Anja Edin | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Anja Hammerseng-Edin | ||
Born |
[1] Porsgrunn, Norway | 5 February 1983
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Nationality | Norwegian | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Playing position | Central back | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Retired | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
Sola HK | |||
– | Storhamar HE | ||
– | Larvik HK | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2006–2013 | Norway | 59 [2] | (143) |
Medal record |
Anja Hammerseng-Edin (born 5 February 1983) is a Norwegian former handball player. She previously played for Larvik HK and for the Norwegian national team.
Hammerseng-Edin made her début on the Norwegian national team in 2006, and played 59 matches and scored 143 goals between 2006 and 2013. [2] She represented Norway when the team won a bronze medal at the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship in China, as well as winning a silver medal at the 2012 European Women's Handball Championship in Serbia. [3] She was also part of the National team at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship. [1] [2]
She retired from her handball career in 2017, and currently works as a conference speaker.
Edin started playing handball when she was 5 years old, with her mother as a trainer.[ citation needed]
She is married to fellow handball player Gro Hammerseng, and they have a son together, born on 2 February 2012. Hammerseng and Edin married on 3 August 2013. The couple both play for the Norwegian handball club Larvik HK. [5]
Hammerseng-Edin and her wife wrote a book together titled Anja + Gro = Mio, which was published in February 2014.[ citation needed]