Ida Friman

Ida Elin Friman (born 26 December 1999)[1] is a Swedish bandy player, currently playing with Villa Lidköping BK in the women's Elitserien. She has played with the Swedish women's national bandy team.

Ida Friman
Born (1999-12-26) 26 December 1999
Surte, Sweden
Position Forward
Elitserien team
Former teams		 Villa Lidköping BK
Surte BK
Kareby IS
Playing career 2012–present
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Women's bandy
Universiade
Gold medal – first place2019 Russia

Playing career

Friman is from Surte and her mother club was Surte BK; she played at youth level for Surte/Kareby BK/IS.[2] She joined Villa Lidköping BK in 2018.[3][4]

International play

Friman made her international debut in January 2017, at age 17, appearing in a pair of training matches against Finland and scoring twice in each match.[5]

She also represented Sweden in the women's bandy tournament at the 2019 Universiade in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Friman scored a goal in the gold medal match to help Sweden defeat Russia and claim top honours in the tournament.[6]

Personal life

Friman studies civil engineering and architecture at Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg; for the 2019–20 school year, she was awarded one of 75 annual scholarships for students who have represented Sweden in international sport.[3][4] Her father, Jonny Friman, played for Surte BK, and her brother, Gustav, and sister, Moa, also play for Elitserien teams.[7]

References
  1. "Spelare: Ida Friman". Bandysidan.nu (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  2. "Surte/Kareby F17 slutade 2:a i World Cup". Kareby IS (in Swedish). 1 November 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  3. "Ida Friman tilldelas elitidrottsstipendium" (in Swedish). Villa Lidköping BK. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  4. "Villaspelare får elitidrottsstipendium". Lidköpingsnytt.nu (in Swedish). 24 September 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  5. Stiller, Kristoffer (8 January 2017). "Fyra mål för Friman i landslagsdebuten". Alekuriren (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  6. "Sweden Champion in Universiade!". Federation of International Bandy. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  7. Stiller, Kristoffer (21 December 2019). "Syskonen Friman i elitserien". Alekuriren (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 September 2020.
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