Veronica Kristiansen
Veronica Kristiansen | |||
---|---|---|---|
Personal information | |||
Full name | Veronica Egebakken Kristiansen | ||
Born |
Stavanger, Norway | 10 July 1990||
Nationality | Norwegian | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Győri ETO KC | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
2006–2009 | Mjøndalen IF | ||
2009–2011 | Vipers Kristiansand | ||
2011–2015 | Glassverket IF | ||
2015–2018 | FC Midtjylland | ||
2018– | Győri ETO KC | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013– | Norway | 175 | (568) |
Veronica Egebakken Kristiansen (born 10 July 1990) is a Norwegian professional handball player for Győri ETO KC and the Norwegian national team.[1]
She made her team Norway debut in 2013.[2]
She is the elder sister of handballer Jeanett Kristiansen and the younger sister of handballer Charlotte Kristiansen.
Achievements[edit]
National team[edit]
- Olympic Games:
- 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[edit]
- EHF Champions League:
- Winner: 2019, 2024
- Finalist: 2022
- Bronze medalist: 2021, 2023
Domestic[edit]
- 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
- Hungarian Cup:
- Winner: 2019, 2021
Individual awards[edit]
- 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[edit]
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.[3] Their daughter, Olivia was born on 17 July 2023.
References[edit]
- ^ EHF profile
- ^ "Landslagsprofiler – Veronica Egebakken Kristiansen" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
- ^ "Veronica Kristiansen gyermeket vár" (in Hungarian). gyorietokc.hu. 12 January 2023.
External links[edit]
Categories:
- Norwegian female handball players
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
- Norwegian expatriate handball players
- Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players for Norway
- Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Győri Audi ETO KC players
- Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Norwegian women
- 21st-century Norwegian people
- Norwegian handball biography stubs