Emilie Hovden

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Emilie Margrethe Hovden
Personal information
Born (1996-04-05) 5 April 1996 (age 28)
Bergen, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Playing position Right wing
Club information
Current club Győri Audi ETO KC
Number 26
Youth career
Years Team
2005–2012
Fana
Senior clubs
Years Team
2012–2015
Fana
2015–2016
Molde Elite
2016–2019
Fana
2019–2022
Storhamar HE
2022–2023
Viborg HK
2023–
Győri ETO KC
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–
Norway 38 (77)
Medal record
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2021 Spain
Silver medal – second place 2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2022 Slovenia/North Macedonia/Montenegro

Emilie Hovden (born 5 April 1996) is a Norwegian handball player for Győri ETO KC and the Norwegian national team.[1]

She also represented Norway at the 2015 Women's Under-19 European Handball Championship, placing 6th[2] and at the 2013 Youth European Championship, placing 7th.[3]

She debuted for the Norwegian national team in November 2021 against Holland, and a few days later she was at her first major international tournament, 2021 World Women's Handball Championship in Spain.[4] In her first match, she scored 7 goals and was the top scorer against Kazakhstan.[5] Norway would go on to win the tournament, beating France in the final.[6]

In the 2019/2020 season she was the top scorer in the Norwegian league, and was on the league all star team as MVP and right wing with 68% of the votes.[7][8]

Achievements[edit]

Individual awards[edit]

  • Topscorer of Eliteserien 2019/2020: (161 goals)[9]
  • All-Star Right Wing of Eliteserien: 2019/2020[10]
  • Best Player of Eliteserien: 2019/2020[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Profiler" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  2. ^ "2015 Women's European Championship 19 Match Details". EHF. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  3. ^ "2013 Women's European Championship 17 Match Details". EHF. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Håndballjentenes tropp til VM i Spania" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation.
  5. ^ "DRØMMEDEBUT FOR TURBO-EMILIE: NORGE KNUSTE KASAKHSTAN" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang.
  6. ^ "Norge vinder VM-guld efter vildt comeback" (in Danish). TV 2 (Denmark).
  7. ^ "Emilie Hovden ble skytterdronning" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation.
  8. ^ "To av tre stemte på Emilie Hovden" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation.
  9. ^ "Emilie Hovden ble skytterdronning". NHF (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  10. ^ "To av tre stemte på Emilie Hovden". NHF (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Emilie ble Årets spiller for kvinner 2019-20". NHF (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 June 2020.

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