Sara Eriksson (handballer)

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Sara Eriksson
Personal information
Full name Sara Linnéa Eriksson
Born (1981-04-13) April 13, 1981 (age 43)
Linköping, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current clubRetired
Youth career
Team
 Lambohov IF
 Risbrinkspojkarna
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2000-2004
 Team Eslövs IK
2004-2006
 Gjerpen Håndball
2006-2008
 FCK Håndbold
2008-2011
 HC Leipzig
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002-2010
 Sweden 126 (167 [1] )

Sara Eriksson (born 13 April 1981) is a Swedish former handball player. She plays for the Swedish national team. She participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China, where the Swedish team placed eighth. [2]

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Career

Eriksson started playing handball at Lambohov IF before joining Risbrinkspojkarna. Her first senior team was Team Eslövs IK. Here she won two Swedish championships. [3] After 5 years at the club she moved to Gjerpen Håndball in Norway, where she became a professional handball player. She only played there for two years, before joining Danish side FCK Håndbold in 2006. [4] In 2008 she joined German HC Leipzig. [5] Here she won the German championship twice before retiring in 2011. [6]

References

  1. ↑ handbollslandslaget.se: Statistik, retrieved 2. January 2018
  2. ↑ "Sara Eriksson". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  3. ↑ "Östgötskor blev Eslövs guldmakare". Östgöta Corren 2003. Archived from the original on 2018-02-08.
  4. ↑ "Sara hoppas hitta flytet inför EM" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. 2006-11-28. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  5. ↑ Paul Zyra (26 February 2008). "Sara Eriksson till tyska ligatvåan Leipzig" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio.
  6. ↑ "Eriksson slutar spela". Östgöta Correspondenten. 2011-02-23.


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