Marie Henriksen (born 31 August 1993) is a former Norwegian
handball player for the club
Byåsen HE.
She also represented Norway in the
2011 Women's Junior European Handball Championship, placing 12th.
She was near a position on the
Norwegian national team many times, but has been very unlucky with serious injuries in her young career. Spring 2016 she suffered her third serious injury in her right knee and in March 2017 she announced that she was forced to retire because of her injuries, at age 23.
She is the younger sister of international footballer
Markus Henriksen
Markus Henriksen (born 25 July 1992) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eliteserien club Rosenborg.
Club career Rosenborg
Henriksen moved from Trond IL to Rosenborg as a boy. He proved himself early on as an ...
and daughter of
Trond Henriksen
Trond Børge Henriksen (born 28 April 1964, in Trondheim) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. He is the father of Rosenborg BK midfielder Markus Henriksen.
Biography
Trond Henriksen played in Rosenborg from 1983 to 1993 as a w ...
.
Achievements
*
World Youth Championship:
**''Silver Medalist'':
2010
Individual awards
* Best Rookie of Postenligaen: 2009/2010
* All-Star Centre Back of the
Youth World Championship:
2010
* All-Star Centre Back of Grundigligaen: 2015/2016
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Henriksen, Marie
1993 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Trondheim
Norwegian female handball players
21st-century Norwegian women
21st-century Norwegian people