Kari Aalvik Grimsbø
Kari Aalvik Grimsbø (born 4 January 1985) is a former Norwegian handball player who last played for Győri ETO KC and the Norwegian national team. She is both an Olympic, European and World Champion. Since her retirement she is the goalkeeping coach in Byåsen HE.
Kari Aalvik Grimsbø
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- Born
- 1985. · Bergen.
- Nationality
- Norway.
- Occupation
- handball player, photographer and handball coach.
- Honours
- Olavstatuetten.
- Languages
- Norwegian.
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Kari Aalvik Grimsbø (born 4 January 1985) is a former Norwegian handball player who last played for Győri ETO KC and the Norwegian national team. She is both an Olympic, European and World Champion. Since her retirement she is the goalkeeping coach in Byåsen HE.
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Aalvik Grimsbø played her first match for the senior national team in September 2005 against Portugal. Previously she had played for Norway in the junior European and World Championships. Grimsbø started playing handball aged 5 at Børsa/Skaun. Before she joined Byåsen, she played for the clubs Orkdal. In 2010 she joined Danish side Team Esbjerg. In 2012 she took a break from handball due to maternity leave, and was replaced by Rikke Petersen-Schmidt who came out of retirement to join Team Esbjerg. She joined to Győri ETO in January 2015, she signed a contract for 2 and a half years. As she stated about the contract: "It is a great opportunity for me, and when such an opportunity arises, it is hard to say no. It’s a dream coming true." In November 2016 she extended her contract with 3 more years. "There is a great team in Győr at the moment, I'm glad, that I can play here for at least three more years. It is really important for me, that I can play at the highest level with Győri ETO and I can prepare for the 2020 Olympic Games." With Gyor she won the 2015, 2016, 2018 und 2019 Hungarian Cup, the 2016, 2017, 2018 und 2019 Hungarian Championship and the 2017, 2018 and 2019 EHF Women's Champions League. In 2018 she announced her temporary retirement from the Norwegian national team. For the qualification games to the 2020 Summer Olympics, her return to the national team was announced on Feb 28, 2020. On 30 April 2020, she announced her retirement.
Achievements
Achievements
Olympic Games: Winner: 2008, 2012 Bronze Medalist: 2016 World Championship: Winner: 2011, 2015 Silver Medalist: 2007, 2017 Bronze Medalist: 2009 European Championship: Winner: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016 EHF Champions League: Winner: 2017, 2018, 2019 Silver Medalist: 2016 Nemzeti Bajnokság I Winner: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Magyar Kupa Winner: 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
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Personal
She is married. She gave birth to her son, Sindre in June 2013.
Kari Aalvik Grimsbø, Norwegian handball goalkeeper, after a friendly match between the national teams of Norway and France in Clermont-Ferrand, France, on 5 March 2009.
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1985
Kari Aalvik Grimsbø was born in 1985 at Bergen.
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Individual awards
All-Star Goalkeeper of the Summer Olympics: 2012 and 2016 All-Star Team Best Goalkeeper of the EHF Champions League: 2016, 2017, 2018 MVP of the EHF Champions League Final Four: 2019
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- 1.Siste.no. Håndballjentene. 5 August 2008.
- 2.EHF profile
- 3.Europamester. Kari Aalvik Grimsbø på europamester.
- 4.Henrik Flohr. Team Esbjerg vil have landsholdserfaring. Ugeavisen. 7 November 2012.
- 5.Györ reagiert auf Torwart-Ausfall, Handball-World News
- 6.Håndballjentene til OL-kval i Montenegro - Handball.no
- 7.NRK. Grimsbø legger opp.
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