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Veronica Kristiansen (born 10 July 1990) is a Norwegian professional handball player for Győri ETO KC and the Norwegian national team.
She made her team Norway debut in 2013.
Her achievements include winning the EHF Champions League twice (with Győri). She has won two gold medals and one silver medal at the IHF World Women's Handball Championship, has three victories in the European Women's Handball Championship, one Olympic gold medal and two Olympic bronze medals.
Career
= Club career
=Kristiansen played for the clubs Mjøndalen IF and Reistad IL, and then for IK Våg from 2009 to 2011. With Våg she placed second in the Norwegian Cup in 2011. From 2011 to 2015 she played for Glassverket IF, and placed second in the Norwegian League with Glassverket in 2015.
She played for the Danish club FC Midtjylland from 2015 to 2018, and won the Danish Cup with this club in 2015. From 2018 she played for the Hungarian club Győri ETO KC, winning the Hungarian Championship in 2018/2019. She also won the EHF Champions League with Győr in 2019 and 2024.
= International career
=Playing for the Norwegian national team, Kristiansen won gold medal at the 2014 European Women's Handball Championship. She won gold medal with Norway at the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship, defeating Netherlands in the final. At the 2016 Summer Olympics she won bronze medal with Norway, after losing the semi final to Russia, and winning the bronze final against the Netherlands.
At the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship in Sweden she won a gold medal with the Norwegian team. She also played at the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship in Germany, when Norway won the silver medals.
She won another gold medal with Norway at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship in Denmark. At the 2020 Summer Olympics held in 2021, she won the bronze medal with the Norwegian team. She won gold medal with the Norwegian team at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship.
Achievements
= National team
=Olympic Games:
Winner: 2024
Bronze Medalist: 2016, 2020
World Championship:
Winner: 2015, 2021
Silver Medalist: 2017
European Championship:
Winner: 2014, 2016, 2020
Junior World Championship:
Winner: 2010
Junior European Championship:
Winner: 2009
= European
=EHF Champions League:
Winner: 2019, 2024
Finalist: 2022
Bronze medalist: 2021, 2023
= Domestic
=Norwegian League:
Silver: 2014/2015
Norwegian Cup:
Silver: 2010
Danish Championship:
Silver: 2015/2016
Bronze: 2016/2017
Danish Cup:
Winner: 2015
Finalist: 2016
Hungarian Championship
Winner: 2019, 2022, 2023
Hungarian Cup:
Winner: 2019, 2021
Individual awards
All-Star Left Back of Postenligaen: 2013/2014
All-Star Centre Back of Damehåndboldligaen: 2017/2018
Best Player of Damehåndboldligaen: 2017/2018
All-Star Centre Back of the EHF Champions League: 2018
Personal life
She is the elder sister of handballer Jeanett Kristiansen and the younger sister of handballer Charlotte Kristiansen.
On 12 January 2023 it was announced that she is expecting her first child with her partner, Hungarian Ádám Devecseri, former canoeist and later the physiotherapist of Győri ETO KC. Their daughter, Olivia was born on 17 July 2023. Kristiansen got engaged to Devecseri in August 2024. Later, on 24 August they announced they're expecting their second child.
References
External links
Veronica Egebakken Kristiansen at the Norwegian Handball Federation (in Norwegian)
Veronica Egebakken Kristiansen at the European Handball Federation
Veronica Kristiansen at the International Handball Federation
Veronica Kristiansen at Olympics.com
Veronica Kristiansen at Olympedia
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Norwegia pada Olimpiade Musim Panas 2020
- Bola tangan pada Olimpiade Musim Panas 2020
- Bola tangan pada Olimpiade Musim Panas 2024
- Norwegia pada Olimpiade Musim Panas 2024
- Daftar peraih medali pada Olimpiade Musim Panas 2020
- Daftar arkeolog
- Veronica Kristiansen
- Veronica (name)
- Norway women's national handball team
- Győri ETO KC
- List of 2024 Summer Olympics medal winners
- Vipers Kristiansand
- Ikast Håndbold
- Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Chronological summary of the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Jeanett Kristiansen
