BJOERNSEN Kristian

Date of Birth: 10 Jan 1989

Age: 32

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.91/6'3''

Place of birth: STAVANGER

Birth Country:

Norway

Place of residence : LAHNAU

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Handball	Men NOR Norway	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #01 NOR Norway 27 BRA Brazil 24	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #10 ESP Spain 28 NOR Norway 27	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #16 NOR Norway 27 ARG Argentina 23	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #24 GER Germany 28 NOR Norway 23	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #28 NOR Norway 32 FRA France 29	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Quarterfinal #34 DEN Denmark 31 NOR Norway 25	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men	2019
2	Men	2017	France
6	Men	2021	Egypt

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2020
7	Men	2018	Croatia

KB, Bjoss, Kissa. (hsg-wetzlar.de, 01 Jan 2021)

Sport, spending time with his family. (hsg-wetzlar.de, 01 Jan 2021)

Occupation:

Wife Guro, one son, one daughter

Languages spoken:

English, German, Norwegian

HSG Wetzlar [Germany] since 2016/17

Kai Wandschneider [club], GER; Christian Berge [national], NOR

Position style:

Right wing (handball-world.news, 23 Feb 2021)

Left (handball-world.news, 07 May 2016)

Sporting relatives:

His older brother Erik Bjornsen played professional handball in Norway, and played alongside Kristian at Fyllingen Bergen. His sister Line Bjornsen has represented Norway in handball, and competed at the 2012 Junior World Championship in the Czech Republic. (nrk.no, 18 Jan 2016; SportsDeskOnline, 28 Apr 2021)

2012 for Norway (handball-world.news, 24 Feb 2021)

He was ruled out for four weeks during the 2016/17 Handball-Bundesliga season due to injury. (handball-planet.com, 09 May 2017)

National league:

Handball-Bundesliga [GER] (handball-world.news, 24 Feb 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (eurosport.no, 12 Mar 2021)

He was named in the All-Star team for the 2017/18 and 2019/20 Handball-Bundesliga seasons in Germany. (liquimoly-hbl.de, 06 Dec 2017; nettavisen.no, 14 Mar 2020)

He was named in the All-Star team at the 2017 World Championship in France. (ihf.info, 29 Jan 2017)

General Interest

General
UPCOMING TRANSFER
In February 2021 he announced he would be joining Danish club Aalborg Handbold ahead of the 2021/22 Handbold Ligaen season. "I'm really looking forward to wearing the red Aalborg jersey. I have heard many positive things about the club from my countrymen and it is really an interesting development that the club has been through. I look forward to being a part of it, and I am ready to give myself 100% to help Aalborg Handbold fulfill its exciting ambitions. It has always been my goal to play internationally again at the club level, preferably in the Champions League. That's why I decided to make a change." (aalborghaandbold.dk, 24 Feb 2021; handball-world.news, 24 Feb 2021)

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Legend

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

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