Johanna Ahlm

Johanna Ahlm
Johanna Ahlm
	Johanna Ahlm in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Johanna Marie Helene Ahlm
Born	3 October 1987 (age 37); Gothenburg, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Centre back / Left back
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2004-2009	IK Sävehof
2009	Aalborg DH
2009-2013	Viborg HK
2013-2015	Team Esbjerg
2015-2016	FC Midtjylland Håndbold
2016-2019	IK Sävehof
National team
Years	Team
2005-2015	Sweden
Medal record
European Championship

Johanna Maria Helène Ahlm (born 3 October 1987) is a Swedish former handball player. She started and ended her career at the Swedish club IK Sävehof, but other than those tenures she played her entire career in the Danish handball league. She also played for the Sweden women's national handball team. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where Sweden placed 8th, and the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Sweden placed 11th.^[1] Ahlm was listed among the top ten goalscorers at the 2008 Olympics tournament with 40 goals.^[2]

Career

Club career

Alhm started as a youth player for IK Sävehof, where she was coached by both her mother and her father. Her first major success was at the youth tournament Partille Cup in 2005.^[3] With IK Sävehof she won three Swedish championships, before moving to Denmark. She moved to Aalborg DH, but was immediately loaned to Viborg HK.^[4]^[5] The season after she signed permanently for Viborg HK, where she played for three years. At Viborg HK she was hampered by injuries, but nevertheless managed to win the Champions League and Danish league double in 2010.

After three years she signed for Team Esbjerg, where she once again one the Danish league in 2014. Same year she reached the final of the EHF Cup, where Team Esbjerg lost to Russian side GK Lada.

Before the 2015-2016 season she signed for FC Midtjylland Håndbold, before returning to her childhood club, IK Sävehof, in 2016. She was however kept away from the pitch for an entire season, first by a cruciate ligament injury, and later by pregnancy.^[6] She returned to handball in November 2017. The same season, she won her fourth Swedish Championship. After winning her fifth Swedish Championship the year after, she retired from handball.^[7]

National team career

She debuted for the national team in 2005 at the age of 18 against Denmark. She was at her first major international tournament at the 2006 European Women's Handball Championship, but did not see much playing time.

Her real breakthrough came in 2008 at the Olympics. She missed the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship due to injury.