Isabel Blanco

Isabel Blanco
Isabel Blanco
Personal information
Born	10 May 1979 (age 45); 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
2004–2014	Norway
Medal record
European Championship
	1 National team caps and goals correct ; as of 6 June 2016

Isabel Blanco (born 10 May 1979) is a Norwegian handball player.

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 former Deportivo de La Coruña football player. She has not lived in Spain except for the one year at Club El Ferrobus Mislata.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Isabel Blanco". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
^ "6th European Handball Championships – Hungary 2004 – Team Norway" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on February 25, 2008)
^ 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.
^ Christiansen, Anders K. (11 December 2004). "- Vi bør slå Spania". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 December 2008.