Isabel Blanco
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| Born | 10 May 1979 Bergen, Norway | |||||||||||
| Nationality | Norwegian | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Pivot | |||||||||||
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| Current club | Larvik HK | |||||||||||
| Number | 5 | |||||||||||
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| 2004– | Norway | 79 (156)[1] | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Isabel Blanco (born May 10, 1979 in Bergen) is a Norwegian handball player of Galician descent. She is currently a line player for the Norwegian club Larvik HK and the Norwegian National Team.
Club career
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.
National team
She won a gold medal at the 2004 European Women's Handball Championship with the Norwegian national team[2] and again at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship.
Personal life
Her father is Fernando Blanco Jiménez, a Spanish-Galician and former Deportivo de La Coruña football player. She has not lived in Spain except for the one year at Club El Ferrobus Mislata.[3]
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.[4]
References
- ↑ "XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, Norway" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ↑ "6th European Handball Championships – Hungary 2004 – Team Norway" (Retrieved on February 25, 2008)
- ↑ Christiansen, Anders K. (11 December 2004). "- Vi bør slå Spania". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 December 2008.
- ↑ isabelblanco.com
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