Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the opposing team. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes, and the team that scores more goals wins.
The Sweden women's national handball team is the national team of Sweden. It is governed by the Swedish Handball Federation and takes part in international handball competitions.
Karen Brødsgaard is a former Danish team handball player and manager, and two times Olympic champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she was the captain of the team.
Sweden sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Ljubomir Vranjes is a Swedish handball coach and former player who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is currently the sporting director of German team SG Flensburg-Handewitt.
Clare Elizabeth Polkinghorne is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Swedish Damallsvenskan club Kristianstads DFF and the Australia national team. She became Australia's most capped player in February 2023. On 2 October 2024 she announced her retirement from international football, effective in December, but will continues her club career at Kristianstad.
Katrina-Lee Gorry, also known by her nickname Mini, is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for West Ham United in the Women's Super League, whom she captains, and for the Australia national team. Gorry was the 2014 Asia's Footballer of the Year. In October 2023, she was nominated for "Hässleholmer of the Year" in the Swedish municipality of Hässleholm where she lived and played, following her World Cup performance.
Johanna Maria Helène Ahlm is a Swedish former handball player. She started and ended her career at the Swedish club IK Sävehof, but other than those tenures she played her entire career in the Danish handball league. She also played for the Sweden women's national handball team. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where Sweden placed 8th, and the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Sweden placed 11th. Ahlm was listed among the top ten goalscorers at the 2008 Olympics tournament with 40 goals.
Madeleine Gustafsson, formerly Madeleine Grundström is a Swedish former handball goalkeeper who played for the Sweden women's national handball team. She participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where Sweden placed 8th. She was listed among the top ten goalkeepers at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship in Macedonia.
Tina Flognman is a Swedish former handball player who played for the Danish clubs Viborg HK and GOG Håndbold, French Toulon Métropole Var Handball and IK Sävehof and HK Varberg in Sweden. She also featured in the Sweden women's national handball team.
Isabelle Therese Gulldén is a Swedish professional handball player for Lugi HF and former national team player for the Swedish National Team.
Johanna Wiberg is a Swedish former handball player and coach. She played for the club FCK Håndbold, Aalborg DH and FOX Team Nord in Denmark and Eslövs IK in Sweden, as well as for the Swedish national team. She participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China, where the Swedish team placed eighth, and the 2012 Summer Olympics, where the Swedish team placed eleventh.
Annika Sofia Wiel Hvannberg née Wiel Fredén(born 21 August 1978) is a Swedish handball player.
Nathalie Hagman is a Swedish handball player for SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea and the Swedish national handball team.
The Australia women's national soccer team is overseen by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006. The team's official nickname is "the Matildas" ; they were known as the "Female Socceroos" before 1995.
Hanna Fogelström is a Swedish handball player. She plays on the Swedish national team and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil. She was also part of the Swedish squad at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Emily Gielnik is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Melbourne Victory and the Australia women's national team. She previously played for Aston Villa W.F.C. in England, Brisbane Roar and Melbourne Victory in her native Australia, Liverpool in England, Urawa Red Diamonds in Japan, Avaldsnes IL in Norway, Bayern Munich in Germany, and Vittsjö GIK in Sweden.
Sweden competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 3 to 20 August 2016. Swedish athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except for the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. They extended their medal-winning streak to 47 straight Olympic Games by obtaining a silver in women's road race.
Hanna Blomstrand is a Swedish previous handball player for København Håndbold and the Swedish national team.
Teagan Jade Micah is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Women's Super League club Liverpool and the Australia national team.
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