Elisabeth Hilmo

Elisabeth Hilmo
Personal information
Born	(1976-11-29) 29 November 1976 (age 48) Trondheim, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Playing position	Centre back [1]
Youth career
Team
–	Selbu IL
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000-2001	Selbu IL
2001-2002	Byåsen IL
2002-2004	Selbu IL
2002-2007	Larvik HK
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2006	Norway	180	(282)
Medal record Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team World Championship 1999 Denmark/Norway Team 2001 Italy Team European Championship 1998 Netherlands Team 2004 Hungary Team 2002 Denmark Team

Elisabeth Hilmo (born 29 November 1976) is a Norwegian team handball player and World Champion. She was primarily known as a defensively strong player. She received a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. ^[2]

Career

Hilmo started playing handball aged 7 at her hometown club Selbu IL. ^[3] With them she eventually played in the top division in Norway. After the team was relegated, she joined Byåsen IL. ^[3] A year later she returned to Selbu, after they had returned to the top division. ^[3]

In 2004 she joined Larvik HK, ^[3] where she won the Norwegian championship three times in a row from 2005 to 2007.

Due to pregnancy she retired in December 2007. ^[4]

National team

She made her debut for the Norwegian national team on 25 September 1998 against Russia. ^{[3] [1]} Her first major international tournament was the 1998 European Championship, where Norway won gold medals. ^[3] This was the first time Norway won the tournament. ^[5]

A year later she won gold medals at the 1999 World Championship. ^[1]

Private

Her grandmother, Marit, and both of her siblings, Marita and Arnfinn are also handball players. ^[3] She is educated as a Data engineer. ^[1]

References

1. "Håndballjentene" (in Norwegian). 18 November 2004. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
2. "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 3, 2008)
3. "Elisabeth Hilmo på europamester" (in Norwegian). Europamester.dk. Archived from the original on 31 March 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
4. www.nrk.no: Håndballslutt for Hilmo, retrieved 9 March 2013
5. "Women's EHF Euro 1998". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation . Retrieved 27 February 2025.

External links

• Elisabeth Hilmo at the European Handball Federation
• Elisabeth Hilmo at the Norwegian Handball Federation (in Norwegian)
• Elisabeth Hilmo at Olympedia