THORLEIFSDOTTIR Kristin

Date of Birth: 13 Jan 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.81/5'11''

Place of birth: STOCKHOLM

Birth Country:

Sweden

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Handball	Women SWE Sweden	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #05 ESP Spain 24 SWE Sweden 31	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #09 SWE Sweden 36 ROC ROC 24	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #18 SWE Sweden 28 FRA France 28	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #22 BRA Brazil 31 SWE Sweden 34	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #28 HUN Hungary 26 SWE Sweden 23	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Quarterfinal #34 SWE Sweden 39 KOR Republic of Korea 30	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Semifinal #36 FRA France 29 SWE Sweden 27	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Bronze Medal Match #37 NOR Norway 36 SWE Sweden 19	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
11	Women	2020	Denmark

World Junior Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
12	Women	2018	Hungary

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, Swedish

Randers HK [Denmark] since 2020/21

Tomas Axner [national], SWE

Position style:

Left wing (handbollslandslaget.se, 20 Mar 2021)

2019 for Sweden Against Norway (handbollslandslaget.se, 20 Mar 2021)

She suffered a thumb injury that saw her miss the start of the 2017/18 season. She returned to competitive action in October 2017. (aftonbladet.se, 15 Nov 2017)

National league:

Dame Handbold Ligaen [DEN] (tophaandbold.dk, 26 Aug 2020)

She began playing handball at age 10 in Rimbo, Sweden. (handbollslandslaget.se, 28 May 2018)

Her father suggested she should try handball. (handbollslandslaget.se, 28 May 2018)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 20 Mar 2021)

General Interest

General
DUAL NATIONALITY
She was born in Stockholm, Sweden to Icelandic parents, Thorleif and Sigrun, and is eligible to represent both countries. In 2014 she trained with the Iceland junior national team, but eventually chose to represent Sweden. (rosersbergsik.se, 24 Mar 2014; handbollslandslaget.se, 20 Mar 2021; sverigesradio.se, 22 Nov 2019)

Social Media

Legend

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

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