Amanda Kurtović (born 25 July 1991) is a Norwegian

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player who plays as a right back for Larvik HK and formerly the

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.Amanda Kurtović
. nbcolympics.com She has won medals at Olympic, World and European level.

International honours

* Olympic Games: **''Winner'': 2012 **''Bronze Medalist'': 2016 * World Championship: **''Winner'': 2011, 2015 **''Silver Medalist'': 2017 * European Championship **''Winner'': 2016 * EHF Champions League: **''Winner'': 2011 **''Bronze Medalist'':

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* EHF Cup Winners' Cup **''Winner'': 2014 *

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: **''Winner'': 2009

Individual awards

* All-Star Team Right Wing of the

: 2009 * All-Star Right Back of

Grundigligaen REMA 1000-ligaen is the premier professional men's handball league in Norway. It was established in 1966, and it is currently contested by twelve teams. Sandefjord TIF is the championship's most successful team with nine titles, followed by Opps ...

: 2016/2017 * Most Valuable Player of Grundigligaen: 2016/2017 *

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Best Right Back of the Romanian Liga Națională:

Personal life

She was born in Sweden to a Swedish mother and Croatian father, the handball coach and former player Marinko Kurtović. Her brother William is a professional footballer who represented Sweden internationally on youth level. Her family moved to Sandefjord, Norway, when she was six because her father signed a contract with the local club.

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* Norwegian female handball players 1991 births Living people Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players of Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in handball Viborg HK players Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Expatriate handball players Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey People from Sandefjord Swedish emigrants to Norway Naturalised citizens of Norway Swedish people of Croatian descent Norwegian people of Croatian descent Norwegian people of Swedish descent 21st-century Norwegian women {{Norway-handball-bio-stub