Hanna Blomstrand

Hanna Blomstrand
Blomstrand in 2018
Personal information
Born (1996-08-25) 25 August 1996 (age 28)
Bosjökloster, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Right back
Senior clubs
Years Team
2012
H 65 Höör
2012–2017
Lugi HF
2017–2022
København Håndbold
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2022
Sweden 62 (96)
Medal record
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Nanjing

Hanna Blomstrand (born 25 August 1996) is a Swedish previous handball player for København Håndbold and the Swedish national team.[1]

Career

She began playing handball in H 65 Höör, a Swedish club which won the national championship 2016. In the Swedish championship for youth, she won the title for girls born 1996, 16 years old. After that she moved to Lugi HF 2012, where she played to 2017. In 2017, she became professional handball player in the Danish club København Håndbold.

National teams

She has been playing for the national youth team in Sweden and won a gold medal in 2013 EM[2] and the next year bronze medal in youth OS in China.[3] In 2015, she won bronze in U-19 team in EM.[4] In season 2015–2016, she was second in list of goal-scorers, and in summer 2016, she began playing for the national team instead of the youth team.[5][6] In the summer Olympics 2016, she only played one match after an injury of another player. But she was also playing in EM 2016 in Sweden where she played in several matches. In WM 2017, she was a more important player, and in quarterfinal against Denmark, she became player of the match after 7 goals on seven shots.[7]

Achievements

  • National championship 2013 Silver with Lugi HF
  • U-17 EM 2013 Gold with Swedish team
  • Youth OS 2014 Brons with Swedish team
  • U-19 EM 2015 Brons with Swedish team

References

  1. ^ EHF profile
  2. ^ Niklas Wihlborg:"Lugis Blomstrand EM Mästare" Sydsvenskan 25 August 2013
  3. ^ Niklas Wihlborg "Starkt spel gav bronsmedalj i ungdoms OS. Sydsvenskan 27 August 2017
  4. ^ TT : "Svenskt brons i U-19 EM" Sydsvenskan 2 August 2015
  5. ^ "Elva OS-debutanter i svenska truppen". svenskhandboll.se. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  6. ^ 2016 Summer Olympics roster
  7. ^ "Hanna Blomstrand 100-procentig matchhjälte". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 December 2017.