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Vigdis Holmeset is a Norwegian handball coach, known for coaching various Norwegian and British handball teams.


Career

In 2012, Holmeset was coach of the
Great Britain women's national handball team The Great Britain women's national handball team is the national team of Great Britain in the sport of team handball. They were formed to take up Great Britain's host nation place in the 2012 Summer Olympics. Matches * SourceBritish Handball ...
at the Summer Olympics. In 2015, Holmeset coached Norway's under-17 women's handball team alongside Kenneth Gabrielsen. They entered the
European Women's U-17 Handball Championship The European Women's Youth Handball Championship is the official competition for youth women handball national teams in Europe, managed by the European Handball Federation The European Handball Federation (EHF) is the umbrella organisation for E ...
that year. In 2017, Holmeset was coach of Norway's under-19 women's handball team. She led the team for the
2017 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship The 2017 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship was the eleventh edition of the European Women's U-19 Handball Championship, held in Celje, Slovenia from 27 July to 7 August 2017. Qualification Draw The draw was held on 20 April 2017 ...
, coming top of their group in the qualifying stages. They finished in 7th place after defeating the Montenegrin team 28–23. Holmeset won a silver medal as coach of the Norwegian women's team at the
2018 Women's Beach Handball World Championships The 2018 Women's Beach Handball World Championships were the eighth edition of the tournament, held at Kazan, Russia from 24 to 29 July 2018. Greece won the title on their first ever participation, defeating Norway in the final. Qualification ...
. She was later shortlisted for the 2018/19 Female Coach of the Season award by the
European Handball Federation The European Handball Federation (EHF) is the umbrella organisation for European handball. Founded on 17 November 1991, it is made of 50 member federations and two associated federations (England and Scotland), and is headquartered in Vienna, A ...
.


References

Living people Norwegian handball coaches Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{Norway-handball-bio-stub