Kari Mette Johansen

Kari Mette Johansen
Kari Mette Johansen during the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008.
Personal information
Born (1979-01-11) 11 January 1979
Fredrikstad
Nationality Norwegian
Height 172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Left wing
Club information
Current club Retired
Youth career
Years Team
1987–1997
 Lisleby
1997–1998
 Skjeberg HK
Senior clubs
Years Team
1998–2014
 Larvik HK
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2012
 Norway 203 (493)
Medal record
Women's handball
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing Team
2012 London Team
World Championship
2011 Brazil Team
2007 France Team
2009 China Team
European Championship
2004 Hungary Team
2006 Sweden Team
2008 Macedonia Team
2010 Denmark/Norway Team

Kari Mette Johansen (born 11 January 1979) is a Norwegian team handball player, a two time Olympic champion, once a world champion and four times European champion. She was voted into the All star team at the 2006 European Women's Handball Championship, where she won gold medal with the Norwegian National Team.[1]

Career

Born in Fredrikstad on 11 January 1979,[2] Kari Mette Johansen played for the Norwegian club Larvik HK her entire senior career.[3] With Larvik she won 12 Norwegian Championships, 11 Norwegian Cups and the 2010-11 Champions League.[4] She also won two EHF Cup Winners' Cups. She retired in 2014 after 16 seasons and 552 matches for the club.[5] After retirement she was made an honorary member at Larvik HK.[6]

National team

She made her debut on the national team in 2004, where she played 203 matches and scored 493 goals.[7] At her first major international tournament, she won gold medals at the 2004 European Championship.

She won Olympic gold medals in 2008 and 2012.[3]

At the 2006 European Championship, she won gold medals with Norway, and was selected for the tournament all-star team. In the final against Russia, she scored 9 goals from 9 shots.

At the 2007 Championship she won silver medals, losing the France in the final. The year after she won her third European gold at the 2008 European Championship. At the 2011 World Championship she won a gold medal.[8][9] Her last major international tournament was the 2010 European Championship, where she won her 4th gold medal from four tournaments.

She retired from the national team in 2012. She was awarded the trophy Håndballstatuetten from the Norwegian Handball Federation in 2018.[2]

Titles

References

  1. ^ 2006 EC All-stars EHF Archived 2020-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Bryhn, Rolf. "Kari Mette Johansen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kari Mette Johansen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Norwegian feast in Pamplona". ehfcl.com. 14 May 2011. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Kari Mette Johansen legger opp" (in Norwegian). NRK. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  6. ^ "Kari Mette hedret" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  7. ^ "Landskampstatistikk. Totaloversikt for Johansen, Kari Mette" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Heja Norge: Norway World Champion 2011!". International Handball Federation. ihf.info. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  9. ^ "Competitipn system". handballbrazil2011.com. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  10. ^ a b Schanke, Tom A (2007). "Håndball". Norsk Idrettsleksikon. Aller Forlag. pp. 340–341. ISBN 978-82-8156-044-4.
  11. ^ Bryhn, Rolf. "håndball (norgesmestere)". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Györ end their final curse". ehfcl.com. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  13. ^ "2004/05 Women's Cup Winners' Cup Final". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
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