Katrine Lunde

Katrine Lunde
Lunde in 2024
Personal information
Born (1980-03-30) 30 March 1980 (age 44)
Kristiansand, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Vipers Kristiansand
Number 16
Senior clubs
Years Team
–2004
 Våg Vipers
2004–2007
 Aalborg DH
2007–2010
 Viborg HK
2010–2015
 Győri ETO KC
2015–2017
 Rostov-Don
2017–
 Vipers Kristiansand
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–
 Norway 371 (3)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2011 Brazil
Gold medal – first place 2021 Spain
Silver medal – second place 2007 France
Silver medal – second place 2017 Germany
Silver medal – second place 2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden
Bronze medal – third place 2009 China
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2004 Hungary
Gold medal – first place 2006 Sweden
Gold medal – first place 2008 Macedonia
Gold medal – first place 2010 Norway/Denmark
Gold medal – first place 2020 Denmark
Gold medal – first place 2022 Slovenia/North Macedonia/Montenegro
Gold medal – first place 2024 Austria/Hungary/Switzerland
Silver medal – second place 2002 Denmark
Silver medal – second place 2012 Serbia
3 February 2018.

Katrine Lunde (former Haraldsen; born 30 March 1980) is a Norwegian professional handball goalkeeper for Vipers Kristiansand and the Norwegian national team.[1][2]

She is the twin sister of fellow handball player Kristine Lunde-Borgersen. Her sporting achievements include gold medals with the Norwegian national team at the Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships, as well as club victories in the EHF Champions League, and national championships in Denmark, Hungary, Russia and Norway.

Personal life

Lunde was born in Kristiansand on 30 March 1980, and is the twin sister of Kristine Lunde-Borgersen.[3]

Career

Club

She started her club career in Hånes, and later played for Kristiansand, Våg and Aalborg DH. She won the Champions League with Viborg in 2009 and 2010.[3] In 2010, she signed with Hungarian club Győri ETO KC.[3] In 2015, she signed with Russian club Rostov-Don.[3] After two years spent in Russia she returned to Norway. Her contract with Vipers Kristiansand is valid until 2025.

International

Lunde made her debut on the Norwegian national team in 2002.[4] She is a six-time European champion (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2020, 2022). She is World champion from 2011, received a silver medal at the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship, and a bronze medal at the 2009 World Championship. In August 2008, together with her twin sister, she won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She was selected into the tournament's All-Star Team,[5] and was also overall top goalkeeper with a 42% save rate.[6]

Lunde was again named goalkeeper of the All-Star Team in the 2008 European Championship[7] and ranked second on the Top Goalkeepers list with a 47% save rate.

She was also part of the Norwegian team that won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[8]

She won a gold medal with the Norwegian team at the 2024 Summer Olympics, and was also named by IHF the most valuable player at the tournament. This was her fifth Olympic medal from five different Olympics: three gold and two bronze.[9]

Lunde has participated in 24 international championships for the national team.

Achievements

Individual awards

  • Most Valuable Player of the Summer Olympics: 2024[11]
  • All-Star Goalkeeper of the Olympic Games: 2008, 2020
  • All-Star Goalkeeper of the European Championship: 2008, 2010, 2012[12]
  • Foreign Handballer of the Year in Hungary: 2013
  • All-Star Goalkeeper of the World Championship: 2017
  • All-Star Goalkeeper of the Champions League: 2019
  • All-Star Goalkeeper of Eliteserien: 2018/2019,[13] 2020/2021, 2021/2022,[14]
  • EHF Excellence Awards Best goalkeeper of the season: 2022/23[15]
  • EHF Excellence Awards MVP: 2022/23

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Katrine Lunde". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. ^ EHF profile
  3. ^ a b c d e f Aune, Thomas; Bryhn, Rolf. "Katrine Lunde". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  4. ^ (in Norwegian) "Landslagsprofiler – Katrine Lunde" – Norges Håndballforbund (www.handball.no) (Retrieved on 13 February 2008)
  5. ^ "2008 Olympic All-Star Team". IHF. 23 August 2008. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
  6. ^ "Goalkeeper Statistics Women". Beijing 2008. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
  7. ^ "EURO 2008 All-Star Team". EHF. 14 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
  8. ^ "London 2012 – Handball – Women's Tournament". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  9. ^ Skifjeld, Anne (14 August 2024). "Rørende feiring for OL-veteran: – Aldri fått så god velkomst". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m 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.
  11. ^ "Paris 2024 Women's All-Star team revealed". ihf.info. IHF. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  12. ^ "All Star Team announced". European Handball Federation. 16 December 2012. Archived from the original on 21 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  13. ^ "Årets spillere kåret". NHF (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  14. ^ "Årets lag og priser i REMA 1000-ligaen for kvinner". NHF (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Golden players make the team of the season". EHF. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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