Unni Nyhamar Hinkel

Unni Nyhamar Hinkel
Personal information
Born (1979-01-19) 19 January 1979
Nationality Norwegian
Senior clubs
Years Team
1995-2007
Nordstrand IF
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003
Norway 50[1] (60)
Medal record
World Championship
2001 Italy Team

Unni Nyhamar Hinkel is a Norwegian former handball player. She played fifty matches for the Norway women's national handball team between 2001 and 2003.[1] Hinkel was part of the Norwegian team which won a silver medal at the 2001 World Women's Handball Championship in Italy.[2] Norway lost the final 25-30 to Russia. She retired from the Norwegian national team in 2003.

She played her entire career at Nordstrand IF. She retired in 2007 after multiple years with injuries.

She missed the 2001 EHF Cup Winners' Cup final, where Nordstrand lost to Ukrainian Motor Zaporizhzhia.

References

  1. ^ a b "Landslagstatistikk. Hinkel, Unni Nyhamar : Landslag kvinner senior" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
  2. ^ Haraldsen, Stian (2016). "De 25 medaljemesterskapene". Gode som gull. 30 år med håndballjentene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 144–159. ISBN 978-82-03-29618-5.