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Handball At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament
The women's handball tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 28 July to 11 August. The preliminaries and quarter-finals were held at the Copper Box and the semi-finals and final took place at the Basketball Arena. Twelve nations were represented in the tournament. The four best teams from each group advanced to a knockout round, while the 5th and 6th teams in each group were classified 9th–12th by the results of their group matches. Unlike in previous Olympics, there was no placement matches involving the losing teams of the quarterfinals. Norway won the tournament and gold medal, beating Montenegro in the final. Montenegro's silver was the first Olympic medal for the country as an independent nation, and the country's only medal at the 2012 Games. Spain won the bronze medal. Qualification :† Sweden qualified as 2010 European Championship runner up because Norway qualified as the 2011 World Champion. Seeding Before the draw the IHF seeded the te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball Arena (London)
The Basketball Arena for the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics was located in the Olympic Park, London, Olympic Park in Stratford, London, Stratford, London. The arena was designed to be fully recyclable, and was dismantled in January 2013, the seating was sold to Barnet F.C., Barnet owner Tony Kleanthous to be used in the construction of The Hive Stadium. History London's Olympic bid proposed that there would be four arenas in the Olympic Park, but the revised masterplan published in 2006 reduced this to three, with the volleyball matches being moved to Earls Court Exhibition Centre. The fencing arena was also cancelled, and the fencing took place at ExCeL. The Basketball Arena had 12,000 seats for Olympic basketball and the semi-finals and finals of Olympic handball, and 10,000 for Paralympic wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby. The arena was also used as a holding area for athletes during the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the games. Concept des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabel Guialo
Isabel Evelize Wangimba Guialo, nicknamed Belinha (born 8 April 1990) is an Angolan handball player for Fleury Loiret HB and the Angolan national team. She participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil, the 2012 Summer Olympics, the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship and the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i .... In 2017, she was voted best player of the 2017 Angola women's handball league. Achievements * Carpathian Trophy: **''Winner'': 2019 References External links * 1990 births Living people Angolan female handball players 21st-century Angolan sportswomen Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Handball players from Luanda Olympic han ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bojana Popović
Bojana Popović née Petrović, (born 20 November 1979) is a handball coach and a retired Montenegrin handballer. She is considered by many to be the best female handball player of the 2000's, despite not being given any official recognition. After winning the Women's EHF Champions League with Budućnost and a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games with the Montenegro national team, Bojana Popović decided to retire from handball. However, in June 2016 Popović announced she would come out of retirement and make herself available for selection by the Montenegro national handball team to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Career Bojana Popović started playing handball at Serbian club HC Naisa Niš when she was eleven years old. She later played for Montenegrin club Budućnost Podgorica for four seasons. In 2002, Popović signed a contract with Danish team Slagelse DT, at that time coached by Anja Andersen. With Slagelse, she experienced great success: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Chernoivanenko
Olga Igorevna Fomina ( rus, Ольга Игоревна Фомина, , ˈolʲɡə fəmʲɪˈna, née Chernoivanenko; born 17 April 1989) is a Russian handball player for HC Lada and the Russian national team. She has played on the Russian national team and participated in the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil and the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the .... References External links * 1989 births Living people Russian female handball players Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Samara, Russia Russian expatriate handball players Olympic handball players for Russia Russian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emiliya Turey
Emiliya Khalsberiyevna Turey (; born 6 October 1984 in Astrakhan) is a Russian former handballer who played as a left wing. She is a three-time World Champion (2005, 2007 & 2009), silver medalist of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2006 European Championship, and bronze medalist of the 2008 European Championship, all with the National Team of Russia. She also won the EHF Champions League in 2007 and the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 2009 as a club player. Turey is of Sierra Leonean descent through her father. She competed at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil, where the Russian team placed 6th. Career Turei started her career at her hometown club HC Astrakhanochka. In 2005 she joined Danish side Slagelse DT, where she won the 2007 EHF Champions League. In 2008 she joined FCK Håndbold together with coach Anja Andersen and a handful of other players. Here she won the 2009 EHF Cup Winners' Cup and the 2010 Danish Cup. In 2010 she left FCK, because ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyn Byl
Lyn Byl (born 1 December 1979 in Wuppertal, Germany) is a British-German former handball player and coach. Born in Germany, she has an English mother and played for both the British national team and the German national team. She made her debut for Great Britain in 2008 and competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the .... in London. She is a physiotherapist by profession. She coached the women's team of 1.FC Köln between 2013 and 2016. References External links * 1979 births Living people Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Great Britain Sportspeople from Wuppertal Handball players from Düsseldorf (region) British people of German descent German people of English descent British phys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maja Zebić
Maja may refer to: People * Maja (given name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name) * Charles Maja (1966–2020), South African actor * Josh Maja (born 1998), English footballer * Otto Maja (born 1987), Finnish street artist * Maja, the feminine form of majo, a low-class Spaniard of the 18th and 19th century Places * Maja, Croatia, a village near Glina * Maja, Banten, a subdistrict in Lebak Regency, Banten, Indonesia ** Maja railway station * Maja, West Java, a subdistrict in Majalengka Regency, West Java, Indonesia * Maja (Angke), a tributary of the Angke River, Jakarta, Indonesia * Maja (peak), a mountain peak in Kosovo * Maja (Crasna), a river in Romania * Mája, the Hungarian name for Maia village, Bereni Commune, Mureș County, Romania * 66 Maja, a main-belt asteroid Animals * Maja (boa constrictor), a species in the Cuban cactus scrub * Maja (crab), ''Maja'' (crab), a genus of crabs in the family Majidae See also * Maia (other) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelina Kiala
Marcelina Kiala (born 9 November 1979) is a retired Angolan handball player and a former member of the Angola women's national handball team. Kiala competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics, 2005 and 2007 World Women's Handball Championship. She is the sister of fellow Angolan women's handball player, Luisa Kiala, half-sister of Natália Bernardo and the wife of former Angolan handball coach Vivaldo Eduardo Vivaldo Francisco Eduardo (born 11 September 1966), is a handball coach. He has been the head coach of the Angola women's national handball team at the 2011 and 2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span .... References External links * 1979 births Living people Handball players from Luanda Olympic handball players for Angola Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Angolan female handball players 21st-century Angolan sportswomen Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics African ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Gerbron
Marie Gerbron (born 23 December 1986, Harfleur) is a French-British handball player. She plays as a right winger. She played for the British national team, and competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Club career Gerbron began playing handball as a school child and won the French Cup in 2006. From 2006 to 2009, she played with Le Havre AC, winning the Cup Winners' Cup three times. In 2012, she was playing club handball with French second tier side Octeville. International career Gerbron made her debut for Great Britain in 2010, qualifying for the team through her British mother. She made her Olympic debut against Montenegro , image_flag = Flag of Montenegro.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Montenegro.svg , coa_size = 80 , national_motto = , national_anthem = () , image_map = Europe-Mont ..., scoring six goals in a 31-19 defeat. She scored nine goals against Angola in the final game of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anđela Bulatović
Anđela Bulatović née Dragutinović, (born 15 January 1987) is a retired Montenegrin handballer for ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica and the Montenegro women's national handball team, Montenegrin national team. International honours *EHF Women's Champions League, EHF Champions League: **''Winner'': 2011–12 EHF Women's Champions League, 2012 *EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup, EHF Cup Winners' Cup: **''Winner'': 2005–06 EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup, 2006 *European Women's Handball Championship, European Championship: **''Winner'': 2012 European Women's Handball Championship, 2012 *Summer Olympic Games, Olympic Games: **''Silver Medalist'': Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2012 References External links * 1987 births Living people Handball players from Podgorica Montenegrin female handball players 21st-century Montenegrin sportswomen Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduarda Amorim
Eduarda Idalina "Duda" Amorim Taleska (born 23 September 1986) is a Brazilian-Hungarian former handball player. She played most of her career in Győr as a player of Győri ETO KC, for whom she won five editions of the EHF Champions League. Amorim also played for Brazil women's national handball team for 15 years, winning the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship; the first ever for both Brazil and South America. She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 2014 by the International Handball Federation. In an election made by the website Handball Planet was elected as the best player in the world of the 2010s, through the popular vote, Duda was considered the best defender of the last ten years. She is widely regarded as one of the best handball players of all time. She was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023. Career Club Originally a rhythmic gymnastics athlete, encouraged by her older sister Ana Amorim, who was already part of Brazil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Do Nascimento
Alexandra Priscila do Nascimento Martínez (born 16 September 1981) is a Brazilian former handball player. She played in the Brazilian national team. She is a world champion from 2013, the first in history Brazil won the title. Career Youth career She was born in 1981 in Limeira (São Paulo) but she soon moved to Espírito Santo where she grew up. She started playing handball aged 10. Hypo NÖ She moved to Austria in 2004 to join Hypo NÖ, a club that is noted for having many Brazilian national team players. Here she won the Austrian championship and cup double 10 times in a row from 2004 to 2014. In 2008 she reached the final of the Champions League, where they lost to Russian Zvezda Zvenigorod. In 2013 she won the EHF Cup Winners' Cup with the club. In 2012, she was the first Brazilian handballer to be voted IHF World Player of the Year. Romania On 14 February 2014 she announced that she would leave Hypo NÖ, and together with Bárbara Arenhart she joined Romanian HCM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
