Rikke Iversen

Not to be confused with Norwegian wheelchair curler Rikke Iversen (curler).

Rikke Iversen (born 18 May 1993) is a Danish handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Danish national team.^[1]

Rikke Iversen
Personal information
Born	(1993-05-18) 18 May 1993 (age 32) Nykøbing Falster, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Pivot
Club information
Current club	Team Esbjerg
Number	11
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2010–2011	Virum-Sorgenfri HK
2011–2012	Lyngby HK
2012–2014	Nykøbing Falster HK
2014–2020	Silkeborg-Voel KFUM
2020–2023	Odense Håndbold
2023–	Team Esbjerg
National team 1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–	Denmark	99	(155)
Medal record Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team World Championship 2021 Spain 2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden European Championship 2022 Slovenia/North Macedonia/Montenegro 2024 Austria/Hungary/Switzerland Youth Olympic Games 2010 Singapore Team
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 16 January 2025

She is the sister of Sarah Iversen who plays for Ikast Håndbold.

She started playing handball at Virum-Sorgenfri Håndbold, and has previously played for Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub and Odense Håndbold.^[2] With Odense Håndbold she won the Danish Women's Handball League twice in 2021 and 2022.

She debuted for the Danish national team in September 2015 against Slovenia, and has since represented Denmark at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship and at the 2021 and 2023 world cups.^[3][4][5] She represented Denmark at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship in Spain^[6] and at the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship at home. At the 2024 Olympics she won a bronze medal.^[7] Later the same year, she won silver medals at the 2024 European Championship, losing to Norway in the final.^[8]