Olivia Mellegård

Olivia Mellegård
Personal information
Born	(1996-06-17) 17 June 1996 (age 28) Gothenburg, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Left wing
Club information
Current club	IK Sävehof
Youth career
Years	Team
2013–2014	Önnereds HK
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2014–2015	Önnereds HK
2015–2019	IK Sävehof
2019–2022	København Håndbold
2022–2024	IK Sävehof
2024–	Ikast Håndbold
National team ^1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–	Sweden	82	(179)
Medal record Youth Olympic Games 2014 Nanjing
^1 National team caps and goals correct as of 31. December 2023

Olivia Mellegård (born 17 June 1996) is a Swedish handball player for IK Sävehof and the Swedish national team.[1][2]

Mellegård comes from a family of handballers. She is the daughter of former handball player Glenn Gustavsson, niece of former handball player Mikael Mellegård and cousin of current player Emil Mellegård.[3]

Career

Mellegård started playing handball at Önnereds HK at the age of 6. In 2013 she was part of the Sweden national team that won the U17 European Championship, where she was part of the all star team.

In 2015 she went to IK Sävehof. A year later she was called up to the Sweden national team. In 2019 she switched to Danish side København Håndbold, but in 2022 she went back to IK Sävehof.

References

1. "Daniela Gustina landslagsdebuterar". svenskhandboll.se. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
2. "Olivia Mellegård". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
3. "Mellegård: Pappa är en stor förebild".

External links

• Olivia Mellegård at the European Handball Federation
• Olivia Mellegård at Olympedia