrieved 28 December 2013
  3. ^ "Ligapræsentationer på europamester.dk" (in Danish). europamester.dk. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Holdet i dag..." (PDF) (in Danish). KIF Vejen. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Slagelse FH forsætter oprustningen" (in Danish). Håndbold.dk. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Mette Gravholt og Beth Jørgensen på plads i Roskilde" (in Danish). Roskilde Lokalavisen. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  7. ^ "Mette Gravholt forsætter i Holstebro" (in Danish). Roskilde Lokalavisen. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  8. ^ "Slut i Metz: TTH vandt EHF Cuppen!" (in Danish). Dagbladet Holstebro-Struer. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  9. ^ "Topscorere siden 1965 - Damer" (in Danish). Danish Handball Federation. 9 July 2008. Archived from the original on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
  10. ^ "Årets Dame Liga All-Star hold 2013/2014 er kåret!" (in Danish). haandboldspiller.dk. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Gravholt har fundet ny klub" (in Danish). hbold.dk. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  12. ^ "Gravholt bekræftet i Nykøbing Falster" (in Danish). hbold.dk. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  13. ^ "Nykøbing Falster vinder DM for første gang". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  14. ^ "Mette Gravholt dropper udlandet og stopper karrieren øjeblikkeligt". sport.tv2 (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  15. ^ "Namhafte Nachverpflichtung: Neckarsulm holt Gravholt" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  16. ^ "Mette Gravholt verlässt Neckarsulm frühzeitig" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  17. ^ a b "Blev gift tidligere på måneden, nu bliver karrieren lagt på hylden" (in Danish). Se og Hør. 31 July 2018.
  18. ^ eurohandball.com: Mette Gravholt, retrieved 1 May 2019
  19. ^ "Forbandelsen er brudt: Danmark vinder bronze". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  20. ^ "Gravholt er blevet mor - 'Mulle' er onkel - TV 2". 6 February 2017.
  21. ^ "Topscorere siden 1965 - Damer" (in Danish). Danish Handball Federation. 9 July 2008. Archived from the original on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
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