Isabel Blanco

Isabel Blanco (born 10 May 1979 in Bergen) is a Norwegian handball player of Galician descent.

Isabel Blanco
Personal information
Born (1979-05-10) 10 May 1979[1]
Bergen, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Halden HK
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2014
 Norway 86 (165)
Medal record
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2004 Hungary Team
Gold medal – first place 2008 Macedonia Team
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 6 June 2016

Club career

Blanco has previously played for the clubs Kjøkkelvik, Vadmyra, Nordnes, Tertnes HE, Club El Ferrobus Mislata, Aalborg DH, FC Midtjylland, Larvik HK and Molde Elite. She earned a silver medal in the 2005 and 2008 Danish championships, and a bronze medal in 2006, when she was voted Pivot of the Year in the Danish league.

National team

She won a gold medal at the 2004 European Women's Handball Championship with the Norwegian national team[2] and again at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship.[3]

Personal life

Blanco was born in Bergen.[1] Her father is Fernando Blanco Jiménez, a Spanish-Galician and former Deportivo de La Coruña football player. She has not lived in Spain except for the one year at Club El Ferrobus Mislata.[4]

Blanco is an avid painter and photographer, and has stated on numerous occasions that she would like to pursue them as a career when she is done with handball. Blanco has her own website where she sells her paintings.

References
  1. "Isabel Blanco". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  2. "6th European Handball Championships – Hungary 2004 – Team Norway" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on February 25, 2008)
  3. Haraldsen, Stian (2016). "De 25 medaljemesterskapene". Gode som gull. 30 år med håndballjentene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 144–159. ISBN 978-82-03-29618-5.
  4. Christiansen, Anders K. (11 December 2004). "- Vi bør slå Spania". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 December 2008.


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