Veronica Kristiansen (born 10 July 1990) is a Norwegian professional

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 for

Győri ETO KC Győri ETO KC (, lit. Concordance Gymnastics Department of Győr Handball Club) is a Hungary, Hungarian professional women's handball club from Győr. Since they are sponsored by Audi, the official name for the team is Győri Audi ETO KC. On dome ...

and the Norwegian national team. She made her team Norway debut in 2013. Her achievements include winning the

EHF Champions League The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...

three-times (with Győr), as well as two gold medals and one silver medal at the

IHF World Women's Handball Championship The IHF Women's Handball World Championship has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1957. European teams have won every time except 1995 where South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is ...

, also has three victories in the

European Women's Handball Championship The European Women's Handball Championship is the official competition for senior women's national handball teams of Europe, and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the European champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifyin ...

, one Olympic gold medal and two Olympic bronze medals.

Career

Club career

Kristiansen played for the clubs

Mjøndalen IF Mjøndalen IF is a Norwegian sports club located in Mjøndalen, Buskerud, Norway. Of the different athletic endeavours that the club supports, it may be best known in Norway for its bandy national championship teams and internationally for its as ...

and Reistad IL, and then for

IK Våg Idrettsklubben Våg is a Norwegian sports club from Vågsbygd in Kristiansand. It has sections for association football, team handball, badminton and athletics. The club was founded on 12 January 1938, and the club colors are green and white. T ...

from 2009 to 2011. With Våg she placed second in the

Norwegian Cup The Norwegian Football Cup () is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament ...

in 2011. From 2011 to 2015 she played for

Glassverket IF Glassverket IF is a soccer and handball club from Drammen, Norway. The club is most famous for their handball team, which currently compete in the second tier of Norwegian handball, the 1. divisjon. The club also facilitates skiing and used to pl ...

, and placed second in the Norwegian League with Glassverket in 2015. She played for the Danish club

FC Midtjylland Football Club Midtjylland (, "Central Jutland") is a Danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast. The club is the result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. Midtjylland competes in the Danish Superliga, which they ...

from 2015 to 2018, and won the Danish Cup with this club in 2015. From 2018 she played for the Hungarian club

, winning the Hungarian Championship in 2018/2019. She also won the

with Győr in

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and

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

International career

Playing for the Norwegian national team, Kristiansen won gold medal at the

2014 European Women's Handball Championship The 2014 European Women's Handball Championship was the eleventh continental tournament for women's national teams, organized by the European Handball Federation. The second jointly hosted edition in the competition's history took place in Hunga ...

. She won gold medal with Norway at the

2015 World Women's Handball Championship The 2015 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 22nd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Denmark. The decision to select Denmark as the host was announced on 27 January 2011. In the final Norway won 31–23 ag ...

, defeating Netherlands in the final. At the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

she won bronze medal with Norway, after losing the semi final to Russia, and winning the bronze final against the Netherlands. At the

2016 European Women's Handball Championship The 2016 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Sweden from 4 to 18 December 2016. It was the second time that Sweden hosts the tournament, after it also hosted the 2006 European Women's Handball Championship. Sweden was awarded the c ...

in Sweden she won a gold medal with the Norwegian team. She also played at the

2017 World Women's Handball Championship The 2017 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 23rd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Germany from 1 to 17 December 2017. Germany was the only applicant for this championship. Germany was host of the World C ...

in Germany, when Norway won the silver medals. She won another gold medal with Norway at the

2020 European Women's Handball Championship The 2020 European Women's Handball Championship was held from 3 to 20 December 2020. The games were played in Herning and Kolding, Denmark. Originally, this tournament would be held with 2 host countries: Norway and Denmark. However, lacking som ...

in Denmark. At the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

held in 2021, she won the bronze medal with the Norwegian team. She won gold medal with the Norwegian team at the

2021 World Women's Handball Championship The 2021 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 25th event by the International Handball Federation, was held in Spain from 1 to 19 December 2021. On 18 October 2018, at a congress in Doha, Qatar, the IHF announced that the World Championsh ...

Achievements

National team

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...

: **''Winner'': 2024 **''Bronze Medalist'': 2016, 2020 *

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

: **''Winner'': 2015, 2021 **''Silver Medalist'': 2017 *

European Championship A European Championship is the top level international sports competition between European athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...

: **''Winner'': 2014, 2016, 2020 * Junior World Championship: **''Winner'': 2010 *

Junior European Championship Junior or Juniors may refer to: Aircraft * Ekolot JK-05L Junior, a Polish ultralight aircraft * PZL-112 Junior, a Polish training aircraft * SZD-51 Junior, a Polish-made training and club glider Arts and entertainment Characters * Bowser Jr., ...

: **''Winner'': 2009

European

: **''Winner:'' 2019, 2024, 2025 **''Finalist:'' 2022 **''Bronze medalist:'' 2021, 2023

Domestic

* Norwegian League: **''Silver'': 2014/2015 *Norwegian Cup: **''Silver:'' 2010 * Danish Championship: **''Silver'': 2015/2016 **''Bronze'': 2016/2017 *

Danish Cup The Danish Cup (; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "single-elimination tournament, knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955. The winner will ...

: **''Winner'': 2015 **''Finalist'': 2016 * Hungarian Championship **''Winner'': 2019,

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, 2025 *

Hungarian Cup The Hungarian Cup (, ), officially known as MOL Magyar Kupa for sponsorship reasons, is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association'','' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of ...

: **''Winner'': 2019, 2021

Individual awards

*All-Star Left Back of Postenligaen: 2013/2014 *All-Star Centre Back of

Damehåndboldligaen The Kvindeligaen () is the top professional league for Danish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Danish Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Danish champions. The league was previously called Bambusa Kvindeligaen ...

: 2017/2018 *Best Player of

: 2017/2018 *All-Star Centre Back of the

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

Personal life

She is the elder sister of handballer

Jeanett Kristiansen Jeanett Kristiansen (born 24 December 1992) is a Norwegian handball player for Follo HK Damer. She also represented Norway in the 2011 Women's Junior European Handball Championship, placing 12th, and in the 2012 Women's Junior World Handball Ch ...

and the younger sister of handballer

Charlotte Kristiansen Charlotte most commonly refers to: *Charlotte (given name), a feminine form of the given name Charles ** Princess Charlotte (disambiguation) ** Queen Charlotte (disambiguation) *Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, a city *Charlotte (cake), ...

. She is married. Her husband, Hungarian Ádám Devecseri, is a former canoeist and later the physiotherapist of

. They have two children together: Olivia (born 2023) and Odin (born 2025).

References

External links

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Veronica Egebakken Kristiansen
at the

Norwegian Handball Federation The Norwegian Handball Federation (, NHF) is the national handball association in Norway. The Norwegian Handball Federation was founded in 1937, and is a member of the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF) ...

* *
Veronica Kristiansen
at the

Paris 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kristiansen, Veronica 1990 births Living people Norwegian female handball players Olympic handball players for Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in handball Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Győri Audi ETO KC players Norwegian expatriate handball players in Denmark Norwegian expatriate handball players in Hungary Handball players from Stavanger 21st-century Norwegian sportswomen