Marit Røsberg Jacobsen
Norwegian handball player (born 1994)
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Marit Røsberg Jacobsen (born 25 February 1994) is a Norwegian handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Norwegian national team.[2][3][4]
| Marit Røsberg Jacobsen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Jacobsen in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
25 February 1994 Narvik, Norway | ||
| Nationality | Norwegian | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right wing | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Team Esbjerg | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
– | Ankenes HK | ||
–2011 | Charlottenlund SK | ||
2011–2014 | Selbu IL | ||
2014–2018 | Byåsen HE | ||
2018– | Team Esbjerg | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016– | Norway | 127 | (215) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 4 January 2025[1] | |||
Career
Jacobsen started her career at Ankenes HK, followed by Charlottenlund SK and Selbu IL.[5] In 2014 she joined Byåsen IL.[6]
In 2018, she joined Danish club Team Esbjerg auf.[7] Here she won the 2018-19, 2019-20, 2022-23, and 2023-24 Danish championships and the 2011 and 2022 Danish cup. In the 2021-22, she was on the Danish league all star team as the right wing.[8] In 2019, she reached the final of the EHF Cup, but Esbjerg lost to Hungarian Siófok KC.[9]
In February 2025, she took a break from handball due to pregnancy.[10]
National team
Jacobsen played 34 games for the various Norwegian youth national teams.[1] She represented Norway in the 2013 Women's Junior European Handball Championship, placing 4th,[11] and in the 2014 Women's Junior World Handball Championship, placing 9th.[12]
She made her debut on the Norwegian national team 1 June 2016.[13] A year later, she played at her first major international tournament, when Norway won silver medals the 2017 World Championship.[14]
She also represented Norway at the 2018 European Championship.[15]
Two years later, she won her first gold medal with Norway, when they won the 2020 European Championship.[16] During the tournament, she scored 9 goals.[17]
At the 2021 Olympics, she won silver medals, losing to France in the final.[18] Jacobsen scored 11 goals during the tournament.[19] Later the same year, she won the 2021 World Championship.[20]
At the 2024 Olympics in Paris, she won gold medals.[21] Later the same year, she won the 2024 European Championship, beating Denmark in the final.[22][23]
Achievements
- Olympic Games:
- Winner: 2024
- Bronze: 2020
- World Championship:
- Winner: 2021
- Silver Medalist: 2017
- European Championship:
- Winner: 2020, 2024
- Youth European Championship:
- Bronze Medalist: 2011
- World Youth Championship:
- Bronze Medalist: 2012
- EHF Champions League:
- EHF Cup:
- Finalist: 2019
- Danish League:
- Gold Medalist: 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2026
- Silver Medalist: 2025
- Danish Cup:
- Gold Medalist: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Individual awards
- All-Star Right Wing of the Youth World Championship: 2012
- All-Star Right Wing of Grundigligaen: 2015/2016[24]
- All-Star Right Wing of Eliteserien: 2017/2018[25]
- All-Star Right Wing of Damehåndboldligaen: 2018/2019,[26] 2019/2020,[27] 2020/2021[28]
Personal life
In February 2025, she announced she was expecting her first child.[29]
