Vigdis Hårsaker (born July 16, 1981) is a Norwegian former

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 ...

player, who played most of her club handball for

Byåsen IL Byåsen Idrettslag is a multi-sport club from Trondheim, Norway. It has sections for association football (one for elite, one for women's and one for grassroots football), athletics, handball (one for elite and one for grassroots handball), orient ...

. She first played handball for Sjetne. At age 14, she transferred to

Byåsen Byåsen is a large neighborhood area in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. It constitutes a large part of the city in the borough of Midtbyen in Trondheim Municipality. It encompasses a number of areas southwest of the main cit ...

. In the 2002/03 season she was topscorer in the Norwegian league. She went a year to

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

to study the language, where she played for Toulon VAR HB ASCM (on loan by

). Later she played two years in for

Larvik HK Larvik Håndballklubb, is a professional women's handball club from Larvik, Norway. The club has won 36 titles total in both the Eliteserien (women's handball), Norwegian League and the Norwegian Women's Handball Cup, Norwegian Cup, and won the ...

, where she won the Norwegian Championship and the

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. But eventually she would eventually return to

again. In 2009 she became the player-assistant manager at the club. She retired in 2010. Hårsaker debuted on the Norwegian national team in 2000, at age 19. She has played a total of 133 matches, scoring 337 times., Vigdis Hårsaker National Team Profile. She was part of the team that won silver in the 2002 European Championship and a gold in the subsequent 2004 Championship. She has also twice won the silver medal at the

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, in 2001, Italy and 2007, France. After her playing career she became a youth coach at Sjetne, where she herself played as a kid.handball.no: ''Sjetne 2 - G12 3''
retrieved 28. September 2024

Achievements

*2007:

- Silver *2006: Norwegian League (

) - Silver *2005: Norwegian League (

) - Gold :::EHF Cup Winners Cup (

) - Gold *2004: Norwegian League (

) - Bronze ::

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- Gold ::Norwegian League Right Back Player of the Year *2002:

- Silver *2001:

- Silver

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harsaker, Vigdis 1981 births Living people Norwegian female handball players 21st-century Norwegian sportswomen Norwegian expatriate handball players in France Sportspeople from Sandefjord