Anja Hammerseng-Edin

Anja Edin
Anja Edin
Personal information
Full name	Anja Hammerseng-Edin
Born	5 February 1983 (age 41); Porsgrunn, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Central back
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1999–2001	Herøya IF
2001–2002	Gjerpen IF
2002–2004	Sola HK
2004–2008	Gjerpen IF
2008–2012	Storhamar HE
2012–2017	Larvik HK
National team
Years	Team
2006–2013	Norway
Medal record
World Championship
European Championship

Anja Hammerseng-Edin (born 5 February 1983) is a Norwegian former handball player. She previously played for Larvik HK and for the Norwegian national team.

Career

Hammerseng-Edin made her début on the Norwegian national team in 2006, and played 59 matches and scored 143 goals between 2006 and 2013.^[2] She represented Norway when the team won a bronze medal at the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship in China, as well as winning a silver medal at the 2012 European Women's Handball Championship in Serbia.^[3] She was also part of the National team at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship.^[1]^[2]

She retired from her handball career in 2017, and currently works as a conference speaker.

Individual awards

MVP of the European Championship: 2012^[4]

Personal life

Edin started playing handball when she was 5 years old, with her mother as a trainer.^{[citation needed]}

She is married to fellow handball player Gro Hammerseng, and they have a son together, born on 2 February 2012. Hammerseng and Edin married on 3 August 2013. The couple both play for the Norwegian handball club Larvik HK.^[5]

Hammerseng-Edin and her wife wrote a book together titled Anja + Gro = Mio, which was published in February 2014.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b "XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, Norway" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Totaloversikt for Hammerseng-Edin, Anja". handballold.nif.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 September 2019.
^ 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.
^ "All Star Team announced". European Handball Federation. 16 December 2012. Archived from the original on 21 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
^ "Hammerseng og Edin vil skrive bok sammen". NRK (in Norwegian). 26 December 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2013.