Alexander Blonz
Appearance
Alexander Blonz | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Alexander Christoffersen Blonz | ||
Born |
Alexandre Christoffersen Blonz 17 April 2000 Clamart, France | ||
Nationality |
Norwegian French | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Playing position | Left wing | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | GOG Håndbold | ||
Number | 71 | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
2016–2019 | Viking HK | ||
2019–2021 | Elverum Håndball | ||
2021–2023 | SC Pick Szeged | ||
2023– | GOG Håndbold | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Norway | 91 | (243) |
Alexander Christoffersen Blonz (born 17 April 2000) is a Norwegian handball player for GOG Håndbold and the Norwegian national team.[1][2][3]
He made his international debut during the Gjensidige Cup 2019 against Netherlands where he scored 7 goals and was elected best player of the game.
He made his World Championship debut in the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship against Tunisia. Four days later and in only his fourth game with the Norwegian handball national team, he scored 8 goals against Chile and was elected best player of the game.
He represented Norway at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship.[4][5]
His first name is Alexandre, due to his French heritage, but he uses the Norwegian spelling of Alexander.[6]
Achievements
[edit]- World Championship:
- Silver: 2019
- European Championship:
- Bronze: 2020
- Norwegian League:
- Winner: 2019/2020, 2020/2021
- Norwegian Cup:
- Winner: 2019, 2020
- Hungarian League:
- Winner: 2021/2022
Individual awards
[edit]- Best Rookie of Eliteserien: 2019/2020[7]
- Best World Young Left Wing (generation 1998 and younger): 2019/2020[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Profiler Håndballgutta" [Profiles Handball Mens]. handball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
Alexander Blonz
- ^ "Elitespillere" [Elite Players]. vikinghk.no (in Norwegian). 4 January 2019. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
Alexander Blonz
- ^ "Alexander Christoffersen Blonz – Career & Statistics | EHF". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ "Håndballguttas tropp til VM i Egypt" [The handball mens' squad for the WC in Egypt]. handball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
Alexander C. Blonz, Elverum Håndball
- ^ "Team Roster Norway" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Halvt franske Blonz har kjæresten i ryggen: – Gøy" [Half-French Blonz has his girlfriend at his back: - Fun]. vg.no (in Norwegian). 29 July 2024. Archived from the original on 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
Alexander Blonz
- ^ "Alexander Blonz ble Årets nykommer" [Alexander Blonz was Newcomer of the Year]. handball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ "Alexander Blonz best young left wing". handball-planet.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
External links
[edit]- Alexander Blonz at the Norwegian Handball Federation (in Norwegian)
- Alexandre Christoffersen Blonz at the European Handball Federation (also at EHF Archive)
- Alexandre Christoffersen Blonz at the International Handball Federation
- Alexandre Christoffersen Blonz at Olympics.com
- Alexandre Christoffersen Blonz at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Alexandre Blonz on Instagram
Categories:
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Norwegian male handball players
- 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen
- Olympic handball players for Norway
- Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Norwegian people of French descent
- Norwegian expatriate handball players in Denmark
- Norwegian expatriate handball players in Hungary
- Sportspeople from Stavanger
- Norwegian handball biography stubs