Helle Thomsen
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30 November 1970 Frederikshavn, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Danish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | CSM București (head coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Frederikshavn fI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drammen HK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2012–2016 | FC Midtjylland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | CSM București | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | Molde Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Kastamonu Bld. GSK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–2024 | Neptunes de Nantes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024– | CSM București | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2025– | Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Helle Thomsen (born 30 November 1970) is a Danish handball coach and former player, who is the current head coach of CSM București . In the summer of 2025 she will take over as the head coach of the Denmark women's team.
Previously she was head coach for FC Midtjylland Håndbold between 2012 and 2016, and the Swedish national team between 2014 and 2015 alongside Thomas Sivertsson. Between 2009 and 2012, she served as assistant coach to Niels Agesen in TTH Holstebro and assistant coach to Kenneth Jensen and Ryan Zinglersen in FC Midtjylland.
As a player, she won silver and bronze medals in the Danish handball championship. As a head coach, she has won the Danish championship twice, the Danish Handball Cup once and the EHF Cup once. In addition to that, she led FC Midtjylland to the Final Four tournament in the 2013–2014 Champions League season.
On April 9th, 2025 it was announced that she will take over as the head coach of the Denmark women's team in the summer of 2025, replacing Jesper Jensen. This makes her the only second woman to coach the Danish national team after Else Birkmose, who was the coach from 1963 to 1965.