Katrine Lunde
| Katrine Lunde | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Lunde in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
30 March 1980 Kristiansand, Norway | ||
| Nationality | Norwegian | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Vipers Kristiansand | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
–2004 | Våg Vipers | ||
2004–2007 | Aalborg DH | ||
2007–2010 | Viborg HK | ||
2010–2015 | Győri ETO KC | ||
2015–2017 | Rostov-Don | ||
2017– | Vipers Kristiansand | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002– | Norway | 363 | (3) |
Medal record | |||
Katrine Lunde (former Haraldsen; born 30 March 1980) is a Norwegian professional handball goalkeeper for Vipers Kristiansand and the Norwegian national team.[1][2]
She is the twin sister of fellow handball player Kristine Lunde-Borgersen. Her sporting achievements include gold medals with the Norwegian national team at the Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships, as well as club victories in the EHF Champions League, and national championships in Denmark, Hungary, Russia and Norway.
Personal life
[edit]Lunde was born in Kristiansand on 30 March 1980, and is the twin sister of Kristine Lunde-Borgersen.[3]
Career
[edit]Club
[edit]She started her club career in Hånes, and later played for Kristiansand, Våg and Aalborg DH. She won the Champions League with Viborg in 2009 and 2010.[3] In 2010, she signed with Hungarian club Győri ETO KC.[3] In 2015, she signed with Russian club Rostov-Don.[3] After two years spent in Russia she returned to Norway. Her contract with Vipers Kristiansand is valid until 2025. She is considered to be the best goalkeeper of all time.
International
[edit]Lunde made her debut on the Norwegian national team in 2002.[4] She is a six-time European champion (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2020, 2022). She is World champion from 2011, received a silver medal at the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship, and a bronze medal at the 2009 World Championship. In August 2008, together with her twin sister, she won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She was selected into the tournament's All-Star Team,[5] and was also overall top goalkeeper with a 42% save rate.[6]
Lunde was again named goalkeeper of the All-Star Team in the 2008 European Championship[7] and ranked second on the Top Goalkeepers list with a 47% save rate.
She was also part of the Norwegian team that won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[8]
She won a gold medal with the Norwegian team at the 2024 Summer Olympics, and was also named by IHF the most valuable player at the tournament. This was her fifth Olympic medal from five different Olympics: three gold and two bronze.[9]
Lunde has participated in 22 international championships for the national team.
Achievements
[edit]- Olympic Games:
- World Championship:
- European Championship:
- Damehåndboldligaen:
- Winner: 2008, 2009, 2010
- Silver Medalist: 2005
- Bronze Medalist: 2006, 2007
- DHF Landspokalturneringen:
- Winner: 2007, 2008
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I:
- Winner: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
- Silver Medalist: 2015
- Magyar Kupa:
- Winner: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
- EHF Champions League:
- EHF Cup:
- Winner: 2017
- Finalist: 2018
- Semifinalist: 2004
- Norwegian League:
- Winner: 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024
- Norwegian Cup:
- Winner: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022/23, 2023/24
Individual awards
[edit]- Most Valuable Player of the Summer Olympics: 2024[11]
- All-Star Goalkeeper of the Olympic Games: 2008, 2020
- All-Star Goalkeeper of the European Championship: 2008, 2010, 2012[12]
- Foreign Handballer of the Year in Hungary: 2013
- All-Star Goalkeeper of the World Championship: 2017
- All-Star Goalkeeper of the Champions League: 2019
- All-Star Goalkeeper of Eliteserien: 2018/2019,[13] 2020/2021, 2021/2022,[14]
- EHF Excellence Awards Best goalkeeper of the season: 2022/23[15]
- EHF Excellence Awards MVP: 2022/23
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Katrine Lunde". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ EHF profile
- ^ a b c d e f Aune, Thomas; Bryhn, Rolf. "Katrine Lunde". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ (in Norwegian) "Landslagsprofiler – Katrine Lunde" – Norges Håndballforbund (www.handball.no) (Retrieved on 13 February 2008)
- ^ "2008 Olympic All-Star Team". IHF. 23 August 2008. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
- ^ "Goalkeeper Statistics Women". Beijing 2008. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
- ^ "EURO 2008 All-Star Team". EHF. 14 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
- ^ "London 2012 – Handball – Women's Tournament". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ Skifjeld, Anne (14 August 2024). "Rørende feiring for OL-veteran: – Aldri fått så god velkomst". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m 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.
- ^ "Paris 2024 Women's All-Star team revealed". ihf.info. IHF. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "All Star Team announced". European Handball Federation. 16 December 2012. Archived from the original on 21 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ^ "Årets spillere kåret". NHF (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 June 2019.
- ^ "Årets lag og priser i REMA 1000-ligaen for kvinner". NHF (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ "Golden players make the team of the season". EHF. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
External links
[edit]
- Katrine Lunde at the International Handball Federation
- Katrine Lunde at the European Handball Federation
- Katrine Lunde at the Norwegian Handball Federation (in Norwegian)
- Katrine Lunde at Olympics.com
- Katrine Lunde at Olympedia
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Norwegian female handball players
- Sportspeople from Kristiansand
- Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players for Norway
- Olympic gold medalists for Norway
- Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Győri Audi ETO KC players
- Norwegian twins
- Identical twins
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Viborg HK players
- Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Norwegian sportswomen
- Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Norwegian expatriate handball players in Denmark
- Norwegian expatriate handball players in Hungary
- Expatriate handball players in Russia
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics