Kari_Mette_Johansen

Kari Mette Johansen

Kari Mette Johansen

Norwegian handball player (born 1979)

Kari Mette Johansen (born 11th January 1979) is a Norwegian team handball player, a two time Olympic champion, once a world champion and four times European champion. She was voted into the All star team at the 2006 European Women's Handball Championship, where she won gold medal with the Norwegian National Team.

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Career

Born in Fredrikstad on 11 January 1979,[1] Kari Mette Johansen played for the Norwegian club Larvik HK.[2] She made her debut on the national team in 2004, where she played 203 matches and scored 493 goals.[3] She is now retired.

She won Olympic gold medals in 2008 and 2012.[2]

She was awarded the trophy Håndballstatuetten from the Norwegian Handball Federation in 2018.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Bryhn, Rolf. "Kari Mette Johansen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  2. [2]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kari Mette Johansen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Landskampstatistikk. Totaloversikt for Johansen, Kari Mette" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2019.


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