Isabel Blanco

Isabel Blanco
Isabel Blanco
Personal information
Born	10 May 1979 (age 46); Bergen, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Pivot
Club information
Current club	Halden HK
Youth career
	Team
	Vadmyra
–	Kjøkkelvik
–	Nordnes
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000-1998	Tertnes IL
1998-1999	Ferrobus Mislata
1999-2000	Tertnes IL
2000-2004	Ikast-Bording EH
2004-2006	Aalborg DH
2006-2011	Ikast-Bording EH/FCM
2011-2015	Larvik HK
2016	Molde HK
2016-2017	Halden HK
National team 1
Years	Team
2004–2014	Norway
Teams managed
2016-2017	Halden HK (assistant)
Medal record
European Championship
	1 National team caps and goals correct ; as of 6 June 2016

Last updated November 24, 2025

Isabel Blanco (born 10 May 1979) is a Norwegian former handball player.

Club career

Blanco has previously played for the clubs Kjøkkelvik, Vadmyra, Nordnes, Tertnes HE, Club El Ferrobus Mislata, Aalborg DH, FC Midtjylland, Larvik HK and Molde Elite. She earned a silver medal in the 2005 and 2008 Danish Championships, and a bronze medal in 2006, when she was voted Pivot of the Year in the Danish league.

National team

She won a gold medal at the 2004 European Women's Handball Championship with the Norwegian national team^[2] and again at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship.^[3]

Personal life

Blanco was born in Bergen.^[1] Her father is Fernando Blanco Jiménez, a former Deportivo de La Coruña football player. She has not lived in Spain except for the one year at Club El Ferrobus Mislata.^[4]

References

1 2 "Isabel Blanco". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
↑ "6th European Handball Championships – Hungary 2004 – Team Norway" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on February 25, 2008)
↑ 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.
↑ Christiansen, Anders K. (11 December 2004). "- Vi bør slå Spania". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 December 2008.

External links

Isabel Blanco at the European Handball Federation

Isabel Blanco at the Norwegian Handball Federation (in Norwegian)

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[eurohandball-1] 1 2 "Isabel Blanco". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 5 August 2019.

[wec2004-team-norway-2] "6th European Handball Championships – Hungary 2004 – Team Norway" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on February 25, 2008)

[Haraldsen2016-3] 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] Christiansen, Anders K. (11 December 2004). "- Vi bør slå Spania". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 December 2008.

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