Kelsi Fairbrother

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Kelsi Fairbrother
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Kelsi Fairbrother playing for the Great Britain team, at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born (1989-08-05) 5 August 1989 (age 35)
Hillingdon
Nationality British
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2010-2014
Team Esbjerg
2014-
Thuringer HC
National team
YearsTeam
Great Britain

Kelsi Melanie Fairbrother-Svane (born 5 August 1989 in Hillingdon) [1] is a British handball player. She plays for the British national team and competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. [2] She married Kris Svane on 18 July 2013 and now uses Kelsi Fairbrother-Svane as her married name. She played for the club Team Esbjerg until January 2014, when she announced her immediate move to Thuringer HC. [3]

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References

  1. "Kelsi Melanie Fairbrother Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  2. "Kelsi Fairbrother". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  3. "Kelsi Fairbrother-Svane wechselt zu THC". nnz-online. Retrieved 22 February 2014.