Vigdis Holmeset

Vigdis Holmeset is a Norwegian handball coach, known for coaching various Norwegian and British handball teams.

Career

In 2012, Holmeset was coach of the Great Britain women's national handball team at the Summer Olympics.[1]

In 2015, Holmeset coached Norway's under-17 women's handball team alongside Kenneth Gabrielsen. They entered the European Women's U-17 Handball Championship that year.[2]

In 2017, Holmeset was coach of Norway's under-19 women's handball team.[3] She led the team for the 2017 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship, coming top of their group in the qualifying stages.[4] They finished in 7th place after defeating the Montenegrin team 28–23.[5]

Holmeset won a silver medal as coach of the Norwegian women's team at the 2018 Women's Beach Handball World Championships. She was later shortlisted for the 2018/19 Female Coach of the Season award by the European Handball Federation.[6]

References

1. Liew, Jonathan (20 June 2012). "London 2012 Olympics: how GB's women's handball squad fought back from the brink". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
2. "Several favourites eye the trophy in Skopje". European Handball Federation. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
3. "A player to shape Norway's handball future". European Handball Federation. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
4. "Making their mark in Slovenia". European Handball Federation. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
5. "France are Women's 19 champions of Europe". European Handball Federation. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
6. "EHF Awards 'Female Coach of the Season' at DELO WOMEN'S EHF FINAL4". European Handball Federation. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2023.