Karoline Dyhre Breivang
Norwegian handball player (born 1980)
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Karoline Charlotte Dyhre Breivang (born 10 May 1980) is a retired Norwegian handball player. She is a double Olympic gold medalist,[1] a world champion and five time European champion.
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| Full name | Karoline Charlotte Dyhre Breivang | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
10 May 1980 Oslo, Norway[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Norwegian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Centre back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1985-1995 | Stabæk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995-1998 | Hosle IL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–2005 | Stabæk IF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2017 | Larvik HK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2015 | Norway | 305 | (475) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Club career
Breivang started playing handball at the age of 4 at Stabæk. Aged 15 she joined Hosle IL.[2] After three years she returned to Stabæk, where she made her senior debut at the age of 18.[2]
In 2005 she left Stabæk and joined Larvik HK.[3] Here she won the Norwegian championship 11 times in row from 2005–06 to 2016–17. In 2008 she won the EHF Cup Winners' Cup and in 2011 she won the Champions League.
Between the fall of 2016 and February 2017 she took a break from handball due to pregnancy leave. After the 2016–17 season she retired.[4]
National team
Breivang made her debut on the Norwegian national team in 2000. She was called in as Kjersti Grini was injured just before the 2000 European Championship.[2] she played 305 matches (a former Norwegian record)[5] and scored 475 goals. She retired from the national team in 2015.[6]
She previously had the record for most games for the Norwegian national team, until she was overtaken by Katrine Lunde on 19 March 2021.[7][8]
Awards and recognition
She was awarded the Håndballstatuetten trophy from the Norwegian Handball Federation in 2019.[9]
Private
Breivang comes from a family of handball players. Both of her parents, both of her younger brothers have also played handball and her mother has worked in the Norwegian Handball Federation.[2] She has a degree in economics.[2]
