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 |
1 January 1994 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) |
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
editClub career
editAs 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
editHegh 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
editHegh 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
edit- Olympic Games:
- Bronze Medalist: 2016
- World Championship:
- Gold Medalist: 2021
- Silver Medalist: 2017
- European Championship:
- Winner: 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022
- World Youth Championship:
- Bronze Medalist: 2012
- Youth European Championship:
- Bronze Medalist: 2011
- EHF Champions League:
- EHF Cup:
- Finalist: 2018
- Romanian Cup:
- Winner: 2022
- Romanian Supercup:
- Winner: 2022
- Finalist: 2021
- Norwegian League:
- Winner: 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021
- Norwegian Cup:
- Winner: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Individual awards
edit- MVP of the 2022 Romanian Cup
- Best Centre Back in the month of September 2016, Grundigligaen 2016/2017[6]
References
edit- ^ EHF profile
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Landslagsprofiler – Emilie Hegh Arntzen" (in Norwegian). Norges Håndballforbund. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ "2013 Women's European Championship 19 – Final Tournament". EHF. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ "Husker du Hanne Hegh? Her kommer datteren". aftenposten.no (in Norwegian). 9 October 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ "Kristin på rundens lag". Oppsaltopphandball.no. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
External links
edit- Emilie Hegh Arntzen at the European Handball Federation
- Emilie Hegh Arntzen at the Norwegian Handball Federation (in Norwegian)
- Emilie Hegh Arntzen at Olympedia
