Helena Elver
Helena Elver | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Helena Hagesøe Elver | ||
Born | (1998-03-01) 1 March 1998 (age 26) Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
Nationality | Danish | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Playing position | Playmaker | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Odense Håndbold | ||
Number | 68 | ||
Youth career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2015–2017 | Hellerup IK | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
2017–2018 | Gudme HK | ||
2018–2020 | Aarhus United | ||
2020– | Odense Håndbold | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Denmark | 31 | (41) |
Medal record |
Helena Hagesøe Elver (born 1 March 1998) is a Danish handball player who plays for Odense Håndbold and the Danish national team.[1][2]
She made her debut on the Danish national team on 27 July 2019.[3]
She also represented Denmark in the 2015 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship in Macedonia, leading to the trophy. Elver won the best player of the tournament award.[4] The year later she won silver medals at IHF Women's Youth World Championship 2016 in Slovakia.
Career
Elver started her carrier in 2015 at Hellerup IK. In 2017 she switched to the 1st division (second tier) club Gudme HK. She did however miss a large part of season due to cruciate ligament injury.[5] She played here for a year before switching to top flight team Aarhus United.[6]
Two years later she joined Danish top club Odense Håndbold.[7] In 2020 she missed the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship due to her second cruciate ligament injury.[8] In 2021 she would suffer her third ligament injury.[9]
She has won the Danish league twice; in 2020/2021 and 2021/2022.
Achievements
- Youth World Championship:
- Silver Medalist: 2016
- Youth European Championship:
- Silver Medalist: 2015
Individual awards
- Most Valuable Player of the EHF European Under-17 Championship: 2015[10]
References
- ^ "Landsholdsbobler dropper Viborg - skifter i stedet til Odense". TV2 (Denmark). 19 March 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ DHDb profile
- ^ "Helena Hagesøe Elver - Statistik - Håndbold.dk". Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Women's U17 EURO 2015: Golden Danish girls!". handball-planet.com. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Aarhus United tilknytter kæmpetalent til den kommende sæson". Århus Stiftstidende. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Aarhus United tilknytter kæmpetalent til den kommende sæson". Århus Stiftstidende. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Landsholdsbobler dropper Viborg - skifter i stedet til Odense". TV2 Sporten.
- ^ "Dansk komet knust og grædefærdig - misser EM". TV2 Sporten.
- ^ "VM-debutant har lagt frygten bag sig efter skadesmareridt". Jyllands-Posten. 26 November 2023.
- ^ "Danes take second youth title of the Summer". EHF. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
External links
- Helena Elver at the European Handball Federation
- Helena Elver at Olympics.com
- v
- t
- e
- 1 Toft
- 3 Kamp
- 5 S. Iversen
- 6 Elver
- 8 A.M. Hansen
- 10 Heindahl
- 11 Haugsted
- 12 A. Kristensen
- 16 Reinhardt
- 21 A. Aagot Hansen
- 23 K. Jørgensen
- 25 Østergaard
- 27 Burgaard
- 31 Petersen
- 32 Højlund
- 33 Friis
- 34 R. Iversen
- 41 Halilcevic
- 45 Scaglione
- Coach: J. Jensen
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