Emily Stang Sando

Emily Stang Sando
Personal information
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	8 March 1989 (age 37); Tønsberg, Norway
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Sport	Handball
Position	Goalkeeper
Current club	HØJ Elite
Number	89
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2006–2010	Larvik HK
2010–2013	Flint Tønsberg
2013–2017	Team Esbjerg
2017–2018	HC Odense
2018–2019	København Håndbold
2019–2020	ŽRK Budućnost
2020–2021	SG BBM Bietigheim
2021–2024	HH Elite
01/2025–06/2025	Ikast Håndbold
2025–	HØJ Elite
Years	Team
National team
Years	Team
2010–2020	Norway
Medal record
European Championship

Emily Stang Sando (born 8 March 1989) is a Norwegian handball goalkeeper for HØJ Elite and formerly the Norwegian national team.

In 2016 she was part of the Team Esbjerg side that won the Danish Championship for the first time in club history. She played for HH Elite until 2024. From February 2024 until the end of the season, she took a break from handball due to pregnancy leave. She was replaced by Brazilian goalkeeper Mayssa Pessoa.

She made her international debut in 2010.

She won a gold meal with Norway at the 2014 European Women's Handball Championship in Hungary/Croatia. She was part of the Norwegian squad from start at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship, and later replaced by Katrine Lunde.

Achievements

European Championship:
- Winner: 2014, 2020

References

↑ EHF profile
↑ Lars Bruun-Mortensen (5 May 2016). "Team Esbjerg vinder DM" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
1 2 Torben Andersen (29 January 2024). "HH Elite henter brasiliansk keeper til resten af sæsonen: Emily Stang Sando stopper på grund af graviditet" (in Danish). Horsens Folkeblad. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
↑ "Landslagsprofiler – Emily Stang Sando" (in Norwegian). Norges Håndballforbund. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
↑ Haraldsen, Stian (2016). "De 25 medaljemesterskapene". Gode som gull. 30 år med håndballjentene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 144–159. ISBN 978-82-03-29618-5.
↑ "Endring i Norges EM-tropp". handball.no (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 29 August 2024.

External links

Emily Stang Sando at the European Handball Federation

Emily Stang Sando at the Norwegian Handball Federation (in Norwegian)

Emily Stang Sando at InterSportStats

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[1] EHF profile

[2] Lars Bruun-Mortensen (5 May 2016). "Team Esbjerg vinder DM" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 3 December 2025.

[Pessoa-3] 1 2 Torben Andersen (29 January 2024). "HH Elite henter brasiliansk keeper til resten af sæsonen: Emily Stang Sando stopper på grund af graviditet" (in Danish). Horsens Folkeblad. Retrieved 6 May 2025.

[4] "Landslagsprofiler – Emily Stang Sando" (in Norwegian). Norges Håndballforbund. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.

[Haraldsen2016-5] Haraldsen, Stian (2016). "De 25 medaljemesterskapene". Gode som gull. 30 år med håndballjentene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 144–159. ISBN 978-82-03-29618-5.

[6] "Endring i Norges EM-tropp". handball.no (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 29 August 2024.