LUNDE Katrine

Date of Birth: 30 Mar 1980

Age: 41

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.80/5'10''

Place of birth: KRISTIANSAND

Birth Country:

Norway

Place of residence : KRISTIANSAND

Residence 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
1	Women	2012	London, GBR
1	Women	2008	Beijing, CHN
3	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2011	Brazil
2	Women	2017	Germany
2	Women	2007	France
3	Women	2009	People's Republic of China
5	Women	2013	Serbia
6	Women	2003	Croatia
9	Women	2005	Russian Federation

European Championship

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

Listening to music, watching television. (fvn.no, 16 Jan 2021)

Occupation:

Social Work Studies - University of Agder, Kristiansand, NOR

Partner Nikola Trajkovic, daughter Atina [2015]

Languages spoken:

English, Norwegian

Vipers Kristiansand [Norway] since 2017/18

Ole Gustav Gjekstad [club], NOR; Thorir Hergeirsson [national], ISL

Position style:

Goalkeeper (vipers.no, 11 Apr 2021)

Sporting relatives:

Her twin sister Kristine Lunde was part of the Norwegian handball team that won gold at the Olympic Games in 2008 and 2012. Her partner Nikola Trajkovic has played professional football and has served as head coach of Swedish club Floy IL. (seher.no, 15 May 2015, 10 Dec 2012; sports-reference.com, 01 Sep 2012; sornett.no, 27 Jan 2021)

2002 for Norway Against Yugoslavia (handball.no, 18 Dec 2011)

In mid-2020 she struggled with an eye injury. (fvn.no, 08 Dec 2020)

She suffered a knee ligament injury during the final four of the 2018/19 Champions League season. She underwent three surgeries and was sidelined for almost a year. (dagavisen.no, 14 Dec 2020; handball-planet.com, 07 Aug 2019; europamester.dk, 25 May 2020; vg.no, 29 Apr 2020)

National league:

Eliteserien [NOR] (vipers.no, 11 Apr 2021)

She began playing handball at age eight. (europamester.dk, 2008)

Her classmates played for a handball team and were in need of new teammates, so asked her to join. She became a goalkeeper because nobody else on the team wanted to play the position. (europamester.dk, 2008; vg.no, 29 Apr 2020)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (fvn.no, 21 Mar 2021; vg.no, 29 Apr 2020)

Her family. (fvn.no, 08 Dec 2020)

She was named in the All-Star team at the European championship in 2008, 2010, 2012. (timeoutmag.com, 16 Dec 2012; aftensposten.no, 19 Dec 2010; ehf-euro.com, 14 Dec 2008)

She was named in the All-Star team at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (ihf.info, 2008)

She was named the 2008 Female Athlete of the Year and the 2008 Team Player of the Year during the Sports Gala in Norway in 2009. (vg.no, 10 Jan 2009)

General Interest

General
COMMEMORATIVE JEWELLERY
Her national teammates gave her a piece of jewellery to commemorate her 300th appearance for the Norwegian national team, a feat she achieved during the 2020 European Championship in Denmark. The jewellery featured the letter 'A' in honour of her daughter Atina. "I think I am very lucky to be able to continue with my greatest hobby as a job. And in addition that I have many of my best friends on the handball court." (fvn.no, 16 Jan 2021, 08 Dec 2020)

COACHING ROLE
She worked as an assistant coach at Norwegian club Vipers Kristiansand during the 2019/20 season while she recovered from a knee injury. She succeeded her twin sister Kristine in the role, who had served as assistant coach in the previous season. (handball-planet.com, 07 Aug 2019)

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Legend

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

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