Kristine Breistøl

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Kristine Breistøl
Breistøl in 2018
Personal information
Born (1993-08-23) 23 August 1993 (age 31)
Oslo, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club Győri ETO KC
Number 14
Youth career
Team
 Bækkelaget
Senior clubs
Years Team
2009–2012
 Bækkelaget
2012–2018
 Larvik HK
2018–2024
 Team Esbjerg
2024–
 Győri ETO KC
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–
 Norway 103 (169)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2021 Spain
Silver medal – second place 2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2020 Denmark
Gold medal – first place 2022 Slovenia/North Macedonia/Montenegro
Gold medal – first place 2024 Austria/Hungary/Switzerland
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 4 January 2025[1]

Kristine Breistøl (born 23 August 1993) is a Norwegian handball player for Győri ETO KC and the Norwegian national team.[2][3][4]

Career

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Breistøl started her career at Bækkelaget. In the 2011-12 season, they played in the second tier of Norwegian handball, where Breistøl scored 163 goals during the season. This prompted a move to Norwegian top club Larvik HK.[5] Here she won the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 Norwegian championships. In the 2012-13 Champions League she reached the final, where they lost to Hungarian Győr.

In 2018, she joined Danish side Team Esbjerg.[6] Here she won the 2018-19, 2019-20, 2022-23 and 2023-24 Danish championships and the 2011 and 2022 Danish cup.

For the 2024-25 season, she joined Hungarian Győri ETO KC.[7]

National team

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Breistøl played 37 matches for the Norwegian Junior national team.[1] represented Norway in the 2011 Women's Junior European Handball Championship, placing 12th,[8] and in the 2012 Women's Junior World Handball Championship, placing 8th.[9] She played 37 matches and scored 100 goals for Norway's junior team.[10]

She made her debut for the Norwegian senior team on 6 October 2016 against France. Her first major international tournament was the 2019 World Championship. She was not initially part of the team, but was called in to replace Helene Fauske.[11]

A year later, she was part of the Norwegian team that won the 2020 European Championship.[12] A year after she won bronze medals at the 2021 Olympics.[13] Breistøl scored 11 goals during the tournament.[14]

She won the 2021 World Championship with the Norwegian team.[15]

At the 2022 European Championship, she successfully defended her European title, when Norway won gold. During the tournament she scored 18 goals.[16] A year later, she won silver medals at the 2023 World Championship, losing to France in the final.[17] During the tournament, she scored 8 goals.[18]

At the 2024 Olympics, she won gold medals with the Norwegian team.[19] Later that year she won the 2024 European Championship, beating Denmark in the final.[20][21]

Personal life

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Her cousin Sara Breistøl is also a handball player.[22]

Achievements

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European

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References

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  1. ^ a b handballold.nif.no: Totaloversikt for Breistøl, Kristine, retrieved 4 January 2025
  2. ^ EHF profile
  3. ^ "Spillere" (in Norwegian). Larvik HK official website. Archived from the original on 2 January 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Til Golden League" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Breistøl valgte Larvik HK" (in Norwegian). nettavisen.no. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Team Esbjerg henter et norsk fyrtårn". jv.dk (in Danish). JydskeVestkysten. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Megkezdődött a 2024/25-ös szezon kialakítása" (in Hungarian). gyorietokc.hu. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  8. ^ "2011 Women's European Championship 19 - Final Tournament". EHF. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Team Roaster Norway" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  10. ^ "Kristine Breistøl" (in Norwegian). Norges Håndballforbund. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  11. ^ "Norge henter Kristine Breistøl inn i VM-troppen" (in Norwegian). nettavisen.no. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  12. ^ "Torhüterinnen dominieren Finale: Norwegen neuer Europameister" (in German). handball-world.news. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Doppel-Gold in Tokio: Frankreich holt sich auch bei den Frauen den Olympiasieg" (in German). handball-world.news. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Cumulative Statistics: Norway" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  15. ^ "De viktigste fakta fra VM i Spania" (in Norwegian). handball.no. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  16. ^ "Norway". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  17. ^ "Frankrike verdensmester - sølv til Håndballjentene" (in Norwegian). handball.no. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  18. ^ "26th IHF Women's World Championship: Norway" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  19. ^ olympics.com: Paris 2024: Medallists, retrieved 10 August 2024
  20. ^ "Håndballjentene er europamestere!" (in Norwegian). handball.no. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  21. ^ "Women's EHF Euro 2024: Kristine Breistøl". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  22. ^ "Larvik sikret seg stortalent" (in Norwegian). nettavisen.no. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
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