Amanda Kurtović (born 25 July 1991) is a Norwegian handball player who plays right back for Larvik HK and formerly the Norwegian national team.[2][3][4] She has won medals at Olympic, World and European level.
| Amanda Kurtović | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Amanda Maria Kurtović | ||
| Born |
25 July 1991[1] Karlskrona, Sweden[1] | ||
| Nationality | Norwegian | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Larvik HK | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Team | |||
| Sandefjord TIF | |||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2007–2010 | Nordstrand IF | ||
2010 | Byåsen HE | ||
2011–2012 | Larvik HK | ||
2012–2014 | Viborg HK | ||
2014–2015 | Oppsal | ||
2015–2017 | Larvik HK | ||
2017–2019 | CSM București | ||
2019–2021 | Győri Audi ETO KC | ||
2021 | → Kastamonu Belediyesi (loan) | ||
2021–2022 | HC Dunărea Brăila | ||
2022– | Larvik HK | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2020 | Norway | 118 | (291) |
Career
editClub career
editPlaying for Larvik HK, Kurtović won the Norwegian league and the Norwegian Women's Handball Cup in 2011, as well as winning the EHF Champions League, and also won the Norwegian league in 2012.[1]
From 2012 to 2014 she played for the Danish club Viborg HK, and won the Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup with Viborg in 2014.[1]
She played for the club Oppsal Håndball from 2014 to 2015, and again for Larvik HK from 2015 to 2017, when Larvik won the Norwegian cup in 2015, both the cup and the league in 2016, and the league in 2017.[1]
International career
editPlaying for the Norwegian national team, Kurtović became World champion in 2011, Olympic champion in 2012, World champion in 2015, and European champion in 2016. In 2016 she also won Olympic bronze medal with the Norwegian team.[1][5] At the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship in Germany she won a silver medal with the Norwegian team.
Right before the European Championship, in November 2018, Kurtović raptured her ACL.[6] After that she has only made three appearances, in 2020, for the national team, and since has not been called back.
International honours
edit- Olympic Games:
- Winner: 2012
- Bronze Medalist: 2016
- World Championship:
- Winner: 2011, 2015
- Silver Medalist: 2017
- European Championship
- Winner: 2016
- EHF Champions League:
- Winner: 2011
- Bronze Medalist: 2018
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup
- Winner: 2014
- Junior European Championship:
- Winner: 2009
Individual awards
edit- All-Star Team Right Wing of the Junior European Championship: 2009
- All-Star Right Back of Grundigligaen: 2016/2017[7]
- Most Valuable Player of Grundigligaen: 2016/2017
- Prosport Best Right Back of the Romanian Liga Națională: 2018[8]
Personal life
editShe was born in Sweden to a Swedish mother and Croatian father, the handball coach and former player Marinko Kurtović. Her brother William is a professional footballer who represented Sweden internationally on youth level.[9] Her family moved to Sandefjord, Norway, when she was six because her father signed a contract with the local club.[3] In July 2023, Kurtović announced her first pregnancy with former hockey player Brede Csiszar.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Bryhn, Rolf; Aune, Thomas. "Amanda Kurtović". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ "Landslagsprofiler – Amanda Kurtovic" (in Norwegian). Norges Håndballforbund (www.handball.no). Retrieved 5 December 2011.
- ^ a b Amanda Kurtović Archived 11 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
- ^ EHF profile
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Kurtovic av banen i store smerter: – De hylene går gjennom marg og bein" (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ "Her er Årets..." Norwegian Handball Federation (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ "Cristina Neagu, cea mai bună handbalistă din Liga Naţională în sezonul 2017-2018. Cum arată echipa ideală a campionatului, după voturile exprimate de antrenori" (in Romanian). Prosport. 21 May 2018.
- ^ Arne Hole. "I kveld skal Amanda banke farens fødeland". Aftenposten (in Norwegian).
External links
edit- Amanda Kurtović at the European Handball Federation
- Amanda Kurtović at the Norwegian Handball Federation (in Norwegian)
- Amanda Kurtović at Olympics.com
- Amanda Kurtović at Olympedia
