Katrine Lunde

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

Katrine Lunde
Lunde in 2018
Personal information
Born (1980-03-30) 30 March 1980
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
0000–2004
 Våg Vipers
2004–2007
 Aalborg DH
2007–2010
 Viborg HK
2010–2015
 Győri Audi ETO KC
2015–2017
 Rostov-Don
2017–
 Vipers Kristiansand
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–
 Norway 305 (3)
3 February 2018.

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.

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. In 2010, she signed with Hungarian club Győri Audi ETO KC. In 2015, she signed with Russian club Rostov-Don. After two years spent in Russia she returned to Norway. Her contract with Vipers Kristiansand is valid until 2023.

International

Lunde made her debut on the Norwegian national team in 2002.[3] She is a four-time European champion (2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010). 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,[4] and was also overall top goalkeeper with a 42% save rate.[5]

Lunde was again named goalkeeper of the All-Star Team in the 2008 European Championship[6] 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.[7]

Lunde has participated in 18 international championships for the national team.

Achievements

Individual awards
  • All-Star Goalkeeper of the Olympic Games: 2008
  • All-Star Goalkeeper of the European Championship: 2008, 2010, 2012[8]
  • 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[9]

References
  1. Katrine Lunde at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
  2. EHF profile
  3. (in Norwegian) "Landslagsprofiler – Katrine Lunde" – Norges Håndballforbund (www.handball.no) (Retrieved on 13 February 2008)
  4. "2008 Olympic All-Star Team". IHF. 23 August 2008. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
  5. "Goalkeeper Statistics Women". Beijing 2008. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
  6. "EURO 2008 All-Star Team". EHF. 14 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
  7. "London 2012 – Handball – Women's Tournament". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  8. "All Star Team announced". European Handball Federation. 16 December 2012. Archived from the original on 21 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  9. "Årets spillere kåret". NHF (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 June 2019.
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