| Linnea Torstensson | ||||||||||||||
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 Linnea Torstenson in 2017 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
| Full name | Linnea Marie Torstenson | |||||||||||||
| Born |
(1983-03-30) 30 March 1983 (age 41) Stockholm, Sweden | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Swedish | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||
| Playing position | Left back | |||||||||||||
| Club information | ||||||||||||||
| Current club | Retired | |||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||
| 0000–2004 | IFK Strängnäs | |||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Skövde HF | |||||||||||||
| 2007 | GOG Svendborg | |||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Skövde HF | |||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Aalborg DH | |||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | FCM Håndbold | |||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | RK Krim | |||||||||||||
| 2014 | Viborg HK | |||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | CSM București | |||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Nice Handball | |||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | CSM București | |||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2005–2016 | Sweden | 175 | (654) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Linnea Marie Torstensson (born 30 March 1983) is a Swedish handballer who played for the Sweden national team. She competed in three Olympic Games (2008, 2012 & 2016).
She was given the award of Cetățean de onoare ("Honorary Citizen") of the city of Bucharest in 2016.
International honours
- EHF Champions League:
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
- Winner: 2014
- EHF Cup:
- Winner: 2011
- Bucharest Trophy:
- European Championship:
- Carpathian Trophy:
- Winner: 2015
Awards and recognition
- Most Valuable Player of the European Championship: 2010
- Handball-Planet.com Best Defensive Player: 2014
- Swedish Female Handballer of the Year: 2010, 2011
- Prosport Best Defender of the Romanian Liga Națională: 2017
References
- "Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
- "Linnea Torstenson". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
- "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). handball.sportresult.com. EHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- "Cetățeni de Onoare cu acte » Premiere în masă făcută de Gabriela Firea: cine sunt sportivii care au fost recompensați" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 10 November 2016.
- "WOMEN'S HANDBALL "BEST 8" IN 2014". Handball-Planet. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- "S-a votat echipa campionatului, feminin şi masculin! Cristina Zamfir şi Marius Mocanu, jucătorii cu cele mai bune punctaje în Liga Naţională, după opţiunile exprimate de specialişti, jurnalişti şi fani dedicaţi handbalului PROSPORT 20" (in Romanian). Prosport. 2 July 2017.
External links
- Linnea Torstenson at the European Handball Federation
- Linnea Torstenson at Olympedia
- Linnea Torstenson at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
| Sweden squad – 2014 European Championship – Bronze medal | ||
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| Sweden squad – 2015 World Championship – 9th place | ||
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| Sweden squad – 2016 Summer Olympics – 7th place | ||
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Handball players from Stockholm
- Swedish female handball players
- Olympic handball players for Sweden
- Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
- Viborg HK players
- Swedish expatriate handball players in France
- Swedish expatriate handball players in Denmark
- Swedish expatriate handball players in Romania
- Expatriate handball players in Slovenia
- 21st-century Swedish sportswomen