WESTBERG Johanna

Date of Birth: 6 Apr 1990

Age: 31

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.86/6'1''

Place of birth: NACKA

Birth Country:

Sweden

Place of residence : COPENHAGEN

Residence Country:

Denmark

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

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Women	2017	Germany

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
8	Women	2016	Sweden

Occupation:

Economics - Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden

Partner Alexander Nilsson, son Elliot [2019]

Languages spoken:

English, Swedish

Nykobing Falster [Denmark] since 2016/17

Jakob Larsen [club], GRL; Tomas Axner [national], SWE

Position style:

Left wing (handbollslandslaget.se, 20 Mar 2021)

Right (handbollskanalen.se, 14 Feb 2016)

Sporting relatives:

Her twin sister Emelie has played handball professionally. The sisters played together at Danish club Nykobing Falster for four seasons before Emelie left at the end of the 2019/20 season. Her partner Alexander Nilsson has worked as a physiotherapist for the Swedish handball team. (sport.tv2.dk, 30 Apr 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 23 Jun 2016; handbollskanalen.se, 14 Feb 2016; aftonbladet.se, 18 Jun 2019)

2012 for Sweden Against France (svenskhandboll.se, 22 Nov 2012)

National league:

Dame Handbold Ligaen [DEN] (sofascore.com, 22 Aug 2020)

She first tried the sport at age eight at the Skuru IK club in Stockholm, Sweden. (nvp.se, 24 Jan 2012)

One of her friends from school asked her to go to a training session. "When you are that young it's called a 'ball school'. I guess we mostly played with the balls, it was not particularly handball inspired." (nvp.se, 24 Jan 2012)

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

Her mother. (blogg.svt.se, 13 Sep 2013)

In 2015 she was named Player of the Year by the Randers HK club in Denmark. (svenskhandboll.se, 31 May 2015)

General Interest

General
MOTHERHOOD
She took an 11-month break from handball in 2018 and 2019 while she was pregnant with her son. She returned to club competition in October 2019 and to the national team in February 2020. "[Speaking in 2018] Many people say that you can extend your career when you get pregnant. The body has to recover a bit and rest, and you get cravings for more when you have been away from handball for a while. I really hope that I can get back to the level I had and that I can continue for a few more years." (nvp.se, 18 Feb 2020; handbollskanalen.se, 25 Oct 2019; bohuslaningen.se, 30 Nov 2018)

Social Media

Legend

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

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