SOLBERG ISAKSEN Sanna

Date of Birth: 16 Jun 1990

Age: 31

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.78/5'10''

Place of birth: BAERUM

Birth Country:

Norway

Place of residence : ESBJERG

Residence Country:

Denmark

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
4	Women	2019	Japan
5	Women	2013	Serbia

European Championship

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

Spending time in nature. (teamesbjerg.dk, 09 Nov 2018)

Occupation:

Husband Kjetil Foleide Solberg-Isaksen

Languages spoken:

English, Norwegian

Team Esbjerg [Denmark] since 2017/18

Jesper Jensen [club], DEN; Thorir Hergeirsson [national], ISL

Position style:

Left wing (teamesbjerg.dk, 23 Apr 2021)

Sporting relatives:

Her twin sister Silje was part of the Norwegian handball team that won gold at the 2015 World Championships in Denmark. (SportsDeskOnline, 12 Apr 2016; tv2.no, 21 Dec 2015)

2010 for Norway Against Romania (vgd.no, 20 Sep 2010)

She is affected by asthma. (vg.no, 07 Dec 2015)

National league:

Dame Handbold Ligaen [DEN] (hbold.dk, 24 Mar 2021)

She began playing handball at age eight in Jar, Norway. (tv2.no, 22 Dec 2013; aftenposten.no, 08 Dec 2019)

She and her twin sister Silje first tried athletics, but were inspired by their older sister Line to switch to handball. (tv2.no, 22 Dec 2013; aftenposten.no, 08 Dec 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (jv.dk, 29 Feb 2020; teamesbjerg.dk, 09 Nov 2018)

She was named in the All-Star Team [left wing] for the 2019/2020 Champions League season. (handball.no, 08 Jun 2020)

General Interest

General
TWINS
She and her identical twin Silje have both represented Norway in handball. Both sisters grew up playing as goalkeepers, but during seventh grade of primary school her sister Silje decided to continue in goal while Sanna opted to pursue an outfield wing position. "I must admit that I do not remember what was the cause at the time [of the change of position]. It must have been coincidences." (tv2.no, 11 Dec 2013; aftenposten.no, 08 Dec 2019)

HERITAGE
Her father Stein in from Norway and her mother Louise in from Sweden. In 2019 she married Danish orthopedist Kjetil Foleide Isaksen. (aftenposten.no, 08 Dec 2019; jv.dk, 29 Feb 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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