Tonje Larsen

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Tonje Larsen
Personal information
Born (1975-01-26) 26 January 1975 (age 48)
Tønsberg, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Playing position Center Back
Club information
Current club Retired
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
1993–1998
 Larvik HK
1998–1999
 Viborg HK
1999–2015
 Larvik HK
National team 1
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–2010
 Norway 264 (567)
Medal record
Women's handball
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Beijing Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Sydney Team
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Denmark/Norway Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1997 Germany Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 China Team
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Netherlands Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Macedonia Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Denmark/Norway Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1996 Denmark Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Denmark Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 Germany Team
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 19 December 2010

Tonje Larsen (born 26 January 1975) is a retired Norwegian handballer who played for the Norwegian national team. She is Olympic champion, World champion and three times European champion. As a club player she is several times Norwegian champion and once Danish champion, and has won the EHF Cup, EHF Cup Winners' Cup and the EHF Champions League.

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Personal life

Larsen was born in Tønsberg on 26 January 1975. [1]

International championships

Larsen made her debut with the national team in June 1992 against Denmark, seventeen years old, when Sven-Tore Jacobsen was head coach. [2] Her first major tournament came when Marit Breivik selected her for the 1994 European Championship in Germany, where she won a bronze medal. [3] She continued playing for the national team and received medals in the three major competitions for women's handball: gold in the 1998 European Championship, gold in the 1999 World Championship and bronze at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. [4]

Due to jumper's knee, she was out of the team in 2001 and between 2003 and 2008. [3] She continued playing for Larvik mostly on defense, as her knees could not tolerate the heavier stress of the offensive game. Her career seemed to be in danger, and she considered retiring. [3] [5] Finally, she underwent surgery successfully in 2006. [6] As a side effect of the years she spent injured, Larsen is now considered to be an excellent defense player. [7]

She made her comeback to the national team in 2008, winning a gold medal both at the Summer Olympics in Beijing [8] and at the European Championship held in December in the Republic of Macedonia, where she also made the official All-Star Team as the Best left back of the championship. [9]

As of January 2009, she has played more than 200 matches for the national team, and scored more than 500 goals. [10]

Club career

Larsen started playing handball for her hometown club Tønsberg Turn. She was recruited to Larvik HK when Marit Breivik coached the club, and has later played for Larvik, except one year with the Danish club Viborg HK, in the 1998/1999 season. With Viborg she won the Danish championship as well as the Women's EHF Cup. [1]

With Larvik HK she won the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 2004/2005, and again in 2007/2008. [1] She reached the semi-final of the Women's EHF Champions League in 2002 and in 2004, and reached the final at the Women's EHF Cup in 1996. She won the Norwegian national championship title with Larvik HK in 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. She has won the Norwegian top League with Larvik ten times, in 1994, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Larsen, Tonje : Landslag kvinner senior" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation . Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  3. 1 2 3 Vestreng, Tom (21 November 2008). "Halve livet på landslaget" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen . Retrieved 5 January 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2008.
  5. ↑ Nygård, Stig (7 December 2008). "Tonje Larsen vurderte å gi opp" (in Norwegian). TV 2 Sporten . Retrieved 5 January 2009.
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  7. ↑ Ambros, Ivan (21 October 2008). "Positively surprised". European Handball Federation . Retrieved 5 January 2009.
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  9. ↑ "EURO 2008 All-Star Team". European Handball Federation. 14 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
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