Bjarte Myrhol

Bjarte Håkon Myrhol (born 29 May 1982) is a former Norwegian handballer, previously playing for THW Kiel and Norway men's national handball team.[1]

Bjarte Myrhol
Myrhol in January 2016
Personal information
Full name Bjarte Håkon Myrhol
Born (1982-05-29) 29 May 1982
Oslo, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Pivot
Youth career
Team
Vestli IL
Senior clubs
Years Team
0000–2001
Vestli IL
2001–2005
Sandefjord
2005–2006
MKB Veszprém
2006–2009
HSG Nordhorn
2009–2015
Rhein-Neckar Löwen
2015–2021
Skjern Håndbold
2022
THW Kiel
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2021
Norway 263 (803)
Medal record
World Championship
Silver medal – second place2017 France
Silver medal – second place2019 Germany/Denmark

Bjarte Myrhol was the captain of the Norway national team from 2014 to 2021.

At the end of his contract with Rhein-Neckar Löwen his jersey number 18 was retired by the club.

In 2021 he decided to end his career.[2] On 3 June 2022 it was announced he’d make a comeback and join THW Kiel for the rest of the season because of injuries in their squad.[3]

Individual awards

  • All-Star Pivot of the World Championship: 2017,[4] 2019

References

  1. "Bjarte Myrhol Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  2. "Bjarte Myrhol om sit håndbold-exit: - Min krop kan ikke holde til at spille mere". tvmidtvest.dk. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  3. "THW KIEL VERPFLICHTET KREISLÄUFER BJARTE MYRHOL". THW-Handball.de. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  4. "France 2017 All-star Team". IHF. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.


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