Anja Edin
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| Full name | Anja Hammerseng-Edin | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 February 1983 Porsgrunn, Norway | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Norwegian | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Central back | ||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Larvik HK | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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| 2006– | Norway | 52 (125)[1] | |||||||||||||
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Anja Hammerseng-Edin (born 5 February 1983) is a Norwegian handball player. She currently plays for Larvik HK and the Norwegian national team.
She made her début on the Norwegian national team in 2006, and has played in the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship and the 2012 European Women's Handball Championship.[2]
Individual awards
- MVP of the European Championship: 2012[3]
Personal life
Anja Edin started playing handball when she was 5 years old, with her mother as a trainer.
She is married to fellow handball player Gro Hammerseng, and they have a son together. They are both playing for the Norwegian national team and Larvik HK.[4]
References
- ↑ "XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, Norway". IHF. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ↑ "Landslagsprofiler – Anja Marie Edin" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ↑ "All Star Team announced". European Handball Federation. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ↑ "Hammerseng og Edin vil skrive bok sammen". NRK (in Norwegian). 26 December 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
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