Kristina Jørgensen (born 18 January 1998) is a Danish

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player for

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and the Danish national team. She represented Denmark at the

2017 World Women's Handball Championship The 2017 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 23rd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Germany from 1 to 17 December 2017. Germany was the only applicant for this championship. Germany was host of the World C ...

in Germany. She also represented Denmark in the

2015 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship The 2015 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship is the 12th edition, which took place in North Macedonia. Sweden was the defending champion but Denmark won. Qualified teams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Preliminary round Group A ...

in Macedonia, leading to the trophy.

Achievements

* Youth World Championship: **''Silver Medalist'':

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* European Youth Championship: **''Winner'':

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: **''Silver Medalist'':

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Individual awards

* MVP of the EHF European Under-19 Championship: 2017 * Best Defender of the EHF U-17 European Championship:

* All-Star Left back of

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 ...

: 2019/2020, 2020/2021 * Youth player of the Year in

: 2017/18 * Top Scorer of the

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with 72 goals:

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Family

She has two older sisters:

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and Stine who also play handball. Line has returned from habdball, Stine plays handball at

København Håndbold København Håndbold (''Copenhagen Handball'') is a Danish women's handball club from Copenhagen, Denmark. It was established in the spring 2013. It took over the league licence from Frederiksberg IF and is playing in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen. ...

References

External links

* 1998 births Living people Danish female handball players Sportspeople from Horsens Viborg HK players {{Denmark-handball-bio-stub