Mari Molid

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Mari Molid
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Molid in 2014
Personal information
Full name Mari Kristine Søbstad Molid
Born (1990-08-08) 8 August 1990 (age 35)
Trondheim, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club Strindheim IL
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2006–2012
 Byåsen HE
2012–2014
 Levanger HK
2014–2016
 Larvik HK
2016–2018
 Randers HK
2018–2019
 Larvik HK
2019–2021
 Molde Elite
2021–2022
 Byåsen HE
2023–
 Strindheim IL
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2018
 Norway 107 (57)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Brazil
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Denmark
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Denmark/Norway
Junior World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 South Korea
Junior European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Hungary

Mari Molid Brekke (born 8 August 1990) [1] is a Norwegian handball player for Strindheim IL and formerly the Norwegian national team.

Contents

The former Norwegian national team coach Thorir Hergeirsson described her as a player with "very good defensive qualities and a good shot." [2]

Career

Molid started playing handball at Kolstad IL, and later joined Byåsen IL, where she made her senior debut in the 2006-07 season. [3] In her first season, she reached the final of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup with Byåsen, where they lost to Romanian CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea.

In 2012, she signed for Levanger HK. [4] In 2014-15 she joined Larvik HK auf. [5] Here she won the 2015 and 2016 Norwegian championship.

In 2016, she joined Danish team Randers HK. [6] Here she won the 2016 Danish Cup.

In 2018, she returned to Larvik HK, [7] where she was the club captain. [8] Leading up the semifinal of the 2018-19 Norwegian championship, she and group of other Larvik players refused to play the match, as they had not been paid. [8] After the season had ended Larvik HK were administratively relegated to the 1st Division for failing to pay their players. [9]

The following season, Molid joined Molde HK. [10] In 2021 she returned to Byåsen IL. [11]

National team

She made her debut on the Norwegian national team on 22 September 2010. [12]

The same year, she won the 2010 European Championship with Norway. A year later, she won the 2011 World Championship. [13]

She also represented Norway at the 2013 World Championship. [14]

At the 2015 World Championship, she won her second World Cup title. She was however injured during the tournament and was replaced by Ida Alstad. [15]

A year later, she won bronze medals at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, losing to Russia in the semifinals in extra time and beating Netherlands in the third place playoff. [16] [17]

Achievements

References

  1. ↑ "Mari Molid Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Nye fjes i World Cup" (in Norwegian). Norges Håndballforbund. 3 September 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  3. ↑ Topscore Eliteserien Kvinner Byåsen Sesongen 2006/2007
  4. ↑ "Mari Molid til LHK" (in Norwegian). Levanger Avisa. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "Molid til Larvik" (in Norwegian). topphandball.no. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Molid klar for dansk håndball" (in Norwegian). t-a.no. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Mari Molid føler seg hjemme" (in Danish). europamester.dk. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Larvik-spillere dropper semfinalekamp mot Vipers" (in Norwegian). NRK. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  9. ↑ Kvam, Lars (14 May 2019). "Innfrir ikke kravene". handball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  10. ↑ "Molid til Molde HK" (in Norwegian). NRK . Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  11. ↑ larvikognorge.org: Eliteserien 2021/2022, retrieved 11. August 2021
  12. ↑ "Landslagsprofiler – Mari Kristine Søbstad Molid" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation . Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  13. ↑ "Norway squad" (PDF). EHF-Euro.com. European Handball Federation. 6 December 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  14. ↑ "Cumulative Statistics" (PDF). International Handball Federation.
  15. ↑ "Alstad inn i VM-troppen" (in Norwegian). TV2 Norway. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  16. ↑ "Bronze match - match report" (PDF). International Handball Federation.
  17. ↑ "Semifinal - match report" (PDF). International Handball Federation.
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