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Handball At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament
The women's handball tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 28 July to 11 August. The preliminaries and quarter-finals were held at the Copper Box and the semi-finals and final took place at the Basketball Arena. Twelve nations were represented in the tournament. The four best teams from each group advanced to a knockout round, while the 5th and 6th teams in each group were classified 9th–12th by the results of their group matches. Unlike in previous Olympics, there was no placement matches involving the losing teams of the quarterfinals. Norway won the tournament and gold medal, beating Montenegro in the final. Montenegro's silver was the first Olympic medal for the country as an independent nation, and the country's only medal at the 2012 Games. Spain won the bronze medal. Qualification :† Sweden qualified as 2010 European Championship runner up because Norway qualified as the 2011 World Champion. Seeding Before the draw the IHF seeded the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball Arena (London)
The Basketball Arena for the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics was located in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London. The arena was designed to be fully recyclable, and was dismantled in January 2013, the seating was sold to Barnet owner Tony Kleanthous to be used in the construction of The Hive Stadium. History London's Olympic bid proposed that there would be four arenas in the Olympic Park, but the revised masterplan published in 2006 reduced this to three, with the volleyball matches being moved to Earls Court Exhibition Centre. The fencing arena was also cancelled, and the fencing took place at ExCeL. The Basketball Arena had 12,000 seats for Olympic basketball and the semi-finals and finals of Olympic handball, and 10,000 for Paralympic wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby. The arena was also used as a holding area for athletes during the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the games. Concept designs by Wilkinson Eyre Architects & KSS Design Gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kari Aalvik Grimsbo
Kari or KARI may refer to: Places *Kari, Jhunjhunu, a village in Rajasthan, India * , a village in Mouhoun Province, Burkina Faso *Kari, Tikamgarh, a town in Madhya Pradesh, India * Kari, Iran, a village in Bushehr Province, Iran * Kari-ye Bozorg ("Greater Kari"), a village in Ardabil Province, Iran People and languages *The Gayiri people of central Queensland, Australia *Kari people, also Cari, Aka-Kari or Aka-Cari, a tribe in the Andaman Islands, India **Kari language, also Cari, Aka-Kari or Aka-Cari, spoken by the Kari people *Kari language, a Bantu language spoken in Africa *Kari (name), real and fictional people with the given name, nickname or surname *Kari Suomalainen * Kári, son of Fornjót, the personification of wind in Norse mythology Organisations *KARI (AM), an AM radio station broadcasting on 550, licensed to Blaine, WA *Kenya Agricultural Research Institute *Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative *Korea Aerospace Research Institute Other * Kari or curry, a pan-Asian v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonja Barjaktarović
Sonja Barjaktarović (born 11 September 1986) is a retired Montenegrin handball goalkeeper. She was the first goalkeeper of the Montenegro women's national handball team and helped them to win the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2011, she played in Champions League the semifinals with Budućnost. At the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship Barjaktarović finished at 6th place with the Montenegrin national team. Club career Barjaktarović started her handball career in Montenegrin club Berane. In 2005, she joined Budućnost with whom she won many Montenegrin Championship and Montenegrin Cup trophies. Besides winning the WRHL trophy twice, she also won the Cup Winners' Cup trophy twice - in 2006 and 2010. Trophies Champions League *Winner: 2011/2012 Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivana Jelčić
Ivana Jelčić (born 16 March 1980) is a Croatian handball goalkeeper. She plays on the Croatian national team, and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship The 2011 World Women's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the international championship tournament in women's Team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). Brazil hosted the event from 2–18 Dec ... in Brazil and the 2012 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1980 births Living people Croatian female handball players Sportspeople from Mostar Olympic handball players for Croatia Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games medalists in handball Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Croatia Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games RK Podravka Koprivnica players 21st-century Croatian women {{Croatia-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Sedoykina
Anna Sergeyevna Sedoykina ( rus, Анна Сергеевна Седойкина, , ˈanːə sʲɪˈdoɪ̯kʲɪnə; born 1 August 1984) is a Russian handball player for CSKA Moscow and the Russian national handball team. She received a bronze medal with the Russian team at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship in Macedonia. Individual awards *Carpathian Trophy Best Goalkeeper: 2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ... References External links * Russian female handball players 1984 births Living people Handball players from Volgograd Olympic handball players for Russia Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayssa Pessoa
Mayssa Raquel de Oliveira Pessoa, also known as Mayssa Pessoa or simply Mayssa (born 11 September 1984) is a Brazilian female handball goalkeeper for Dunărea Brăila and the Brazilian national team. She was one of nearly two dozen LGBT Olympians at the London Games.Mayssa cob.org.br Achievements * Romanian National League: ** ''Winner'': 2015, |
Silvia Navarro (handballer)
Silvia Navarro Giménez (born 20 March 1979) is a Spanish handball goalkeeper for BM Remudas and the Spanish national team. She holds two bronze medals from the 2011 World Championships and 2012 London Summer Olympics. Club Navarro Gimenez followed ex-teammate Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa and signed for Romanian top club Vâlcea in May 2012. International championships She competed internationally at the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship, where Spain placed 11th, and Navarro was listed among the top ten goalkeepers of the championship with a rate of 39%. She competed at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship, where Spain placed 3rd, and Navarro was listed first among the top ten goalkeepers of the championship with a rate of 46%. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Span won the bronze medal, Silvia Navarro was listed 4th among the top ten goalkeepers of the championship with a rate of 37%. Honours ;Club *EHF Champions League: **''Finalist'': 2011 **''Semi-finalist'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amandine Leynaud
Amandine Suzanne Monique Leynaud (born 2 May 1986) is a French professional handball player. She is openly lesbian and she and her wife Annabelle are parents to Marcel and Mila. Career She competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 and won a silver medal in 2016, finishing fifth in 2008 and 2012. Domestically she was named the Best Goalkeeper in French Division 1 in 2009, 2010 and 2011.Amandine Leynaud . nbcolympics.com At the 2008 Olympics, both Leynaud and teammate Valérie Nicolas
Valérie Nicolas (born 12 March 1975) is a French handball goalkeeper and former player of the French national team. She became World Champion in 2003 with the French team, an ...
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Cléopatre Darleux
Cléopatre Darleux (; born 1 July 1989) is a French handball goalkeeper for Brest Bretagne Handball and the French national team. She won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic title in the history of France's national team. She also competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, where France finished in fifth place. Darleux also became World Champion in 2017 and won three silver medals, at the 2009, 2011 and 2021 World Women's Handball Championships. Runner-up at the 2020 European Championship, she was awarded Best Goalkeeper at the 2022 edition. Achievements Club International * EHF Champions League ** Finalist: 2021 (with Brest Bretagne Handball) * EHF Cup Winners' Cup ** Winner: 2014 (with Viborg HK) Domestic * French league: ** Winner: 2011 (with Metz Handball), 2012 (with Arvor 29) and 2021 (with Brest Bretagne Handball) ** Runner up: 2017, 2018 and 2022 (with Brest Bretagne Handball) ** Tied 1st: 2020 (with Brest Bretagne Handball) * Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kari Aalvik Grimsbø
Kari Aalvik Grimsbø (born 4 January 1985) is a former Norwegian handball player who last played for Győri ETO KC and the Norwegian national team. Since her retirement she is the goalkeeping coach at Byåsen HE. Career Aalvik Grimsbø played her first match for the senior national team in September 2005 against Portugal. Previously she had played for Norway in the junior European and World Championships. Before she joined Byåsen, she played for the clubs Orkdal and Børsa/Skaun. She joined to Győri ETO in January 2015, she signed a contract for 2 and a half years. As she stated about the contract: "It is a great opportunity for me, and when such an opportunity arises, it is hard to say no. It’s a dream coming true." In November 2016 she extended her contract with 3 more years. "There is a great team in Győr at the moment, I'm glad, that I can play here for at least three more years. It is really important for me, that I can play at the highest level with Győri ETO and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidi Løke
Heidi Løke (born 12 December 1982) is a Norwegian handball player for Larvik HK and the Norwegian national team. Among her achievements as club player are national championships, a silver medal in the EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup, and winner of the EHF Women's Champions League several times. Career Club career Løke was born in Tønsberg and grew up in Sandefjord where she started to play handball at the age of ten. She played for Runar, Larvik, Gjerpen and Aalborg DH before she again played for Larvik between 2008 and 2011. She was top scorer in the Norwegian League in the 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 seasons, and was selected Player of the Year in the league both in 2008/2009 and in 2009/2010. Her club won gold medals in both the League and the Cup in 2008/2009, and again in 2009/2010. With Larvik she reached the final in the EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup in 2008/2009, winning the silver medal. Her club reached the semifinal in the EHF Women's Champions League in 2009/2010. On 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Do Nascimento
Alexandra Priscila do Nascimento Martínez (born 16 September 1981) is a Brazilian former handball player. She played in the Brazil women's national handball team, Brazilian national team. Career She was born in 1981 in Limeira (São Paulo) but she soon moved to Espírito Santo where she grew up. She moved to Austria in 2004. In 2012, she was the first Brazilian handballer to be voted IHF World Player of the Year. In 2016, she was chosen for the third time to be in Brazil's Olympic handball team. She was the top scorer in her first two games.Best in world in 2012, Alexandra Nascimento dreams of winning a medal at Rio 2016 , Rio 2016, Retrieved 5 August 2016 Achievements *Austrian Leag ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
