Elisabeth Hilmo
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| Born |
29 November 1976 Trondheim, Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Norwegian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Centre back[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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– | Selbu IL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-2001 | Selbu IL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001-2002 | Byåsen IL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002-2004 | Selbu IL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002-2007 | Larvik HK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–2006 | Norway | 180 | (282) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Elisabeth Hilmo (born 29 November 1976) is a Norwegian team handball player and World Champion. She was primarily known as a defensively strong player. She received a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[2]
Career
Club career
Hilmo started playing handball aged 7 at her hometown club Selbu IL.[3] With them she eventually played in the top division in Norway. After the team was relegated, she joined Byåsen IL.[3] A year later she returned to Selbu, after they had returned to the top division.[3]
In 2004 she joined Larvik HK,[3] where she won the Norwegian championship three times in a row from 2005 to 2007.
Due to pregnancy she retired in December 2007.[4]
National team
She made her debut for the Norwegian national team on 25 September 1998 against Russia.[3][1] Her first major international tournament was the 1998 European Championship, where Norway won gold medals.[3] This was the first time Norway won the tournament.[5]
A year later she won gold medals at the 1999 World Championship.[1]
Awards and recognitions
Hilmo was awarded the Håndballstatuetten trophy from the Norwegian Handball Federation in 2010.[6]
Private
Her grandmother, Marit, and both of her siblings, Marita and Arnfinn are also handball players.[3] She is educated as a Data engineer.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Håndballjentene" (in Norwegian). 18 November 2004. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 3, 2008)
- ^ a b c d e f g "Elisabeth Hilmo på europamester" (in Norwegian). Europamester.dk. Archived from the original on 31 March 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ www.nrk.no: Håndballslutt for Hilmo, retrieved 9 March 2013
- ^ "Women's EHF Euro 1998". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ^ "Utmerkelser". handball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 June 2025.
External links
- Elisabeth Hilmo at the European Handball Federation
- Elisabeth Hilmo at the Norwegian Handball Federation (in Norwegian)
- Elisabeth Hilmo at Olympedia