Kristina Novak

Kristina Novak
Personal information
Full nameKristina Sirum Novak
NationalityNorwegian
Born (2000-08-29) 29 August 2000 (age 26)
Stavanger, Norway
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
SportHandball
PositionRight back
Current clubCSM București
Number22
Youth career
YearsTeam
Austrått IL
Ålgård HK
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2017–2018Ålgård HK
2018–2024Sola HK
2024–2025Brest Bretagne Handball
2025–CSM București
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Norway 34 (47)
Medal record
World Championship
Silver medal – second place2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2022 Slovenia/North Macedonia/Montenegro
Youth European Championship
Silver medal – second place2017 Slovakia
Updated on 22 July 2024

Kristina Sirum Novak (born 29 August 2000) is a Norwegian handball player for CSM București and the Norwegian national team.

She also represented Norway at the 2018 Women's Youth World Handball Championship, placing 11th.

International career

She made her debut on the Norwegian national team on 21 April 2022, against North Macedonia. She would play at her first major international tournament later the same year at the 2022 European Championship in Slovenia, North Macedonia and Montenegro, where Norway won gold medals.

The year after she won silver medals at the 2023 World Championship, losing to France in the final.

Achievements

Personal life

She is the daughter of a Norwegian mother and Croatian father. She hails from Håbafjell in Sandnes and is the younger sister of footballer Kristian Novak.

References

  1. ↑ "22: Kristina Sirum Novak - Sola Håndball". solahk.dk. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  2. ↑ DHDb profile
  3. ↑ "Kristina Sirum Novak - Career & Statistics". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "NOR - Norway" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Norway clinchfifth win in a row". European Handball Federation. 21 April 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "Nye ansikter får muligheten på landslaget". NHF. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "Norway take ninth EHF EURO trophy". eurohandball.com. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "Frankrike verdensmester - sølv til Håndballjentene". handball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "26th IHF Women's World Championship: Norway" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  10. ↑ Nærland, Egil Ø. (27 January 2018). "Dette søskenparet vil du høre mye om i årene som kommer". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). p. 64-65.