Kristina Jørgensen
| Kristina Jørgensen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
17 January 1998 Horsens, Denmark | ||
| Nationality | Danish | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Győri ETO KC | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2004–2014 | Horsens HK | ||
2014–2016 | Skanderborg Håndbold | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2016–2017 | Skanderborg Håndbold | ||
2017–2022 | Viborg HK | ||
2022–2024 | Metz Handball | ||
2024– | Győri ETO KC | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017– | Denmark | 132 | (388) |
Medal record | |||
|
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 16 January 2025 | |||
Kristina Jørgensen (born 18 January 1998) is a Danish handball player for Győri ETO KC and the Danish national team.[1]
Club career
Jørgensen started playing handball for her hometown club Horsens HK, before joining Skanderborg Håndbold, where she made her senior debut.[2]
She became a top league player, when she was promoted with her club Skanderborg Håndbold in her first senior season. After impressing in the following season, where she was the club top scorer with 113 goals in the 16/17 season, she signed with Danish top club Viborg HK.[3] She was initially a two-year contract, which was extended despite offers from other Danish clubs.[4] In the 2020-21 season she was the top scorer in the ordinary season with 180 goals.[5]
In January 2022, she signed for the French club Metz Handball.[6] At this club, she has won both the French cup and the LFH Division 1 Féminine.
In 2024 she signed for Hungarian Győri ETO KC.[7] Here she won the 2025 Hungarian Championship and the EHF Champions League in her first season.
National team
Jørgensen won gold medals at the 2015 U-17 World Championship in Macedonia, silver medals at the 2016 U-18 World Championship in Slovakia and bronze medals at the 2017 U-19 European Championship in Slovenia.[8][9][10][11] At the U-19 European Championship, she was named MVP.[12]
She made her debut for the Danish national team on 25 November 2017. A month later she played at the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship, where Denmark finished 6th.[13][14]
A year later she played at the 2018 European Championship.[15]
At the 2020 European Championship she finished 4th with Denmark, losing to Norway in the semifinal and Croatia in the third place playoff.[16] During the tournament she scored 21 goals.[17]
She won her first medals with Denmark, when they took bronze medals at the 2021 World Championship, beating Spain in the third place playoff.[18][19]
A year later she won silver medals at the 2022 European Championship, when Denmark lost to Norway in the final.[20] Jørgensen scored 14 goals during the tournament.[21]
At the 2023 World Championship she won another bronze medal.[22] With 47 goals Jørgensen was the joint 3rd best goalscorer at the tournament, tied with Romanian Eliza Buceschi and Dutch Angela Malestein.[23]
At the 2024 Olympics she won another bronze medals.[24] Later the same year, she won silver medals at the 2024 European Championship, losing to Norway in the final.[25][26]
Achievements
- EHF Champions League:
- Winner: 2025
- Youth World Championship:
- Silver Medalist: 2016
- European Youth Championship:
- Winner: 2015
- Junior European Championship:
- Silver Medalist: 2017
Individual awards
- MVP of the EHF European Under-19 Championship: 2017[12]
- Best Defender of the EHF U-17 European Championship: 2015
- All-Star Left back of Damehåndboldligaen: 2019-20,[27] 2020-21[28]
- Youth player of the Year in Damehåndboldligaen: 2017/18[29]
- Top Scorer of the EHF European League with 72 goals: 2022
- Top scorer and top assister in the Damehåndboldligaen: 2020-21 with 269 goals and 147 assists[30][31]
References
- ^ Kristina Jørgensen profile
- ^ "Vigtig sejr i første kamp til U16 Pigerne" (in Danish). Skanderborg Håndbold. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ "Massiv oprustning i Viborg HK - fire nye spillere på plads". Viborg Folkeblad.
- ^ "Kristina Jørgensen bliver i Viborg HK" [Kristina Jørgensen stays at Viborg HK] (in Danish). Viborg HK.
- ^ "Topscorere siden 1965 - Damer" (in Danish). Danish Handball Federation. 9 July 2008. Archived from the original on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
- ^ "Kristina Jørgensen, future Messine!". Metz Handball. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ ""Projekt für Spitzenspielerinnen attraktiv": Györi Audi ETO verpflichtet Vizeeuropameisterin" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ "Women's U17 EURO 2015: Golden Danish girls!". handball-planet.com. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Dansk håndboldguld! U17-kvinder vinder EM". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ "Kristina Jørgensen (18) om sin rolle i Skanderborg". europamester.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ "EM-bronze til U19-pigerne". ubold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Danskere MVP og bedste målvogter ved U-19 EM" (in Danish). hbold.dk. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ "23rd Women's World Championship 2017" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ 2017 World Women's Handball Championship roster
- ^ "Kristina Jørgensen (EM 2018)". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ "Handball-EM der Frauen: Kroatien sichert sich mit nächstem Coup über Dänemark Bronze" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ "Women's European Handball Championship" (PDF). livecache.sportresult.com. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ "Håndboldkvinder slår Spanien og tager VM-bronze" (in Danish). tvmidtvest.dk. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "25th IHF Women's World Championship 2021" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Norway take ninth EHF EURO trophy". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ "Denmark (Euro 2023)". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ "Håndboldkvinderne fik VM-bronze og direkte billett til OL" (in Danish). Dansk Håndbold. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "26th IHF Women's World Championship: Netherlands: Goalscorers". ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Paris 2024: Medallists" (PDF). olympics.com. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Håndboldkvinderne vinder EM-sølv" (in Danish). Dansk Håndbold. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ "Women's EHF Euro 2024: Kristina Jørgensen". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ "Årets Hold i HTH Ligaen kåret – Rejs fantomsæson". tophaandbold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ "Årets Hold kåret i Bambusa Kvindeligaen – Kristina Jørgensen sublimt spillende". tophaandbold.dk (in Danish). 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Årets Kvindelige Talent". tophaandbold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "Målscorer" (in Danish). tophaandbold.dk. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "Assist" (in Danish). tophaandbold.dk. Retrieved 23 August 2020.