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| Born | 10 May 1979 Bergen, Norway |
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| Nationality | Norwegian | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Line player | |||||||||||
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| Current club | Larvik HK | |||||||||||
| Number | 5 | |||||||||||
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| Since 2004 | Norway | 70 (144) | ||||||||||
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Isabel Blanco (born May 10, 1979 in Bergen) is a Norwegian handball player. She is currently a line player for the Norwegian club Larvik HK and the Norwegian National Team.
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She won a gold medal at the 2004 European Women's Handball Championship with the Norwegian national team[1] and again at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship.
Blanco has previously played for the clubs Kjøkkelvik, Vadmyra, Nordnes, Tertnes, Club El Ferrobus Mislata and Aalborg DH. She obtained a silver medal in the 2005 and 2008 Danish championships, and a bronze medal in 2006, when she was voted Pivot of the Year in the Danish league.
Her father is Spanish, but except for the one year at Club El Ferrobus Mislata she has not lived in Spain.[2]
Blanco is an avid painter and photographer, and has stated on numerous occasions that she would like to pursue them as a career when she is done with handball. Blanco has her own website where she sells her paintings.[3]
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