Emilie Christensen

Emilie Christensen
Personal information
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	13 April 1993 (age 33); Os Municipality, Norway
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Sport	Handball
Position	Centre back
Current club	Glassverket IF
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000–2013	Fana
2013–2017	Glassverket IF
2017–2019	Larvik HK
2019–2020	Ferencvárosi TC
2020–2021	Molde Elite
2022–	Glassverket IF
Years	Team
National team
Years	Team
2017–2018	Norway
Medal record
World Championship
Youth World Championship

Emilie Christensen (born 13 April 1993) is a Norwegian handball player for Norwegian Glassverket IF. She was on the Norwegian team that won silver medals at the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship

Career

Christensen started her career at Fana IL in the Norwegian 1st division (second tier). In 2013 she joined first league team Glassverket IF, where she shared playing time with Nina Heglund and Tiril Merg. In 2017 she joined league rivals Larvik HK. In 2019 she joined Hungarian Ferencváros. Afterwards she joined Molde for a single season, before returning to Glassverket. Here she has since become the player-assistant manager.

Christensen represented Norway in the 2011 Women's Junior European Handball Championship, placing 12th.

On November 23rd she debuted for the Norwegian senior national team.

Achievements

World Championship:
- Silver Medalist: 2017
Norwegian League:
- Bronze Medalist: 2015/2016, 2016/2017
- Silver Medalist: 2014/2015
Norwegian Cup:
- Silver Medalist: 2016
World Youth Championship:
- Silver Medalist: 2010

Individual awards

All-Star Line Centre Back of Grundigligaen: 2016/2017

References

↑ "Klar for Glassverket" (in Norwegian). dt.no. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
↑ "Christensen klar for Larvik–Merg til Danmark". dt.no. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
↑ "Emilie Christensen a Fradinál" (in Hungarian). handball.hu. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
↑ "Ny spiller klar for Molde" (in Norwegian). NRK. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
↑ "Mister halve laget - se hvem som forlater Molde" (in Norwegian). rbnett.no. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
↑ "Oustorp tilbake i Glassverket" (in Norwegian). NRK. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
↑ "2011 Women's European Championship 19 - Final Tournament". EHF. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
↑ "Her er Årets..." (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

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[1] "Klar for Glassverket" (in Norwegian). dt.no. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

[2] "Christensen klar for Larvik–Merg til Danmark". dt.no. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

[3] "Emilie Christensen a Fradinál" (in Hungarian). handball.hu. Retrieved 14 September 2019.

[4] "Ny spiller klar for Molde" (in Norwegian). NRK. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.

[5] "Mister halve laget - se hvem som forlater Molde" (in Norwegian). rbnett.no. Retrieved 29 August 2020.

[6] "Oustorp tilbake i Glassverket" (in Norwegian). NRK. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.

[7] "2011 Women's European Championship 19 - Final Tournament". EHF. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[8] "Her er Årets..." (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 21 May 2017.