Sara Holmgren
Sara Holmgren (June 2009) |
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| Player information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Sara Josefina Holmgren |
| birthday | March 29, 1979 |
| place of birth | Hörby , Sweden |
| citizenship |
 Swedish
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| height | 1.81 m |
| Playing position | Circular rotor |
| Throwing hand | right |
| Club information | |
| society | Career ended |
| Clubs as active | |
| from ... to | society |
| - |
IK Lågan
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| -2001 |
Team Skåne
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| 2001-2005 |
 Horsens HK
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| 2005-2008 |
FCK Håndbold
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| 2008-2010 |
 HC Leipzig
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| National team | |
| Games (goals) | |
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Sweden
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135 (180) |
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As of June 29, 2014 |
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Sara Josefina Holmgren (born March 29, 1979 in Hörby , Sweden ) is a former Swedish handball player . She has been on the board of Svenska Handbollförbundet since September 2014 .
The 1.81 m tall circle player started playing handball in her home town at IK Lågan when she was 10 years old. At Team Skåne she made her debut in the top Swedish league at the age of 18. In 2001 Holmgren moved to the Danish club Horsens HK , with which she won the Danish Cup in 2004. From the 2005/06 season the right-hander ran for league rivals FCK Håndbold . From 2008 Holmgren was in the squad of the German Bundesliga club HC Leipzig , with whom she won the championship in 2009 and 2010.
So far, Holmgren has played 135 international matches for the Swedish team , scoring 180 goals. She took part in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing with the "Three Crowns Team" . She is part of the roster of her national association at the 2009 World Cup in China .
Web links
- Sara Holmgren in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
- Sara Holmgren on the HC Leipzig website (PDF, 1.7 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ handbollslandslaget.se: Statistics , accessed on January 2, 2018
- ↑ Sara Holmgren in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- ↑ www.svenskhandboll.se Sara Holmgren ny i förbundsstyrelsen of September 17, 2014, accessed on September 18, 2014
- ↑ hc-leipzig.de: Sara Holmgren
- ↑ balonmano.mforos.com accessed June 29, 2014
- ↑ www.handball-world.com Sara Holmgren signs contract with the HCL on March 27, 2008, accessed on June 29, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Holmgren, Sara |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Holmgren, Sara Josefina (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish handball player and official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hörby |