Katrine Lunde (former Haraldsen; born 30 March 1980) is a Norwegian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

goalkeeper for

Vipers Kristiansand Vipers Kristiansand is a handball club from Kristiansand, Norway. They currently compete in REMA 1000-ligaen, the top division in the country, since its promotion in 2001. They claimed there first Norwegian Championship in 2018, defeating 18 tim ...

and the Norwegian national team. She is the twin sister of fellow handball player

Kristine Lunde-Borgersen Kristine Lunde-Borgersen (born 30 March 1980) is a retired Norwegian handballer who played for the Norwegian national team. She is Olympic champion, World Champion and three times European champion. She is the twin sister of fellow handball pla ...

. Her sporting achievements include gold medals with the Norwegian national team at the

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

and

European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...

, as well as club victories in the

EHF Champions League The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...

, and national championships in Denmark, Hungary, Russia and Norway.

Career

Club

She started her club career in

Hånes Hånes is a district in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. It has a population of about 4,000 (2014). Hånes is a part of the borough of Oddernes and it borders the districts of Søm and Randesund to south, the district of Tveit to ...

, and later played for

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporation ...

Våg A våg (plural ''våger'') or vog is an old Scandinavian unit of mass. The standardized ''landsvåg'', which was introduced in Norway with the new system of weights and measures in 1875, corresponded to three '' bismerpund'', or . The ''våg'' was ...

and

Aalborg DH Aalborg Damehåndbold is a former team handball club for women from Aalborg, Denmark. History Aalborg DH was promoted to the top league in Denmark in 2002–2003. The club finished second in the top league once, and obtained third place in 2005 ...

. She won the Champions League with Viborg in

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and

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

. In 2010, she signed with Hungarian club Győri Audi ETO KC. In 2015, she signed with

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

n club

Rostov-Don Rostov-Don (russian: Ростов-Дон) is a female handball team from Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Established in 1965, the club was called Rostselmash until 2002. Rostov-Don is competing in the Russian Super League. They have won the league seven tim ...

. After two years spent in Russia she returned to

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. Her contract with

is valid until 2025.

International

Lunde made her debut on the Norwegian national team in 2002."Landslagsprofiler – Katrine Lunde"
– ''Norges Håndballforbund (www.handball.no)'' (Retrieved on 13 February 2008) She is a six-time European champion (

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...

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). She is World champion from

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, received a silver medal at the

2007 World Women's Handball Championship The 2007 World Women's Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the international championship tournament in women's team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). France hosted the event from 2–16 Dece ...

, and a bronze medal at the 2009 World Championship. In August 2008, together with her twin sister, she won the gold medal at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

. She was selected into the tournament's All-Star Team, and was also overall top goalkeeper with a 42% save rate. Lunde was again named goalkeeper of the All-Star Team in the 2008 European Championship and ranked second on the ''Top Goalkeepers'' list with a 47% save rate. She was also part of the Norwegian team that won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Lunde has participated in 19 international championships for the national team.

Achievements

: **''Winner'': 2008, 2012 **''Bronze Medalist'': 2016, 2020 *

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

: **''Winner'': 2011, 2021 **''Silver Medalist'': 2007, 2017 **''Bronze Medalist'': 2009 * European Championship: **''Winner'': 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2020, 2022 **''Silver Medalist'': 2002, 2012 *

Damehåndboldligaen The Danish Women's Handball League ( da, Damehåndboldligaen) is the top professional league for Danish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Danish Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Danish champions. The league is ...

: **''Winner'': 2008, 2009, 2010 **''Silver Medalist'': 2005 **''Bronze Medalist'': 2006, 2007 * DHF Landspokalturneringen: **''Winner'': 2007, 2008 *

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, "National Championship"), also known as NB I, is the top level of the Hungarian football league system. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga after its title sponsor OTP Bank. UEFA currently ranks the league 28th ...

: **''Winner'': 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 **''Silver Medalist'': 2015 *

Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...

: **''Winner'': 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 *

: **''Winner'': 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2021, 2022 **''Finalist'': 2012 **''Bronze Medalist'': 2019 **''Semifinalist'': 2006, 2011 *

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previ ...

: **''Winner'': 2017 **''Finalist'':

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**''Semifinalist'': 2004 * Norwegian League: **''Winner'': 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022 *Norwegian Cup: **''Winner'': 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

Individual awards

* All-Star Goalkeeper of the Olympic Games: 2008, 2020 * All-Star Goalkeeper of the European Championship: 2008, 2010, 2012 * Foreign Handballer of the Year in Hungary: 2013 * All-Star Goalkeeper of the World Championship: 2017 * All-Star Goalkeeper of the Champions League:

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* All-Star Goalkeeper of Eliteserien: 2018/2019, 2020/2021, 2021/2022,

References

External links

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at the

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