KRISTIANSEN Veronica

Date of Birth: 10 Jul 1990

Age: 31

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.74/5'8''

Place of birth: STAVANGER

Birth Country:

Norway

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Handball	Women NOR Norway	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #04 NOR Norway 39 KOR Republic of Korea 27	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #11 ANG Angola 21 NOR Norway 30	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #16 MNE Montenegro 23 NOR Norway 35	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #24 NOR Norway 29 NED Netherlands 27	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #30 NOR Norway 37 JPN Japan 25	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Quarterfinal #31 NOR Norway 26 HUN Hungary 22	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Semifinal #35 NOR Norway 26 ROC ROC 27	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Bronze Medal Match #37 NOR Norway 36 SWE Sweden 19	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2015	Denmark
2	Women	2017	Germany
5	Women	2013	Serbia

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2020	Denmark
1	Women	2016	Sweden
5	Women	2018	France

Vikki (Facebook profile, 08 Apr 2021)

Occupation:

Marketing - BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, NOR

Languages spoken:

English, Norwegian

Gyori Audi ETO KC [Hungary] since 2018/19

Gabor Danyi [club], HUN; Thorir Hergeirsson [national], ISL

Position style:

Left back, Right back (eurohandball.com, 28 Feb 2016; vg.no, 19 Mar 2021)

Sporting relatives:

Her older sister Charlotte was part of the Norwegian team that won bronze in beach handball at the 2012 World Championship in Oman. Her younger sister Jeanett has represented Norway in handball, and competed at the 2012 World Junior Championship in the Czech Republic. (SportsDeskOnline, 29 Apr 2021; eurohandball.com, 14 Apr 2014; The Home of Handball YouTube channel, 27 Feb 2019)

2013 for Norway Against Denmark (eurohandball.com, 14 Apr 2014)

National league:

Nemzeti Bajnoksag I [HUN] (gyorietokc.hu, 10 Apr 2021)

She began playing handball at age 13. (eurohandball.com, 14 Apr 2014)

"I played football until I was age 13. At that point, I was not allowed to play in the boys' team any longer and that reduced my interest in the sport. And as my older sister was playing handball, I started doing that instead." (eurohandball.com, 14 Apr 2014)

Philosophy:

"Through discipline and training, you can become a champion." (Twitter profile, 20 Dec 2020)

She was named in the All-Star Team as centre back for the 2017/18 Champions League season. (handball-planet.com, 11 May 2018)

General Interest

General
FAMILY BOND
She says she has a very strong bond with her father and sisters after losing her mother at age nine. "I think we have got a closer bond since my mum passed away. I think so, my sisters and I, and my dad and the rest of the family. This has connected us all more closely. Family means everything to me. They are my biggest supporters, no matter where in the world I play my handball matches. This [bond] is worth gold to me, both in sport and outside the court. We have a really close relationship." She also has a tattoo of a sunflower on her calf in recognition of her mother. "The sunflower was my mum's favourite flower." (dagbladet.no, 18 Aug 2016)

Social Media

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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