Sanna Solberg-Isaksen
Norwegian handball player (born 1990)
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Sanna Charlotte Solberg-Isaksen (born 16 June 1990) is a Norwegian handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Norwegian national team.[1]
Bærum, Norway
| Sanna Solberg-Isaksen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Solberg-Isaksen in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Sanna Charlotte Solberg-Isaksen | ||
| Born |
16 June 1990 Bærum, Norway | ||
| Nationality | Norwegian | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left wing | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Team Esbjerg | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Team | |||
– | Jar IL | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2006–2007 | Helset IF | ||
2007–2014 | Stabæk IF | ||
2014–2017 | Larvik HK | ||
2017– | Team Esbjerg | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010– | Norway | 231 | (452) |
Medal record | |||
She is a twin sister of Silje Solberg-Østhassel and is half Swedish through her mother.[2]
Career
Solberg-Isaksen started playing handball at Helset IF, and later signed for Stabæk IF in the highest Norwegian league, where she played with her sister, Silje Solberg. In 2011, she reached the final of the Norwegian cup with the club, where they lost to Larvik HK.[3]
In 2014, she signed for Larvik HK.[4] Here she won the Norwegian championship in 2015, 2016 and 2017.
In 2017, she joined Danish side Team Esbjerg.[5] Here she won the Danish league in 2019, 2020, and 2024, and the Danish cup in 2021.
In July 2022, she announced her first pregnancy.[6] In October 2025, she announched her second pregnancy.[7]
National team
She made her debut on the Norwegian national team in 2010 in a match against Romania.[8] The same year she played at the 2013 World Championship.[9] A year later she won gold medals at the 2014 European Championship. At the 2015 World Championship she won bronze medals.
She also represented Norway at the 2016 Olympics where she won another bronze medal. Later the same year she won her second European title at the 2016 European Championship.[10]
A year later she won silver medals at the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship.[11]
At the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship she won her third European title.[12] A year later she won bronze medals at the 2020 Olympics. Solberg scored 21 goals during the tournament.[13] Later the same year she won her second World Championship title at the 2021 World Championship.[14]
Two years later she won a silver medal at the 2023 World Championship. She scored 14 goals during the tournament.[15][16]
At the 2024 Olympics she won her first Olympic gold medal.[17] Later the same year she won yet another European title at the 2024 European Championship.[18][19]
Achievements
- Olympic Games:
- Winner: 2024
- Bronze Medalist: 2016, 2020
- World Championship:
- Winner: 2015, 2021
- Silver Medalist: 2017, 2023
- European Championship:
- Winner: 2014, 2016, 2020, 2024
- Junior World Championship:
- Winner: 2010
- Junior European Championship:
- Winner: 2009
- EHF Champions League:
- EHF Cup:
- Finalist: 2019
- Norwegian Championship:
- Winner: 2014/2015, 2015/2016
- Norwegian Cup:
- Winner: 2014, 2015
- Finalist: 2011, 2012
- Danish League:
- Gold Medalist: 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024
- Silver Medalist: 2025
- Danish Cup:
Individual awards
- All-Star Left Wing of the Junior World Championship: 2010
- All-Star Left Wing of Damehåndboldligaen: 2017/2018
- All-Star Left Wing of EHF Champions League: 2020,[20] 2022[21]
Personal life
In July 2022, she announced that she was expecting her first child with her husband, Kjetil. In January 2023, she gave birth to her daughter, Mathea.[22]
