Linn Jørum Sulland

Linn Jørum Sulland
Sulland in 2018
Personal information
Born (1984-07-15) 15 July 1984
Oslo, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club Retired
Senior clubs
Years Team
2000–2001
 Korsvoll IL
2001–2009
 Stabæk IF
2009–2015
 Larvik HK
2015–2016
 Győri ETO KC
2016–2021
 Vipers Kristiansand
2022–2025
 Oppsal
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2018
 Norway 193 (579)
Teams managed
2022-
 Oppsal IF (fitness coach)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2012 London Team
World Championship
2011 Brazil
2015 Denmark
2007 France
European Championship
2008 Macedonia
2010 Denmark/Norway
2012 Serbia

Linn Jørum Sulland (born 15 July 1984) is a retired Norwegian handball who last played for Oppsal and for the Norwegian national team.[1]

She also played for Győri ETO KC, Larvik HK and Stabæk IF.

National team

Handball

Sulland played 14 matches for the Norwegian youth national team and won a bronze medal at the youth World Championship.[2][3]

She made her debut on the Norwegian national team on 26 March 2004.[2]

When Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren and Vigdis Hårsaker both were injured for the 2005 World Championship, Sulland was called up to replace them.[3][4] Norway finished 9th in the tournament.

She was not called up for the 2006 European Championship, but was in the team once again for the 2007 World Championship, where Norway finished 2nd.

In the following years, Sulland was often overlooked for the Norwegian National team, and she did not participate in neither the 2008 Olympics nor the 2009 World Championship.[5] She did however play at the 2008 European Championship, where Norway won the title. Sulland acted primarily as a substitute during the tournament.[6][7]

At the 2010 European Championship Sulland was not nominated for the national team from the start, but entered the team at the semifinals.[8] Norway defended their title, winning against Sweden in the final.[9]

From 2011 forwards Sulland became a more stable feature in the Norwegian national team. At the 2011 World Championship she was second in the top scorer list with 51 goals.[10] Norway won the title. At the 2012 Olympics in London she won gold medals with the Norwegian team. Sulland scored 10 goals in the final against Montenegro.[11]

Later the same year Norway finished second at the 2012 European Championship, losing to Montenegro in the final.[12]

At the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship Norway exited in the quarter final. Sulland scored 24 goals in 7 games.[13]

Due to a broken foot, she missed the 2014 European Championship.[14]

A year later she was back in the Norwegian national team that won the 2015 World Championship.[15]

From June 2016 she was out of the Norwegian national team, but made a return in November 2018.[2] She then played at the 2018 European Championship, where Norway finished 5th. Sulland scored 20 goals during the tournament.[16]

Beach handball

Linn Sulland received a bronze medal at the 2007 European Beach Handball Championship, where she was also the tournament's top scorer.[17] In 2009, she was part of the team that won a silver medal at the European Championship in Larvik.[18]

Club career

Early career

Sulland started playing handball at Korsvoll IL and joined Stabæk Håndball in 2001.[19] She started in the Stabæk youth team, and by her second season at the club she was part of the first team, where she played 22 matches during the 2002-23 season.[20]

Sulland was top scorer in the Norwegian league in the 2005/2006 season (shared top position with Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth, 159 goals), as well as player of the year (Norwegian: Årets spiller) and best right back of the year (Norwegian: Årets høyre bakspiller).[21]

Larvik

In 2009 she joined Larvik HK.[22] Here she won the Norwegian championship in her first season. In the second season she won the 2010-11 Champions League. Scoring 10 goals in the final, Sulland played a crucial role in the victory.[23] The following four seasons, she won 4 additional Norwegian championships.

Győr

For the 2015-16 season she joined Hungarian Győri ETO KC.[24] Here she won both the Hungarian championship and cup in her first season.

Vipers

She then returned to Norway and joined Vipers Kristiansand.[25] Here she reached the final of the 2017-18 EHF Cup, where they lost to Romanian SCM Craiova. A year later she finished third in the 2018-19 Champions League[26] and was the top scorer of the tournament.[27]

She retired after the 2020-21 season.[28] In the very last game of her professional career she won the 2020-21 Champions League with Vipers.[29] This was the first time Vipers had won the tournament, and only the second time a Norwegian team had won it.

Oppsal

In the 2022-23 she came out of retirement to join the 2nd tier team Oppsal IF, where she was a part of the coaching staff.[30][31] In the 2023-24 season she retired again due to pregnancy, but made a second comeback in February 2024. By the time Oppsal IF had been promoted to the top Norwegian league.[32]

Coaching career

For the 2022-23 season she became the fitness coach of Oppsal IF.[33]

Achievements

National team

European competitions

Domestic competitions

Individual awards

References

  1. ^ EHF profile
  2. ^ a b c (in Norwegian) "Landslagsprofiler – Linn Jørum Sulland" Archived 24 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine – Norges Håndballforbund (www.handball.no) (Retrieved on 26 February 2008)
  3. ^ a b Katrine Johansen Heier. "Linn Sulland på europamester" (in Norwegian). europamester.dk. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012.
  4. ^ "VM ryker for Riegelhuth" (in Norwegian). dagbladet.no. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Sullands tre beste tips for å lykkes" (in Norwegian). hegnar.no. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Norwegens Bank dominiert Portugal klar" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  7. ^ "Norwegen verteidigt den Titel" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Drei Nachnominierungen" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  9. ^ "Norwegen verteidigt EM-Titel zum dritten Mal" (in German). handball-world.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  10. ^ "XX Women's World Championship 2011 - Goalscorers (Top 40)" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  11. ^ "OL-gull!!!". handball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  12. ^ "Montenegro take EHF EURO 2012 crown". eurohandball.com. 17 December 2012. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  13. ^ Cumulative Statistics, retrieved 23 December 2013
  14. ^ "Linkshänder-Ausfall bei Norwegen" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  15. ^ "Grimsbø Shines as Norway Claim the Title". ihf.info. 20 December 2015.
  16. ^ "Linn Jørum Sulland (EM 2018)". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  17. ^ Andresen, Svein (15 July 2007). "Bronse i Beach-EM!" (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  18. ^ Andresen, Svein (28 June 2009). "Italy (W) European Beach-champions!". NHF. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  19. ^ "Linn Jørum Sulland". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). snl.no. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  20. ^ "Topscore Gildeserien kvinner Stabæk Sesongen 2002/2003" (in Norwegian). handball.no. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  21. ^ Andresen, Svein (27 April 2006). "Årets spillere – Kvinner" (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  22. ^ "Sulland til Larvik" (in Norwegian). TV2 Norway. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  23. ^ "Sulland-show ga Larvik-histori" (in Norwegian). f-b.no. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  24. ^ "Györ nach verpasster Meisterschaft mit Top-Transfer" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  25. ^ "Transfercoup: Norwegerin Sulland verlässt Györ im Sommer" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  26. ^ "2018/19 Women's EHF Champions League - Top scorers". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  27. ^ a b "Goalscorers". Archived from the original on 6 February 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  28. ^ "Linn Jørum Sulland legger opp" (in Norwegian). TV2 Norway. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  29. ^ "Vipers vant Champions League som andre lag fra Norge" (in Norwegian). nettavisen.no. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  30. ^ "Henrik Wilhelmsen i spissen for et veldig spennende trenerteam" (in Norwegian). topphandball.no. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  31. ^ "March report Oppsal IF vs. Charlottenlund SK" (in Norwegian). handball.no. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  32. ^ "Overraskende comeback: – Kroppen sa stopp" (in Norwegian). TV2 Norway. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  33. ^ "Henrik Wilhelmsen i spissen for et veldig spennende trenerteam" (in Norwegian). topphandball.no. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  34. ^ "Årets spillere kåret". NHF (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  35. ^ "All-Star Team" (in Norwegian). handball.no. 25 November 2018.
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