Anja Hammerseng-Edin
Anja Hammerseng-Edin (2014) |
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Player information | |
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Full name | Anja Marie Hammerseng-Edin |
birthday | 5th February 1983 |
place of birth | Porsgrunn , Norway |
citizenship | Norwegian |
height | 1.78 m |
Playing position | Back room |
Throwing hand | right |
Club information | |
society | Career ended |
Clubs as active | |
from ... to | society |
-1999 | Stridsklev |
1999-2001 | Herøya |
2001-2002 | Gjerpen Håndball |
2002-2004 | Sola HK |
2004-2008 | Gjerpen Håndball |
2008–2012 | Storhamar Håndball |
2012-2017 | Larvik HK |
National team | |
Debut on | April 5, 2006 |
against | Sweden |
Games (goals) | |
Norway | 59 (143) |
As of May 22, 2017 |
Anja Marie Hammerseng-Edin (born February 5, 1983 in Porsgrunn ; born Anja Marie Edin ) is a former Norwegian handball player . She last played for Larvik HK in the Norwegian Eliteserien and in the Norwegian national handball team .
Career
Hammerseng-Edin initially played handball for Stridsklev and Herøya. In the 2001/02 season the backcourt player was active for Gjerpen Håndball. After working for Sola HK for two years, she returned to Gjerpen . From 2008 she threw her goals for Storhamar Håndball . In Storhamar she also trained a youth team. From summer 2012, Hammerseng-Edin played for Larvik HK , with whom she won the championship in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. She ended her career after the 2016/17 season.
For the Norwegian selection Hammerseng-Edin played 59 games in which they scored 143 goals. With the Norwegian team, the right-hander took third place at the 2009 World Cup in the People's Republic of China . After she did not play a single international match from September 2010, she was nominated on November 6, 2012 by Þórir Hergeirsson for the European Championship 2012 in Serbia. She was then named the most valuable player of the tournament and won the European runner-up with Norway. The Norwegian continued to take part in the 2013 World Cup.
Private
She has been openly in a relationship with her Norwegian teammate Gro Hammerseng-Edin since 2010 . The couple got married in August 2013 .
Web links
- Anja Hammerseng-Edin in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
- Player portrait by Anja Hammerseng-Edin
Individual evidence
- ↑ handballold.nif.no: Totaloversikt for Hammerseng-Edin, Anja , accessed on December 26, 2017
- ↑ Fact om: Anja Edin
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: storhamarhandball.no: Lagledere Jenter 93/94
- ↑ handball-world.com: Norwegian dream couple united
- ↑ www.nrk.no: Gir seg etter sesongen: - Ei vanskeleg avgjerd , accessed on April 22, 2017
- ↑ handball.no: Håndballjentenes EM-tropp , accessed on November 12, 2012
- ↑ handballmagasinet.no: EM 2012 All star team , accessed on March 30, 2018
- ^ Cumulative Statistics
- ↑ Gro Hammerseng has funnet kjærligheten with Anja Edin
- ↑ tv2.no: Gro Hammerseng og Anja Edin kom syklende til sitt eget bryllup , accessed on March 30, 2018
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hammerseng-Edin, Anja |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hammerseng-Edin, Anja Marie (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian handball player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th February 1983 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Porsgrunn |