Isabel Blanco (born 10 May 1979 in Bergen) is a Norwegian handball player of Galician descent.
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| Born | 10 May 1979[1] Bergen, Norway | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Norwegian | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||
| Playing position | Pivot | |||||||||||||
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| Current club | Halden HK | |||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2004–2014 | Norway | 86 | (165) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| 1 National team caps and goals correct as of 6 June 2016 | ||||||||||||||
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 Spanish-Galician and former Deportivo de La Coruña football player. She has not lived in Spain except for the one year at Club El Ferrobus Mislata.[4]
Blanco is an avid painter and photographer, and has stated on numerous occasions that she would like to pursue them as a career when she is done with handball. Blanco has her own website where she sells her paintings.
References
External links
- Isabel Blanco at the European Handball Federation
- Isabel Blanco at the Norwegian Handball Federation (in Norwegian)
