Kristin Venn (born 5 March 1994) is a Norwegian
handball
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player who plays for the Norwegian club
Storhamar HE.
She was also a part of
Norway
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's 28-squad for the
2015 World Women's Handball Championship as well as the 28-squad for the
2014 European Women's Handball Championship. She has already participated for Norway's recruit team.
She also represented Norway in
2014 Women's Junior World Handball Championship, placing 9th.
On 4 October 2017, Venn announced that she would not play anymore for the national team. She was going to focus on playing for her then club
Byåsen HE and just enjoy playing handball. She later opened up for the possibility to fight for a spot on the national team, and national team coach
Thorir Hergeirsson said Venn was up for a place in the squad for the
2022 European Championship had she not been injured.
On 24 October 2024 Venn made a comeback, 7 years and 4 months since her last performance for the national team.
Achievements
*
Youth European Championship:
**''Bronze Medalist'':
2011
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Youth World Championship:
**''Bronze Medalist'':
2012
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EHF European League:
**''Winner:''
2023/2024
*
Norwegian League
** Gold: 2024/2025
** Silver: 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024
*
Norwegian Cup
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:
**''Winner'': 2024
**''Finalist'': 2018, 2019, 2023/2024
Individual awards
* All-Star Left Wing of the
Youth European Championship:
2011
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* All-Star Left Wing of the U18 European Open: 2012
* All-Star Left Wing of Eliteserien: 2018/2019, 2022/2023
References
1994 births
Living people
People from Skaun
Norwegian female handball players
Sportspeople from Trøndelag
21st-century Norwegian sportswomen
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