Isabelle Therese Gulldén (born 29 June 1989) is a Swedish handball player for

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and former national team player for the

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Career

In 2008, 2012, and 2016 she was part of the Swedish team competing at the Summer Olympic Games. In 2014, she ranked among the 150 greatest Swedish athletes of all time, list published by ''

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''. Gulldén was the only female handballer alongside legendary Mia Hermansson-Högdahl. She was given the award of ''Cetățean de onoare'' ("

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") of the city of

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in 2016. She retired from the national team on 15 December 2020.

Achievements

* European Championship: **''Silver'':

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**''Bronze'':

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: **''Gold'': 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 * Danish League: **''Gold'': 2014 *

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: **''Gold'': 2011, 2013 * Romanian Liga Națională: **''Gold'': 2016, 2017, 2018 *Romanian Cupa României: **''Gold'': 2016, 2017, 2018 * French League: **''Gold'': 2021 *

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: **''Gold'': 2021 *

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: **''Gold'': 2016,

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**''Silver'':

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**''Bronze'':

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: **''Gold'': 2014 **''Silver'':

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* Norwegian League: **''Winner'': 2021/2022 *Norwegian Cup: **''Winner'': 2021

Individual awards

* Swedish Elitserien Young Player of the Season: 2008 *

Top Scorer: 2014 *

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of the European Championship:

* European Championship Top Scorer:

* EHF Champions League Top Scorer: 2016 * Romanian Liga Națională Best Foreign Player: 2015, 2016, 2017 *

Best Player of All Time *Swedish Female Handballer of the Year: 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018 * Handball-Planet.com All-Star Playmaker: 2016 * Handball-Planet.com Best Buy: 2015–16 *

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All-Star Centre Back of the Romanian Liga Națională: 2017,

Personal life

She is the niece of Christer Gulldén, a famous Swedish

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. Her father Peter also competed in wrestling. She is married to former handball goalkeeper, Linus Persson. Their son, Lias was born on 10 July 2019.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gullden, Isabelle 1989 births Living people Handball players from Gothenburg Swedish female handball players Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players of Sweden Expatriate handball players Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Romania Swedish expatriate sportspeople in France Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Viborg HK players IK Sävehof players Lugi HF players