Jenny Alm

Jenny Alm
Alm in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Jenny Sofia Alm
Born	(1989-04-10) 10 April 1989 (age 36) Uddevalla, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	København Håndbold
Number	15
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000-2011	GF Kroppskultur
2011–2015	IK Sävehof
2015–2017	Team Esbjerg
2017–2019	København Håndbold
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2018	Sweden	123	(285)
Medal record European Championship 2014 Croatia/Hungary

Jenny Sofia Alm (born 10 April 1989) is a Swedish former handball player who played the Swedish national team. ^[1]

Career

Alm started her career at GF Kroppskultur. In 2008 she helped the team getting promoted to the Elitserien. ^[2] In the 2009-10 seasson she was the top scorer in the Elitserien. ^[3]

In 2011 sh joined IK Sävehof. ^[4] With Sävehof she won the Swedish Championship in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.

In 2015 she joined Danish side Team Esbjerg. ^[5] She was part of the Team Esbjerg side that won the 2015-16 Damehåndboldligaen, the first national championship in club history. ^[6]

In 2017 she joined København Håndbold. ^[7] She retired after the 2018-19 season. ^[8] After her playing career, she has joined the backroom staff at IK Sävehof as the masseuse. ^[9]

National team

She participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil. ^[10] She missed the 2012 European Championship due to injury. ^[11] She was back in the Swedish team for the 2024 European Women's Handball Championship, where Sweden won bronze medals. ^[12]

She then went on to represented Sweden at the 2016 Olympics, 2016 European Championship, 2017 World Championship ^[13] and 2018 European Championship.

Private

Her sister, Frida Alm, also played handball for GF Kroppskultur. ^[14]

References

1. EHF profile
2. "Jenny Alm stannar i Kropps" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio . Retrieved 12 May 2013.
3. "Skytteligan 2011–2012" (PDF) (in Swedish). svenskhandboll.se. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
4. "Sävehof näste för Jenny Alm" (in Swedish). DN.se. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
5. "Esbjerg holte EM-Dritte aus Sävehof" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 3 February 2015.}
6. Lars Bruun-Mortensen (5 May 2016). "Team Esbjerg vinder DM" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark . Retrieved 3 December 2025.
7. "Officielt: Jenny Alm skifter til København" (in Danish). europamester.dk. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
8. "Jenny Alm slutar spela handboll efter säsongen" (in Swedish). expressen.se. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
9. "Jenny Alm ny massös i Sävehof" (in Swedish). handbollskanalen.se. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
10. "XX Women's World Championship 2011; Brazil – Team Roster Sweden" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
11. "Jenny Alm missar EM" (in Swedish). Bohuslaningen. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
12. "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
13. "23rd Women's World Championship 2017" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation . Retrieved 25 December 2018.
14. "Från Afrika till Hellton" (in Swedish). nwt.se. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

External links

• Jenny Alm at the European Handball Federation
• Jenny Alm at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
• Jenny Alm at Olympedia