Maria Fisker Stokholm (born 3 October 1990) is a Danish
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 ...
player for
Viborg HK
Viborg HK (Viborg Håndbold Klub) is the name of a Danish handball club from Viborg. The club has many teams for both women and men, but especially the professional women's team is one of the most successful in Danish and European handball sin ...
and the
Danish national team.
She was given the award of ''Cetățean de onoare'' ("
Honorary Citizen
Honorary citizenship is a status bestowed by a city or other government on a foreign or native individual whom it considers to be especially admirable or otherwise worthy of the distinction. The honour usually is symbolic and does not confer an ...
") of the city of
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
in 2016.
Club Career
Maria Fisker started playing handball at
Vissing-Hadsten HK. In 2005 she signed for
Randers HK
Randers HK was a women's handball club based in Randers, Denmark. They competed in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen and played their home matches in Arena Randers.
In November 2022, the club decided to declare itself bankrupt after failing to raise ove ...
, but only stayed there for a year before signing for the Danish top club
Viborg HK
Viborg HK (Viborg Håndbold Klub) is the name of a Danish handball club from Viborg. The club has many teams for both women and men, but especially the professional women's team is one of the most successful in Danish and European handball sin ...
. She debuted for the Viborg team in
2007
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, 25 days before she turned 17. This made her the third youngest player in the
Danish Handball League
The Danish Men's Handball League, formerly known as Herrehåndboldligaen is the men's top Danish professional handball league. The winners of the Danish Men's Handball League are recognised as the Danish men's handball champions. The current cham ...
at the time.
In 2015 she suffered a
concussion
A concussion, also known as a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), is a head injury that temporarily affects brain functioning. Symptoms may include loss of consciousness (LOC); memory loss; headaches; difficulty with thinking, concentration, ...
that put her on the sidelines for the entire spring season. She had just signed for Romanian club
CSM București
Clubul Sportiv Municipal București, commonly known as CSM București is a Romanian professional Sports club, multi-sports club based in Bucharest.
Departments
Active branches:
*Sport of athletics, Athletics
*Basketball
*Dancesport
*Handball
*Jud ...
, where she only played for a season.
She returned to Danish handball to join her former club
Randers HK
Randers HK was a women's handball club based in Randers, Denmark. They competed in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen and played their home matches in Arena Randers.
In November 2022, the club decided to declare itself bankrupt after failing to raise ove ...
in 2016, where she played for 3 years, before re-joining
Viborg HK
Viborg HK (Viborg Håndbold Klub) is the name of a Danish handball club from Viborg. The club has many teams for both women and men, but especially the professional women's team is one of the most successful in Danish and European handball sin ...
. In 2019 Viborg HK signed her to replace
Ann Grete Nørgaard, who had signed for
SCM Ramnicu Valcea.
Achievements
*
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, ...
:
**''Bronze Medalist'':
2013
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**''Fourth place'':
2011
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*
Danish Championship:
**''Winner'': 2008, 2009, 2014
*
Danish Cup
The Danish Cup ( da, Landspokalturneringen; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955.
The winner will quali ...
:
**''Winner'': 2007, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016
*Danish Supercup:
**''Winner'': 2011
*
Romanian Championship:
**''Winner'':
2016
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*
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 ...
:
**''Winner'':
2009
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,
2016
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*
EHF Cup Winners' Cup
The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year. From the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup.
Winners
...
:
**''Winner'': 2014
*
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'':
2010
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Individual awards
*All-Star Left Wing of the
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, ...
:
2013
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*All-Star Left Wing of the
European Championship:
2014
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* Handball-Planet.com Best Left Wing: 2014
References
1990 births
Living people
People from Hadsten
Danish female handball players
Viborg HK players
Expatriate handball players
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Handball players from the Central Denmark Region
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