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Emilie Hegh Arntzen

Emilie Hegh Arntzen (born 1 January 1994) is a Norwegian handball player for CSM București and the Norwegian national team.[1]

Emilie Hegh Arntzen
Hegh Arntzen in 2018
Personal information
Born (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30)
Skien, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club CSM București
Number 3
Senior clubs
Years Team
2010–2014
 Gjerpen IF
2014–2017
 Byåsen HE
2017–2021
 Vipers Kristiansand
2021–
 CSM București
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2023
 Norway 155 (237)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2021 Spain
Silver medal – second place 2017 Germany
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2014 Croatia/Hungary
Gold medal – first place 2016 Sweden
Gold medal – first place 2020 Denmark
Gold medal – first place 2022 Slovenia/North Macedonia/Montenegro
Youth World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Montenegro
Youth European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Czech Republic

Her achievements include one victory in the Women's EHF Champions League as club player, one Olympic bronze medal, one gold and one silver medal at the IHF World Women's Handball Championships, and four times European champion.

Career

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Club career

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As youth player, Hegh Arntzen represented the clubs Stord HK, Herkules and Gulset IF. At senior level she played for Gjerpen IF from 2010 to 2014. From 2014 to 2017 she represented the club Byåsen IL, and then Vipers Kristiansand from 2017 to 2021. With Vipers, she won the Norwegian League four times, in the seasons 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, and 2020/2021, as well as winning the Norwegian Cup four times. With Vipers, she also won the 2020–21 Women's EHF Champions League.[2]

She started playing for CSM București from 2021.[2]

National team

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Hegh Arntzen made her debut on the national team in 2014.[3]

Her achievements with the national team include winning a gold medal at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship, having won a silver medal in 2017. She also won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and became European champion in 2014, 2016, 2020 and 2022.[2]

She also represented Norway in the 2013 Women's Junior European Handball Championship, placing 4th,[4] and in the 2014 Women's Junior World Handball Championship, placing 9th.

Personal life

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Hegh Arntzen was born in Skien on 1 January 1994.[2] She is the daughter of former international handballer Hanne Hegh and handball player and coach Ketil Arntzen.[5]

Achievements

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  • Norwegian League:
    • Winner: 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021
  • Norwegian Cup:
    • Winner: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

Individual awards

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  • MVP of the 2022 Romanian Cup
  • Best Centre Back in the month of September 2016, Grundigligaen 2016/2017[6]

References

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  1. ^ EHF profile
  2. ^ a b c d Bryhn, Rolf; Aune, Thomas. "Emilie Hegh Arntzen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Landslagsprofiler – Emilie Hegh Arntzen" (in Norwegian). Norges Håndballforbund. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  4. ^ "2013 Women's European Championship 19 – Final Tournament". EHF. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Husker du Hanne Hegh? Her kommer datteren". aftenposten.no (in Norwegian). 9 October 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Kristin på rundens lag". Oppsaltopphandball.no. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
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