Katrine Lunde

Katrine Lunde

Personal information
Born	30 March 1980 Kristiansand, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Rostov-Don
Senior clubs
0000–2004 2004–2007 2007–2010 2010–2015 2015-	Våg Vipers Aalborg DH Viborg HK Győri ETO KC Rostov-Don
National team ^1
2002–	Norway	247 (3)
Medal record Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team 2012 London Team World Championship 2011 Brazil Team 2007 France Team 2009 China Team European Championship 2004 Hungary Team 2006 Sweden Team 2008 Macedonia Team 2010 Norway/Denmark Team 2002 Denmark Team 2012 Serbia Team
^1 National team caps and goals correct as of 20 March 2016

Katrine Lunde (born 30 March 1980 in Kristiansand)^[1] is a Norwegian team handball goalkeeper, playing for the Russian club Rostov-Don. She is the twin sister of fellow handball player Kristine Lunde-Borgersen. Her sporting achievements include gold medals with the Norwegian national team at the Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships, as well as club victories in the EHF Champions League, and national championships in both Denmark and Hungary.

Career

Club

She started her club career in Hånes, and later played for Kristiansand, Våg and Aalborg DH. She won the Champions League with Viborg in 2009 and 2010. In 2010 she signed with Hungarian club Győri Audi ETO KC. In 2015 she signed with Russian club Rostov-Don.

International

Lunde made her debut on the Norwegian national team in 2002, and has played 135 matches and scored 2 goals.^[2] She is a four-time European champion (2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010). She is World champion from 2011, received a silver medal at the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship, and a bronze medal at the 2009 World Championship. In August 2008, together with her twin sister, she won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She was selected into the tournament's All-Star Team,^[3] and was also overall top goalkeeper with a 42% save rate.^[4]

Lunde was again named goalkeeper of the All-Star Team in the 2008 European Championship^[5] and ranked second on the Top Goalkeepers list with a 47% save rate.

She was also part of the Norwegian team that won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[6]

Achievements

• Damehåndboldligaen:
  • Winner: 2008, 2009, 2010
  • Silver Medalist: 2005
  • Bronze Medalist: 2006, 2007

• DHF Landspokalturneringen:
  • Winner: 2007, 2008

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I:
  • Winner: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
  • Silver Medalist: 2015

• Magyar Kupa:
  • Winner: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

• EHF Champions League:
  • Winner: 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014
  • Finalist: 2012
  • Semifinalist: 2006, 2011

• EHF Cup:
  • Semifinalist: 2004

• European Championship:
  • Winner: 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
  • Silver Medalist: 2002, 2012

• World Championship:
  • Winner: 2011
  • Silver Medalist: 2007
  • Bronze Medalist: 2009

• Olympic Games:
  • Winner: 2008, 2012

Individual awards

• All-Star Goalkeeper of the Olympic Games: 2008
• All-Star Goalkeeper of the European Championship: 2008, 2010, 2012^[7]

References

1. "Katrine Lunde Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
2. (Norwegian) "Landslagsprofiler – Katrine Lunde" – Norges Håndballforbund (www.handball.no) (Retrieved on February 13, 2008)
3. "2008 Olympic All-Star Team". IHF. 23 August 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
4. "Goalkeeper Statistics Women". Beijing 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
5. "EURO 2008 All-Star Team". EHF. 14 December 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
6. "London 2012 - Handball - Women's Tournament". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
7. "All Star Team announced". European Handball Federation. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.