Maria Stokholm

Maria Stokholm
Personal information
Full nameMaria Fisker Stokholm
NationalityDanish
Born (1990-10-03) 3 October 1990 (age 36)
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
SportHandball
PositionLeft wing
Current clubEiðis Bóltfelag
Number25
Youth career
YearsTeam
–Vissing-Hadsten HK
2005Randers HK
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
–2005Viborg HK
2005–2006Randers HK
2006–2009Viborg HK
2009–2011Randers HK
2011–2015Viborg HK
2015–2016CSM București
2016–2019Randers HK
2019–2026Viborg HK
2026-Eiðis Bóltfelag
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2021 Denmark 100 (250)
Medal record
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place2013 Serbia
Updated on 24 January 2024

Maria Fisker Stokholm (born 3 October 1990) is a Danish handball player for Eiðis Bóltfelag and previously for the Danish national team.

She was given the award of Cetățean de onoare ("Honorary Citizen") of the city of Bucharest in 2016.

Club career

Maria Fisker started playing handball at Vissing-Hadsten HK. In 2005 she signed for Randers HK, but only stayed there for a year before signing for the Danish top club Viborg HK. She debuted for the Viborg team in 2007, 25 days before she turned 17. This made her the third youngest player in the Danish Handball League at the time.

At the 2013 World Championship, she was a part of the Danish team that won bronze medals, breaking a 9-year streak without medals for the Danish team. They beat Poland 30–26.

In 2015 she suffered a concussion that put her on the sidelines for the entire spring season. She had just signed for Romanian club CSM București, where she only played for a season.

She returned to Danish handball to join her former club Randers HK in 2016, where she played for 3 years, before re-joining Viborg HK. In 2019 Viborg HK signed her to replace Ann Grete Nørgaard, who had signed for SCM Ramnicu Valcea.

In 2026 she signed for the Faroese side Eiðis Bóltfelag, where she will also take on the role as assistant coach.

National team

Fisker made her debut for the Danish national team on 24 September 2010. Her first major international tournament was the 2011 World Championship, where Denmark finished 4th.

Due to am elbow injury she missed to 2012 European Championship.

At the 2013 World Championship, she was a part of the Danish team that won bronze medals, breaking a 9-year streak without medals for the Danish team. They beat Poland 30–26. At this occasion she was chosen as part of the tournament all star team.

At the 2014 European Championship she was once again part of the all star team, despite Denmark finishing 8th.

Achievements

Individual awards

References

  1. ↑ "Maria Fisker Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Cetățeni de Onoare cu acte » Premiere în masă făcută de Gabriela Firea: cine sunt sportivii care au fost recompensați" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 10 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Maria – et talent ud over det sædvanlige" (in Danish). Århus Stiftstidende.
  4. 1 2 "Forbandelsen er brudt: Danmark vinder bronze". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "Maria Fisker vender tilbage til Viborg HK" (in Danish). Viborg HK.
  6. ↑ Felag, Eidisbolt (20 May 2026). "Maria Fisker til EB | Eiðis Bóltfelag". Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  7. ↑ "Cumulative Statistics WC 2011" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Cumulative Statistics WC 2013" (PDF). ihf.info. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  9. 1 2 "Maria Fisker får plads på VM's All Star-hold" (in Danish). Politiken. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  10. 1 2 "WOMEN'S HANDBALL "BEST 8" IN 2014". Handball-Planet. Retrieved 11 January 2017.