Handball

United States of America

Simone

Simone Biles - Olympics.com

Sweden

Armand

Armand Duplantis - Olympics.com

Mikaela

Mikaela SHIFFRIN

Ilia

Ilia Malinin - Olympics.com

Stine SKOGRAND

Stine

The balancing act of being both a mother and a professional handball player sometimes requires a special set of skills.
Three players that know the fact very well are Stine Skogrand (Norway), Sarah Iversen (Denmark) and Estavana Polman (Netherlands), who are all competing at the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship

Sarah Iversen, Estavana Polman and Stine Skogrand are some of the mothers competing at the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship.

Meet the supermoms at the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship

Norway's women's national handball team hasn’t looked back since claiming their first World Championship gold medal in 1999.
As of 2023, no team has won as many World Women’s Handball Championship medals as ‘Håndballjentene’.
Only Russia matches the number of gold medals, with both countries having claimed the world title

The Norway women's national handball team has been a dominating factor for decades.

What are the secrets behind Norway's dominance?

Paris 2024

Tokyo 2020

The Women's Handball Gold Medal Match was held on 10/08/2024 in Pierre Mauroy Stadium, Paris. Norway claimed the Gold with a 29:21 win against France.

Paris 2024 | Olympic Games

Highlights

NOR v FRA - Women's Gold Medal Match | Handball | Olympic Games Paris 2024

The Women's Semi-Final between Norway and Denmark took place at Pierre Mauroy Stadium on 08/08/24. Norway won the match with a final score of NOR 25:21 DEN.

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NOR-DEN - Women's Semi-Final | Handball | Olympic Games Paris 2024

This Quarterfinal match between Brazil and Norway took place at Pierre Mauroy Stadium, France, on 06/08/24. Final score NOR 32:15 BRA.

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BRA-NOR - Women's Quarter-Final | Handball | Olympic Games Paris 2024

This Women's Preliminary Round Match between Norway and Germany took place at the South Paris Arena 6, Paris, on 03/08/2024. Norway won this match, with a victory over Germany. Final score NOR 30:18 GER.

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NOR-GER - Women's Preliminary Round | Handball | Olympic Games Paris 2024

The Women's Group A Match between Germany and Sweden took place on 28/07/2024 at South Paris Arena 6. Final Score GER 28:31 SWE.

The Women's Group A Match between Denmark and Norway took place later on, with a Final Score DEN 18:27 NOR.

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Women's Preliminary Round SWE-GER & DEN-NOR | Handball | Olympic Games Paris 2024

The Women's Group A Match between Norway and Sweden took place on 25/05/2024 at South Paris Arena 6. Final Score NOR 28:32 SWE.

NOR_SWE

NOR v SWE - Women's Preliminary Round Group A | Handball | Olympic Games Paris 2024

The Womens's Group B Match between Hungary and France took place on 25/07/2024 at South Paris Arena 6. Final Score FRA 31:28 HUN.
The Women´s Group A Match between Norway and Sweden ended with a 32:28 victory of Sweden over Norway.

Stine SKOGRAND

Stine SKOGRAND
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Olympic Results

Stine SKOGRAND

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Olympic Results

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