Anja Edin
Personal information
Full name Anja Hammerseng-Edin
Born (1983-02-05) 5 February 1983[1]
Porsgrunn, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Central back
Club information
Current club Retired
Senior clubs
Years Team
 Sola HK
–
 Storhamar HE
–
 Larvik HK
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2013
 Norway 59[2] (143)
Medal record
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2009 China Team
European Championship
Silver medal – second place2012 SerbiaTeam

Anja Hammerseng-Edin (born 5 February 1983) is a Norwegian former handball player. She previously played for Larvik HK and for the Norwegian national team.

Career

Hammerseng-Edin made her début on the Norwegian national team in 2006, and played 59 matches and scored 143 goals between 2006 and 2013.[2] She represented Norway when the team won a bronze medal at the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship in China, as well as winning a silver medal at the 2012 European Women's Handball Championship in Serbia.[3] She was also part of the National team at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship.[1][2]

She retired from her handball career in 2017, and currently works as a conference speaker.

Individual awards

  • MVP of the European Championship: 2012[4]

Personal life

Edin started playing handball when she was 5 years old, with her mother as a trainer.

She is married to fellow handball player Gro Hammerseng, and they have a son together, born on 2 February 2012. Hammerseng and Edin married on 3 August 2013. The couple both play for the Norwegian handball club Larvik HK.[5]

Hammerseng-Edin and her wife wrote a book together titled Anja + Gro = Mio, which was published in February 2014.

References

  1. 1 2 "XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, Norway" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Totaloversikt for Hammerseng-Edin, Anja". handballold.nif.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  3. ↑ Haraldsen, Stian (2016). "De 25 medaljemesterskapene". Gode som gull. 30 år med håndballjentene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 144–159. ISBN 978-82-03-29618-5.
  4. ↑ "All Star Team announced". European Handball Federation. 16 December 2012. Archived from the original on 21 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Hammerseng og Edin vil skrive bok sammen". NRK (in Norwegian). 26 December 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2013.


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