Karoline Dyhre Breivang

Karoline Dyhre Breivang
Karoline Dyhre Breivang in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Karoline Charlotte Dyhre Breivang
Born	(1980-05-10) 10 May 1980 (age 45) Oslo, Norway [1]
Nationality	Norwegian
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Retired
Number	8
Youth career
Years	Team
1985-1995	Stabæk
1995-1998	Hosle IL
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1998–2005	Stabæk IF
2005–2017	Larvik HK
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2015	Norway	305	(475)
Medal record Representing   Norway Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team 2012 London Team World Championship 2011 Brazil Team 2007 France Team 2009 China Team European Championship 2004 Hungary Team 2006 Sweden Team 2008 Macedonia Team 2010 Denmark/Norway Team 2014 Croatia/Hungary Team 2012 Serbia Team

Karoline Charlotte Dyhre Breivang (born 10 May 1980) is a retired Norwegian handball player. She is a double Olympic gold medalist, ^[1] a world champion and five time European champion.

She is known for her versality on the court and for being a good defensive player. ^[2]

Career

Club career

Breivang started playing handball at the age of 4 at Stabæk. Aged 15 she joined Hosle IL. ^[2] After three years she returned to Stabæk, where she made her senior debut at the age of 18. ^[2]

In 2005 she left Stabæk and joined Larvik HK. ^[3] Here she won the Norwegian championship 11 times in row from 2005–06 to 2016–17. In 2008 she won the EHF Cup Winners' Cup and in 2011 she won the Champions League.

Between the fall of 2016 and February 2017 she took a break from handball due to pregnancy leave. After the 2016–17 season she retired. ^[4]

National team

Breivang made her debut on the Norwegian national team in 2000. She was called in as Kjersti Grini was injured just before the 2000 European Championship. ^[2] she played 305 matches (a former Norwegian record) ^[5] and scored 475 goals. She retired from the national team in 2015. ^[6]

She previously had the record for most games for the Norwegian national team, until she was overtaken by Katrine Lunde on 19 March 2021. ^{[7] [8]}

Awards and recognition

She was awarded the Håndballstatuetten trophy from the Norwegian Handball Federation in 2019. ^[9]

Private

Breivang comes from a family of handball players. Both of her parents, both of her younger brothers have also played handball and her mother has worked in the Norwegian Handball Federation. ^[2] She has a degree in economics. ^[2]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karoline Dyhre Breivang". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
2. "Karoline Dyhre Breivang - det norske kraftværk" (in Norwegian). Europamester.dk. Archived from the original on 31 March 2013.
3. Pressemeldung: Karoline Dyhre Breivang forlenger med Larvik
4. "Gir seg etter sesongen: – Ei vanskeleg avgjerd" (in Norwegian). nrk.no. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
5. Fløttum, Petter (28 November 2015). "Hyllet landslagslegenden Karoline Dyhre Breivang: – Hun har vært en bauta". Budstikka (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 December 2015.
6. "En epoke er over" (in Norwegian). topphandball.no. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
7. "Norge fikk kniven på strupen i OL-kvalet" (in Norwegian). handball.no. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
8. "Landslag kvinner senior" (in Norwegian). handballold.nif.no. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
9. "Utmerkelser". handball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 June 2025.

External links

• Media related to Karoline Dyhre Breivang at Wikimedia Commons
• Karoline Dyhre Breivang at the European Handball Federation
• Karoline Dyhre Breivang at Olympics.com
• Karoline Dyhre Breivang at Olympedia