Vigdis Hårsaker (born July 16, 1981), is a
Norwegian
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*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
*Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
*Demographics of Norway
*The Norwegian language, including the ...
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, who currently plays club handball for
Byåsen IL
Byåsen Idrettslag is a multi-sport club from Trondheim, Norway. It has sections for association football (one for elite, one for women's and one for grassroots football), athletics, handball (one for elite and one for grassroots handball), ori ...
.
She first played handball for
Sjetne, but at age 14, she transferred to
Byåsen
Byåsen is a large neighborhood area in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. It constitutes a large part of the city in the borough of Midtbyen. It encompasses a number of areas southwest of the main city centre. This includes al ...
. Except for the year she went to
France
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to study the language (she was on loan by
Byåsen
Byåsen is a large neighborhood area in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. It constitutes a large part of the city in the borough of Midtbyen. It encompasses a number of areas southwest of the main city centre. This includes al ...
), and the two years in which she moved to
Larvik HK
Larvik Håndballklubb, is a women's handball club from Larvik, Norway.
History
Larvik HK was founded in 1990 as a merger of the handball departments in the two clubs Larvik Turn and Halsen. They played in the top division since 1992/93. During ...
, Hårsaker has played most of her professional career in
Byåsen
Byåsen is a large neighborhood area in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. It constitutes a large part of the city in the borough of Midtbyen. It encompasses a number of areas southwest of the main city centre. This includes al ...
.
Hårsaker debuted on the
Norwegian national team in 2000, at age 19. Since then, she has played a total of 130 matches, scoring 334 times.
[, Vigdis Hårsaker National Team Profile.] She was part of the team that won silver in the
2002 European Championship and a gold in the subsequent
2004 Championship. She has also twice won the silver medal at the
World Championship
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, in
2001, Italy and
2007, France.
Achievements
*2007:
World Championship
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- Silver
*2006: Norwegian League (
Byåsen IL
Byåsen Idrettslag is a multi-sport club from Trondheim, Norway. It has sections for association football (one for elite, one for women's and one for grassroots football), athletics, handball (one for elite and one for grassroots handball), ori ...
) - Silver
*2005: Norwegian League (
Larvik HK
Larvik Håndballklubb, is a women's handball club from Larvik, Norway.
History
Larvik HK was founded in 1990 as a merger of the handball departments in the two clubs Larvik Turn and Halsen. They played in the top division since 1992/93. During ...
) - Gold
:::EHF Cup Winners Cup (
Larvik HK
Larvik Håndballklubb, is a women's handball club from Larvik, Norway.
History
Larvik HK was founded in 1990 as a merger of the handball departments in the two clubs Larvik Turn and Halsen. They played in the top division since 1992/93. During ...
) - Gold
*2004: Norwegian League (
Larvik HK
Larvik Håndballklubb, is a women's handball club from Larvik, Norway.
History
Larvik HK was founded in 1990 as a merger of the handball departments in the two clubs Larvik Turn and Halsen. They played in the top division since 1992/93. During ...
) - Bronze
::
European Championship - Gold
::Norwegian League Right Back Player of the Year
*2002:
European Championship - Silver
*2001:
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, ...
- Silver
References
External links
*
1981 births
Living people
Norwegian female handball players
Expatriate handball players
Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in France
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