Maren Nyland Aardahl
| Maren Nyland Aardahl | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Aardahl in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Maren Nyland Aardahl | ||
| Born |
2 March 1994 Trondheim, Norway | ||
| Nationality | Norwegian | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Pivot | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Odense Håndbold | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2000–2012 | Byåsen IL | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2012–2019 | Byåsen HE | ||
2019–2020 | SG BBM Bietigheim | ||
2020–2021 | SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea | ||
2021– | Odense Håndbold | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Norway | 91 | (170) |
Maren Nyland Aardahl (born 2 March 1994) is a Norwegian handball player for Odense Håndbold[1] and the Norwegian national team.[2]
Aardahl started her career as a back, but retrained as a pivot. She also has medals from competing at beach handball championships for Norway.[3]
In addition to regular handball, Aardahl also plays beach handball.[4]
Career
Aardahl started playing at her hometown club Byåsen IL and entered the senior team in 2012.[5]
In the summer of 2019 she transferred to the German Bundesliga team SG BBM Bietigheim. She played there for one season, before switching to Romanian team SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea.[6] A year later she signed for Danish team Odense Håndbold.[7] In the 2024-25 season, she achieved a perfect regular season with Odense Håndbold, winning 26 of 26 games.[8] Later the same season she won the Danish Championship, when Odense beat Team Esbjerg in the final 2-1 in matches.[9]
On October 10, 2021 she played her first match for the Norwegian national team in a win against Slovenia.[10] Right after she was on the Norwegian team that won the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship in Spain.[11]
At the 2022 European Championship, she and Norway won gold.[12] A year later, she won silver medals at the 2023 World Championship, losing to France in the final.[13][14]
At the 2024 Olympics, she won gold medals with the Norwegian team, completing her set of international titles.[15] Later that year she won the 2024 European Championship, beating Denmark in the final.[16]
At the 2025 World Championship she was part of the Norwegian team that won World Cup gold medals.[17][18]
Achievements
- Olympic Games:
- Winner: 2024
- World Championship:
- Winner: 2021, 2025
- Silver Medalist: 2023
- European Championship
- Winner: 2022, 2024
- EHF Champions League:
- Silver: 2025
- Norwegian League:
- Silver Medalist: 2012/2013, 2013/2014
- Danish League:
Individual awards
- All-Star Best Defender of the Romanian League: 2021
References
- ^ "Maren Nyland Aardahl Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "Profiler" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "Jakter flere medaljer for Norge" [Chasing more medals for Norway] (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "VIII Women's Beach Handball World Championship Russia (Kazan) Preliminary Round - Group D" (PDF). archive.ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ "SPILLERPROFIL: Maren Nyland Aardahl" [Player profile: Maren Nyland Aardahl]. byaasen.no (in Norwegian). Byåsen IL. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "Norwegerin Maren Aardahl verlässt Handball Bundesliga Frauen" [Norwegian Maren Aardahl comes to the women's Bundesliga] (in German). handball-world.news. Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "Odense announced the transfer of Norwegian lineplayer". timeoutmag.com. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ Morten Mølby (5 April 2025). "Odense napper rub og stub og vinder grundspillet med lutter sejre" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
- ^ "Odense vinder DM-guld efter vanvittig afgørelse". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ "Seier også i den andre kampen mot Slovenia" [Victory again in the second match against Slovenia] (in Norwegian). handballold.no. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "De viktigste fakta fra VM i Spania" [The most important facts from World Cup in Spain]. handball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ "Norway". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ "Frankrike verdensmester - sølv til Håndballjentene" (in Norwegian). handball.no. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ "26th IHF Women's World Championship: Norway" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ olympics.com: Paris 2024: Medallists, retrieved 10 August 2024
- ^ "Håndballjentene er europamestere!" (in Norwegian). handball.no. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ "To debutanter i Gjekstads VM-tropp". NHF (in Norwegian). 5 November 2025. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
- ^ "Norge vinder VM-guld efter dramatisk finale" (in Danish). TV2 Danmar. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
External links
- Maren Nyland Aardahl at the International Handball Federation
- Maren Nyland Aardahl at the European Handball Federation (also at EHF Archive)
- Maren Nyland Aardahl at the Norwegian Handball Federation (in Norwegian)
- Maren Aardahl at Olympics.com
- Maren Aardahl at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)
- Maren Aardahl on Instagram