Linn Jørum Sulland (born 15 July 1984) is a Norwegian handball player for

Oppsal IF Oppsal IF is a multi-sports club from Oslo, Norway. The women's handball team currently competes in Rema 1000-ligaen. The men's football team currently competes in the 2. divisjon, the third tier of the Norwegian football league system. Women ...

and a retired player for the

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. She also played for Győri Audi ETO KC, Larvik HK and Stabæk IF.

National team

Handball

She made her debut on the Norwegian national team in 2004."Landslagsprofiler – Linn Jørum Sulland"
– ''Norges Håndballforbund (www.handball.no)'' (Retrieved on 26 February 2008)

Beach handball

Linn Sulland received a bronze medal at the 2007

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, where she was also the tournament's top scorer. In 2009, she was part of the team that won a silver medal at the European Championship in

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Club career

Sulland was top scorer in the Norwegian league in the 2005/2006 season (shared top position with Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth, 159 goals), as well as player of the year ( no, Årets spiller) and best right back of the year ( no, Årets høyre bakspiller).

Achievements

National team

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a multi ...

: **''Winner'': 2012 *

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, ...

: **''Winner'': 2011, 2015 **''Silver Medalist'': 2007 * European Championship: **''Winner'': 2008, 2010 **''Silver Medalist'': 2012

European competitions

EHF Champions League The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...

: **''Winner'': 2011,

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**''Finalist'':

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, 2016 **''Bronze Medalist'':

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**''Semifinalist'':

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EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previ ...

: **''Finalist'':

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Domestic competitions

* Norwegian Championship: **''Winner'': 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021 **''Silver Medalist'': 2016/2017 *

Norwegian Cup The Norwegian Football Cup ( no, Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer) is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest footbal ...

: **''Winner'': 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 * Hungarian Championship: **''Winner'': 2016 *

Hungarian Cup The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...

: **''Winner'': 2016

Individual awards

* All-Star Right Back of Eliteserien: 2018/2019 *

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Top Scorer: 2006,

Top Scorer:

* All-Star Right Back of the

Møbelringen Cup The Intersport Cup, formerly known as the Møbelringen Cup, is an annual women's handball tournament arranged by the Norwegian Handball Federation. Norway plus three invited national teams compete for the title, normally in a single round-robin fo ...

: 2018 *

: Topscorer 2018/2019 (89 goals)

References

External links

* * 1984 births Living people Norwegian female handball players Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players of Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Győri Audi ETO KC players Handball players from Oslo {{Norway-handball-bio-stub