Kristin Venn

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Kristin Venn
Personal information
Born (1994-03-05) 5 March 1994 (age 30)
Trondheim, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Left wing
Club information
Current club Storhamar HE
Number 10
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
 Skaun HK
–2013
 Utleira IL
2013–2018
 Byåsen HE
2018–
 Storhamar HE
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–
 Norway 4 (7)
Medal record
Youth World Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Montenegro
Youth European Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Czech Republic

Kristin Venn (born 5 March 1994) is a Norwegian handball player who plays for the Norwegian club Storhamar HE. [1]

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She was also a part of Norway's 28-squad for the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship as well as the 28-squad for the 2014 European Women's Handball Championship. She has already participated for Norway's recruit team. [2]

She also represented Norway in 2014 Women's Junior World Handball Championship, placing 9th.

On 4 October 2017, Venn announced that she would not play anymore for the national team. She was going to focus on playing for her then club Byåsen HE and just enjoy playing handball. [3] She later opened up for the possibility to fight for a spot on the national team, and national team coach Thorir Hergeirsson said Venn was up for a place in the squad for the 2022 European Championship had she not been injured. [4]

On 24 October 2024 Venn made a comeback, [5] 7 years and 4 months since her last performance for the national team.

Achievements

Individual awards

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References

  1. ↑ "Spillere: Kristin Venn, Byåsen Elite" (in Norwegian). topphandball.no. Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Rekruttene mot Island" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation . Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Takker nei til landslaget" (in Norwegian). avisa-st.no. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Thorir Hergeirsson svarer: - Totalt uinteressant". Dagbladet . Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "Disse spillerne er tatt ut til Posten Cup i Larvik". NHF . Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "Årets spillere kåret". NHF (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "Årets venstre kanspiller". topphandball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 May 2023.


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