Kristina Novak
| Kristina Novak | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Kristina Sirum Novak | ||
| Born |
29 August 2000 Stavanger, Norway | ||
| Nationality | Norwegian | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | CSM București | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Team | |||
– | Austrått IL | ||
– | Ålgård HK | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2017–2018 | Ålgård HK | ||
2018–2024 | Sola HK | ||
2024–2025 | Brest Bretagne Handball | ||
2025– | CSM București | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Norway | 34 | (47) |
|
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 22 July 2024 | |||
Kristina Sirum Novak (born 29 August 2000) is a Norwegian handball player for CSM București and the Norwegian national team.[1][2][3]
She also represented Norway at the 2018 Women's Youth World Handball Championship, placing 11th.[4]
International career
[edit]She made her debut on the Norwegian national team on 21 April 2022, against North Macedonia.[5][6] She would play at her first major international tournament later the same year at the 2022 European Championship in Slovenia, North Macedonia and Montenegro, where Norway won gold medals.[7]
The year after she won silver medals at the 2023 World Championship, losing to France in the final.[8][9]
Achievements
[edit]- European Championship:
- Winner: 2022
- REMA 1000-ligaen
- Norwegian Cup
Silver: 2020, 2022/2023
Personal life
[edit]She is the daughter of a Norwegian mother and Croatian father. She hails from Håbafjell in Sandnes and is the younger sister of footballer Kristian Novak.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "22: Kristina Sirum Novak - Sola Håndball". solahk.dk. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ↑ DHDb profile
- ↑ "Kristina Sirum Novak - Career & Statistics". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ↑ "NOR - Norway" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ↑ "Norway clinchfifth win in a row". European Handball Federation. 21 April 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ↑ "Nye ansikter får muligheten på landslaget". NHF. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ↑ "Norway take ninth EHF EURO trophy". eurohandball.com. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ↑ "Frankrike verdensmester - sølv til Håndballjentene". handball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ↑ "26th IHF Women's World Championship: Norway" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ↑ Nærland, Egil Ø. (27 January 2018). "Dette søskenparet vil du høre mye om i årene som kommer". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). p. 64-65.
External links
[edit]- Kristina Novak at the International Handball Federation (archived)
- Kristina Novak at the European Handball Federation
- Kristina Novak at the Norwegian Handball Federation (in Norwegian)
- Kristina Novak at InterSportStats
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- 2000 births
- Living people
- People from Sandnes
- Norwegian people of Croatian descent
- Norwegian women's handball players
- Sportspeople from Rogaland
- 21st-century Norwegian sportswomen
- Norwegian expatriate handball players in France
- Norwegian expatriate handball players in Romania
- Brest Bretagne players
- Norwegian handball biography stubs