Annika Sofia Wiel Hvannberg (born 21 August 1978) is a Swedish

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player. She began her career in BK Heid and played for them until she was 25 years. She then changed to

IK Sävehof Idrottsklubben Sävehof better known as IK Sävehof is a Sweden, Swedish professional handball club located in Partille Municipality, Partille. Their home matches are played at the Partille Arena which has a capacity of 4,000. Women's team The ...

, where she played for three years before she moved to Denmark and became a professional. As a professional, she played for the Danish club Horsens HK and for the Swedish national team. She competed at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

in China, where the Swedish team placed eighth and at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

where the Swedish team was 11th. When she returned to Sweden, she again played for her motherclub BK Heid, and also played on 9M and not only right wing as earlier. She stopped her career after season 2014/15. She played 119 matches for the Swedish national team. In 2006 she was handballer of the year. The greatest achievement in her career was EM-silver 2010. She debut in the national team in 2005, and her last match was 2012. In 2008 she seriously injured her knee.https://nyheter24.se/sport/9432-wiel-freden-missar-handbolls-vm / in swedish Annika Wiel Hvannberg took part in Handball-EM 2006, OS in Peking 2008, Handball-EM 2010, handball VM 2011 and OS 2012 in London.

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* 1978 births Living people Swedish female handball players Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Sweden Swedish expatriate handball players in Denmark People from Alingsås {{Sweden-handball-bio-stub