Linnea Torstenson

Linnea Torstenson

Linnea Torstenson
Player information
Full name	Linnea Maria Torstenson
birthday	March 30, 1983
place of birth	Eskilstuna , Sweden
citizenship	Swedish
height	1.86 m
Playing position	Back left
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	CSM Bucharest
Jersey number	6th
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
0000-2004	IFK Strängnäs
2004-2007	Skövde HF
2007-2007	GOG Svendborg TGI
2007-2008	Skövde HF
2008-2010	Aalborg DH
2010–2012	FC Midtjylland Håndbold
2012-2014	RK Crimea
2014-2014	Viborg HK
2014-2017	CSM Bucharest
2017-2019	OGC Nice
2019–	CSM Bucharest
National team
	Games (goals)
Sweden	175 (654)
As of August 5, 2019

Linnea Maria Torstenson (born March 30, 1983 in Eskilstuna ) is a Swedish handball player .

Career

Torstenson started playing handball at IFK Strängnäs and later moved to Skövde HF . In the summer of 2007 Torstenson moved to the Danish first division club GOG Svendborg TGI , which she left after a few months. Then the back player ran again for Skövde, with whom she won the Swedish championship in 2008. The right-hander then moved to the Danish club Aalborg DH . With Aalborg Torstenson was in the final of the Danish championship 2009, but failed there at Viborg HK . In 2010 she signed a contract with league rivals FC Midtjylland Håndbold . Torstenson won the EHF Cup with the FCM in 2011 . In the summer of 2012 she joined the Slovenian club RK Krim , with which she won the championship and the Slovenian Cup in 2013. In January 2014 she moved to the injury-ridden Danish first division club Viborg HK. With Viborg she won the 2014 European Cup Winners' Cup and the Danish championship. From summer 2014 she played for the Romanian first division club CSM Bucharest . With CSM Bucharest she won the championship in 2015, 2016 and 2017, the Romanian Cup in 2016 and 2017 and the EHF Champions League in 2016 . For the 2017/18 season she moved to the French first division club OGC Nice . Two seasons later she returned to CSM Bucharest.

Torstenson has played 175 games for Sweden so far , in which she scored 654 goals. At the European Championships in 2010 , she took 2nd place with the Swedish selection. In addition, she took second place in the list of goalscorers with 48 goals and was named MVP of the EM at the end of the tournament . In summer 2012 she took part in the Olympic Games in London . At the 2014 European Championships , she won the bronze medal with Sweden. She also took part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro .

Web links

• Linnea Torstenson in the database of the European Handball Federation
• Linnea Torstenson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics from the Swedish Handball Federation , accessed on August 5, 2019
2. ^ Sverigesradio.se: Linnea Torstensson talar ut
3. ↑ expressen.se: Lämnade profflivet - tog Skövde till SM-guld , accessed on April 28, 2019
4. ^ Guld-Torstensson till Danmark ( Memento of May 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ dr.dk: Lange Linnea Torstenson til Midtjylland
6. ↑ handball-world.com: Ljubljana confirms Torstenson transfer, rumors also about Wörz
7. ↑ vhk.dk: Linnea Torstenson he clear for Viborg HK ( Memento from February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ hbold.dk: Transfer list: Dameligaen 2014-15 ( Memento from March 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ timeoutmag.com: Torstensson and Martin move to Nice , accessed on August 14, 2017
10. ↑ csmbucuresti.ro: PRIMĂRIA CAPITALEI: Nume grele ale handbalului mondial before juca la CSM Bucuresti! , accessed April 8, 2019
11. ↑ eurohandball.com: Top Scorers , accessed on April 28, 2019
12. ↑ handball-planet.com: Linnea Torstenson is the MVP of the EHF EURO 2010
13. ↑ www.london2012.com: Linnea Torstenson , accessed July 30, 2012