Annika Fríðheim Petersen (born 1 June 1999) is a Faroese

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

er who plays for

Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub (Nykøbing Falster Handball Club) is a Danish professional handball club from Nykøbing Falster. In the 2024–25 season, the club competes in the Danish Women's Handball League. They have a local rivalry with Køb ...

in the

Danish Women's Handball League The Kvindeligaen () is the top professional league for Danish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Danish Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Danish champions. The league was previously called Bambusa Kvindeligaen ...

and the Faroe Islands women's national team. She made her debut on the senior team of

, on 13 February 2022. It was announced that she had signed a 3-year contract with the club, until the summer of 2024. She made her debut on the Faroese national team on 2 October 2019, against

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

and has been appearing for the team during the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship qualification cycle. Her first major international tournament was the

2024 European Women's Handball Championship The 2024 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Austria, Hungary and Switzerland from 28 November to 15 December 2024. This was the first tournament to feature 24 teams. Norway were the two time defending champions and defended their t ...

, which was also the first ever major international tournament for Faroes Islands ever. She played all three matches.

References

1999 births Living people People from Tórshavn Municipality Faroese female handball players Expatriate handball players in Norway Faroese expatriate sportspeople in Norway 21st-century Danish sportswomen Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub players {{Denmark-handball-bio-stub