Isabel Blanco

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Isabel Blanco
Isabel Blanco 20141115.jpg
Personal information
Born (1979-05-10) 10 May 1979 (age 42)[1]
Bergen, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Halden HK
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2014
 Norway 86 (165)
Medal record
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2004 Hungary Team
Gold medal – first place 2008 Macedonia Team
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 6 June 2016

Isabel Blanco (born 10 May 1979 in Bergen) is a Norwegian handball player of Galician descent.

Club career[]

Blanco has previously played for the clubs Kjøkkelvik, Vadmyra, Nordnes, Tertnes HE, Club El Ferrobus Mislata, Aalborg DH, FC Midtjylland, Larvik HK and Molde HK. She earned a silver medal in the 2005 and 2008 Danish championships, and a bronze medal in 2006, when she was voted Pivot of the Year in the Danish league.

National team[]

She won a gold medal at the 2004 European Women's Handball Championship with the Norwegian national team[2] and again at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship.

Personal life[]

Blanco was born in Bergen.[1] Her father is Fernando Blanco Jiménez, a Spanish-Galician and former Deportivo de La Coruña football player. She has not lived in Spain except for the one year at Club El Ferrobus Mislata.[3]

Blanco is an avid painter and photographer, and has stated on numerous occasions that she would like to pursue them as a career when she is done with handball. Blanco has her own website where she sells her paintings.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Isabel Blanco". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  2. ^ "6th European Handball Championships – Hungary 2004 – Team Norway" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on February 25, 2008)
  3. ^ Christiansen, Anders K. (11 December 2004). "- Vi bør slå Spania". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 December 2008.

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