Katja Nyberg

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Katja Nyberg
Katja Nyberg

Katja Nyberg (2008)

Player information
Full name Katja Johanna Alice Nyberg
birthday August 24, 1979
place of birth Stockholm , Sweden
citizenship NorwegianNorwegian Norwegian
height 1.83 m
Playing position Back left
Throwing hand right
Club information
society Career ended
Clubs as active
from ... to society
0000-1997 FinlandFinland Sparta IF
1997-1998 SwedenSweden Stockholmspolisens IF
1998-2005 NorwayNorway Larvik HK
2005-2006 SloveniaSlovenia Crimea Ljubljana
2006-2010 DenmarkDenmark Ikast-Bording EH / FCM Håndbold
2010–2012 NorwayNorway Larvik HK
National team
Debut on March 23, 2001
against FranceFrance France
  Games (goals)
NorwayNorway Norway 99 (321)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to society
0000-0000 NorwayNorway Larvik HK (youth)
2019–2019 NorwayNorway Gjerpen HK

As of October 17, 2019

Katja Johanna Alice Nyberg (born August 24, 1979 in Stockholm , Sweden ) is a former Norwegian handball player . The 1.83 m tall player played in the left backcourt . In 1997, 1998 and 1999 she was voted handball player of the year in Finland.

Personal

She is the daughter of Robert Nyberg , the first Finnish handball professional to play abroad. Born in Stockholm, Finland grew up in Finland and became a Norwegian citizen in January 2001. Nyberg had a relationship with the Norwegian handball player Gro Hammerseng-Edin between 2005 and 2010 .

Career

Nyberg, a former Finnish junior javelin champion, started at the age of ten at Sparta IF, which her father trained. In 1997 she moved to the Swedish club Stockholmspolisens IF , for which she played for a year. She was then committed by the Norwegian top club Larvik HK , with whom she was able to win a total of eleven titles. After playing for the Slovenian club Krim Ljubljana in 2005 , she moved to the Danish club FC Midtjylland Håndbold (former club name: Ikast-Bording Elite Håndbold) the following year . From summer 2010 Nyberg went back on the hunt for goals for Larvik HK. After the 2011/12 season, she ended her career. Then she took over a coaching position in the youth division of Larvik. From January 2019 until the end of the 2018/19 season, she coached the Norwegian first division club Gjerpen HK.

She made her international debut for the Norwegian national team on March 23, 2001 against France . Nyberg played 99 international matches, in which she scored 321 goals. The greatest successes were winning the European Championships in 2004 and 2006, the gold medal at the Olympic Games in 2008 , as well as being voted the most valuable player at the 2007 World Cup .

successes

Sparta IF

  • Eight-time Finnish champion

Stockholmspolisen IF

  • Swedish champion 1998

Larvik HK

Crimea Ljubljana

  • Champions League finalist 2006

National team

  • Vice European Champion 2002
  • European champion in 2004 and 2006
  • Vice World Champion 2007
  • Olympic Champion 2008

Others

  • The Chinese characters tattooed on her right forearm mean “handball”.
  • She has her dog's name tattooed on her left forearm, Pontus.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Handball EM 2006: Norwegian national team ( Memento from July 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Håndballjentene - Dette er den norske håndballtroppen i OL
  3. ↑ users.abo.fi: Finnish team handball player of the year , accessed October 6, 2017
  4. ↑ Katja's suksessoppskrift
  5. ↑ coming out of tv ( Memento from February 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Slutt mellom Hammer Seng og Nyberg
  7. ↑ www.handball.no
  8. ↑ www.handball-world.com: Larvik gets Hammerseng and Nyberg
  9. ↑ aftonbladet.se: Tvingades spela - med sin ex-flickvän , accessed on December 29, 2017
  10. ↑ op.no: Positivt for interessen i byen , accessed on August 25, 2012
  11. ↑ hbold.dk: Katja Nyberg overtager trænerjob , accessed on October 17, 2019
  12. ↑ handballold.nif.no: Totaloversikt for Nyberg, Katja , accessed on December 26, 2017
  13. ↑ evas-handballside.com: Katja Nyberg ( Memento from September 4, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Nyberg, Katja
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nyberg, Katja Johanna Alice (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian handball player and trainer
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm , Sweden