Female Handball Players

Cristina Neagu is a Romanian handball player who plays for the Romanian women's national team. She was part of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2010 European Championship and the 2015 World Championship. Considered the greatest player of all time, Cristina Neagu is the only female handball player to win four World Player of the Year awards.

Stine Bredal Oftedal is a Norwegian handball player who currently captains the national team. She has helped her team win two Olympic bronze medals as well as three World Championship gold medals. Stine Bredal Oftedal has also helped her team win four European Championship gold medals. In 2019, the International Handball Federation named her World Handball Player of the Year.

Nora Mørk is a Norwegian handball player best known for helping her national team win bronze medals at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. She is also a world champion and a European champion, having won two World Championship gold medals and four European Championship gold medals so far.

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Norwegian handball goalkeeper Katrine Lunde is now associated with the club Vipers Kristiansand. She has played for Russian, Hungarian, and Danish clubs too, and is also a 2-time World Champion. She is the twin sister of retired handball player and Olympic champion Kristine Lunde-Borgersen.

Camilla Herrem is a Norwegian professional handball player best known for helping her national team win gold medal at the 2012 Olympics. She was also part of the team that won the bronze medals at the 2016 and 2020 Olympics. With three golds, one bronze, and one silver, Herrem is the most successful player in the history of World Championships.

Henny Reistad is a Norwegian professional handball player. She was part of the national team that won the bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Henny Reistad also helped her national team win the 2020 European Championship in Denmark and the 2021 World Championship in Spain.

Norwegian handball player Heidi Løke is best known for her association with Vipers Kristiansand and for her 2 Olympic medals, including a gold in 2012. She has won several championships, including the EHF Champions League, the World Championship, and the European Championship. Interestingly, even her brother and sister are handball players.

Known as tennis legend Novak Djokovic's first coach, Jelena Gencic was a talented sportswoman in her own right and represented Yugoslavia in both tennis and handball. She was part of the Yugoslav team that won a bronze at the 1957 handball World Championships. She had also been a director at TV Belgrade.

Amanda Kurtovic is a Norwegian professional handball player best known for helping her national team win gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London. She was also part of the team that won gold medals at the 2011 and 2015 World Championship tournaments as well as the team that won the gold medal at the 2016 European Championship in Sweden.

Kari Brattset Dale is a Norwegian professional handball player. She was part of the women's national handball team that won the bronze medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. She also helped her team win the 2021 World Championship where she was adjudged MVP of the World Championship. Kari Brattset Dale also has a European Championship title under her belt.

Kari Aalvik Grimsbø is a Norwegian former handball player. She was part of the national team that won the gold medal at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games and the bronze medal at the 2016 Games. At the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, Aalvik Grimsbø was named the All-Star Goalkeeper. She is also a five-time European champion and two-time world champion.

Olympic bronze medalist Mia Hundvin is one of the most popular Norwegian former handball players. Though born to a music producer, she chose sports instead of music. She is also a budding photographer. Openly bisexual, she has previously dated Camilla Andersen and Anja Andersen but is now married to snowboarder Terje Haakonsen.

The daughter of renowned Norwegian handball player and Olympic gold medalist Hanne Hegh, Emilie Hegh Arntzen is a talented handball player in her own right. She is associated with Vipers Kristiansand. Apart from winning an Olympic bronze medal, she has also been a World Champion and is a 3-time European Champion.

Veronica Kristiansen is a Norwegian professional handball player. She was part of the national team that won bronze medals at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. She also helped her team win gold medals at the 2015 and 2021 World Championships. Veronica Kristiansen also has three European Championship gold medals under her belt. 

Ana Gros is a Slovenian professional handball player who has been an important player for the Slovenian national team since 2007. Over the years, Ana Gros has won many prestigious tournaments like the Slovenian Championship title, Slovenian Cup, and French Championship title. 

Gro Hammerseng-Edin is a Norwegian former handball player. She started her handball career in 1990 and was captain of the Norwegian national team for several years.  She was voted female World Handball Player of the Year in 2007. She last played for the club Larvik HK and won the Grundigligaen finals on the day she retired. 

Being the daughter of Norwegian football star Ronny Deila, Thale Rushfeldt Deila was no stranger to sports as a kid. The talented handball player is associated with the club Fredrikstad BK, which also features her twin sister, Live Rushfeldt Deila. She won the silver medal at the 2017 Youth European Championship in Slovakia.

Hanna Bredal Oftedal is a Norwegian retired handball player who represented her national team at the 2011 Youth European Championship and 2012 Youth World Championship, winning bronze medals in both the tournaments. Hanna Bredal Oftedal announced her retirement in November 2019 after suffering a serious injury.

Although a qualified nurse, Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren, also known as Linka, gained fame as a handball player, with her 2 Olympic team gold wins. She has also been a World Champion and a 5-time European Champion. The Norwegian sports star is also the elder sister of handball player Betina Riegelhuth.

Silje Solberg is a Norwegian professional handball player who was part of the national team that won the bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. A two-time world champion, Solberg also has three European Championship titles under her belt. At the 2014 European Championship, where her team won the gold, Solberg was named All-Star Goalkeeper of the tournament.

Born to a Bulgarian mother and a Nigerian father in Greece, handball player Elizabeth Omoregie initially represented the Bulgarian national team but later switched to the Slovenian national team. She is a 2-time Romanian Cup winner and a 4-time Slovenian Cup winner and now plays for CSM București.