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
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. 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)
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