Anna Wijk

Anna Wijk
Wijk in the final of the Swedish Super League 2017–18
Personal information
National teamSweden
Born (1991-06-20) 20 June 1991
Sandviken, Sweden
Sport
SportFloorball
PositionCenter
LeagueSwedish Super League (2008–2020)
Team
Medal record
Women's floorball
Representing  Sweden
World Championships
2009 Sweden Sweden
2011 Switzerland Sweden
2013 Czechia Sweden
2015 Finland Sweden
2017 Slovakia Sweden
2019 Switzerland Sweden
Under-19 World Championships
2008 Poland Sweden
2010 Czech Republic Sweden
Updated on 12 March 2024

Anna Wijk (born 20 June 1991, Sandviken) is a Swedish floorball forward and former national team player. She is a six-time world champion, the Swedish champion of the 2014–15 season, and the winner of the subsequent Champions Cup. In 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2019 she was named the best female floorball player in the world. She played in the Swedish Super League from 2008 to 2020.

Club career

She began playing floorball with the club IBK Alba, where she stayed until 2006, before transferring to Gävle GIK for the 2006–07 season. The following year, she played for RIG Umeå IBF, and subsequently moved to the elite club IKSU. In the 2009–10 season, she ranked third in assists during the regular season, helping her team win silver medals in the Swedish Super League.[1][2]

In 2010, she transferred to KAIS Mora IF, where she experienced the most successful years of her career and became the team captain. The club won the Swedish league in the 2014–15 season, finished second six times, and third three times.[3] In addition, they won the Champions Cup in 2015.[4] During her career in the top Swedish league, Wijk became the most productive player in its history.[5][6][7] She held the record until 2025, when she was surpassed by Emelie Wibron.[8]

In 2020, she transferred to the lower Swedish league Allsvenskan Östra, joining Storvreta IBK, where she was expected to help the team gain promotion to the top league.[9] However, the league was suspended in the autumn due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and by the end of 2020 Wijk temporarily returned on loan to her former club KAIS Mora.[10][11][12] At the beginning of 2022, she retired from professional floorball.[13] However, in 2025 she made a comeback with Storvreta, helping the team secure promotion to the Super League.[14][15]

International career

With the junior national team, she won a silver medal at the 2008 World Championships and the title in 2010.

Since 2009, she had been a regular member of the Swedish women's national team, with which she won the World Championship six times: in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019. At the 2013 World Championship, she was the tournament's top scorer with 7 goals and 12 assists and was named to the All-Star Team.[16] Two years later, she was voted the Most Valuable Player of the tournament and again selected for the All-Star Team.[17][18] In 2019, she contributed two assists in the gold medal match, including the decisive one in overtime that secured the title. She was also the tournament's top playmaker, finishing with 4 goals and 20 assists, making her the most productive player of the tournament and setting a new record for most assists at a single World Championship.[19] [20] She was again named to the All-Star Team.[21]

She also took part in the World University Floorball Championships twice, winning gold in 2014[22] and silver in 2016.[23]

She also served as the captain of the national team until the 2019 World Championship, after which she retired from international play. With a record of 196 points (54 goals and 142 assists) in 106 matches, she is the most productive player in the history of the Swedish national team.[19] She held the record for most points and assists at World Championships until the 2023 tournament, when she was surpassed in points by Emelie Wibron and Corin Rüttimann.[20][24]

References

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  2. ^ "Elitserien Women Resultat - Innebandy/Sverige". www.flashscore.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  3. ^ Svensson, Christian (7 December 2020). "Anna Wijk kan fortsätta i Mora". Innebandymagazinet (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  4. ^ iDNES.cz, ČTK (4 October 2015). "Florbalistka Urbánková slaví jako první Češka triumf v Pohár mistrů". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Anna Wijk Storvreta IBK - Statistik innebandy". www.innebandystats.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  6. ^ Bildbyrån, Foto: Per Wiklund / (10 November 2019). "Anna Wijk bäst någonsin – i allra sämsta matchen". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  7. ^ "Galante Carlström and Wijk World´s Best 2016". IFF Main Site. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  8. ^ Jansson, Henrik (14 March 2025). "Tre SSL-rekord slogs samma kväll". Innebandymagazinet (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  9. ^ Östman, Petter (28 May 2020). "Bäst i världen – är klar för andraligan". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  10. ^ Svensson, Christian (7 December 2020). "Anna Wijk kan fortsätta i Mora". Innebandymagazinet (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  11. ^ "Anna Wijk tillbaka i KAIS Mora". www.kaismora.se (in Swedish). 25 November 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  12. ^ "Anna Wijk lånas ut till KAIS Mora IF!". www.storvretaibk.se (in Swedish). 25 November 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  13. ^ "Tohle je opravdový konec: švédská legenda Anna Wijk ukončila kariéru. Budoucnost? Hodně golfu, směje se" (in Czech). Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  14. ^ Jansson, Henrik (18 April 2025). "EXTRA: Tre nya lag klara för Svenska Superligan 2025/26". Innebandymagazinet (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  15. ^ "Innebandy: Innebandystjärnan Anna Wijk gör ännu en comeback". SVT Sport (in Swedish). 7 January 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  16. ^ "Florbalistky Švédska dál vládnou světu, ve finále MS přehrály Finsko". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 15 December 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  17. ^ "Anna Wijk is the WFC 2015 MVP". www.floorball.org. 12 December 2015. Archived from the original on 14 December 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  18. ^ "WFC 2015 All Star Team". www.floorball.org. 12 December 2015. Archived from the original on 23 February 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  19. ^ a b "Anna Wijk – Nominerad till Årets kvinnliga idrottare". Innebandy.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  20. ^ a b "Women's WFC Records". IFF Main Site. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  21. ^ "Finsko - Česko 5:4 PP, Češky jsou bez medaile. Mistryněmi světa posedmé za sebou Švédky". www.sport.cz (in Czech). 15 December 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  22. ^ "6th World University Floorball Championships". www.floorball.org. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  23. ^ "7th World University Floorball Championships". Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  24. ^ "Emelie Wibron and Corin Rüttimann share the record for most points at WFC". IFF Main Site. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
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