Anna Kristensen Explained

Anna Kristensen
Fullname:Anna Opstrup Kristensen
Nationality:Danish
Birth Date:25 October 2000
Birth Place:Skanderborg, Denmark
Height:1.81 m
Position:Goalkeeper
Currentclub:Team Esbjerg
Clubnumber:12
Youthyears1:2009–2018
Youthclubs1:Skanderborg Håndbold
Years1:2017–2019
Clubs1:Skanderborg Håndbold
Years2:2019–2023
Clubs2:Viborg HK
Years3:02/2023–
Clubs3:Team Esbjerg
Nationalyears1:2019–
Nationalteam1:Denmark
Nationalcaps1:26
Nationalgoals1:0
Ntupdate:31. January 2024

Anna Opstrup Kristensen (born 25 October 2000) is a Danish handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Danish national team.[1] [2]

She also represented Denmark in the 2017 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship, 2018 Women's Youth World Handball Championship, and in the 2019 Women's Junior European Handball Championship, placing 6th all three times.[3]

She made her debut on the Danish national team on 21 March 2019.[4]

Career

Anna Kristensen started playing for her local club Skanderborg Håndbold, before she switched to Danish top club Viborg HK.[1] In her first season at the club they came third in the league, and Kristensen won the best goalkeeper in the league award.[5]

At the end of 2022, she signed a pre-contract with league rivals Team Esbjerg, which was supposed to start in the summer of 2023. However, due to Esbjerg lacking options at the goalkeeper position, they agreed that she would join the club already in January 2023.[6] The same season, she won the Danish Women's Handball Cup with Esbjerg and won the Årets Pokalfighter (cup fighter of the year) award.[7]

Achievements

Individual awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Viborg HK sikrer sig ungt målvogtertalent. Viborg HK. 2 February 2019. 16 May 2020. da. Viborg HK secures young goalkeeper talent.
  2. http://dhdb.hyldgaard-jensen.dk/spiller.php?id=10446 DHDb profile
  3. Web site: 2019 Women's European Championship 19 – Final Tournament. EHF. 16 May 2020. English.
  4. https://dhf.dk/landsholdsinfo/spiller/190222_2 Anna Opstrup Kristensen - Statistik - Håndbold.dk
  5. Web site: Årets Hold i HTH Ligaen kåret – Rejs fantomsæson . tophåndbold.dk . da.
  6. Web site: Anna Kristensen klar for Team Esbjerg allerede nu. Team Esbjerg. da. Anne Kristensen is ready for Team Esbjerg already now.
  7. Web site: Nyegaard hylder pokalfighter: - En vild udvikling. TV2 Denmark. da. Nyegaard praises the pokal fighter - wild development.
  8. Web site: Årets Hold i HTH Ligaen kåret – Rejs fantomsæson. tophaandbold.dk. 30 April 2020. Danish.
  9. Web site: Årets Hold kåret i Bambusa Kvindeligaen – Kristina Jørgensen sublimt spillende. tophaandbold.dk. 23 March 2021. Danish.
  10. Web site: Årets Kvindelige Talent. tophaandbold.dk. 13 September 2021. Danish.