Heidi Løke Explained

Heidi Loke
Birth Date:12 December 1982
Birth Place:Tønsberg, Norway
Nationality:Norwegian
Height:1.73 m
Position:Pivot
Currentclub:Larvik HK
Clubnumber:55
Years1:–2000
Clubs1:IL Runar
Years2:2000–2002
Clubs2:Larvik HK
Years3:2002–2007
Clubs3:Gjerpen IF
Years4:2007–2008
Clubs4:Aalborg DH
Years5:2008–2011
Clubs5:Larvik HK
Years6:2011–2017
Clubs6:Győri ETO KC
Years7:2017–2019
Clubs7:Storhamar HE
Years8:2019–2022
Clubs8:Vipers Kristiansand
Years9:2022–
Clubs9:Larvik HK
Nationalyears1:2006–2020
Nationalteam1:Norway
Nationalcaps1:226
Nationalgoals1:801
Show-Medals:no

Heidi Løke (born 12 December 1982) is a Norwegian handball player for Larvik HK and formerly the Norwegian national team.[1]

Among her achievements as club player are national championships, a silver medal in the EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup, and winner of the EHF Women's Champions League several times.

Career

Club career

Løke was born in Tønsberg and grew up in Sandefjord[2] where she started to play handball at the age of ten. She played for Runar, Larvik, Gjerpen and Aalborg DH before she again played for Larvik between 2008 and 2011. She was top scorer in the Norwegian League in the 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 seasons, and was selected Player of the Year in the league both in 2008/2009 and in 2009/2010. Her club won gold medals in both the League and the Cup in 2008/2009, and again in 2009/2010. With Larvik she reached the final in the EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup in 2008/2009, winning the silver medal. Her club reached the semifinal in the EHF Women's Champions League in 2009/2010.

On 29 November 2010 it was rumored that she would sign with top Hungarian team Győri ETO KC, but Løke refused to comment on the speculations until the forthcoming European Championship were over.[3]

Few weeks later, on 31 December 2010, it was announced that Løke had agreed a two-years contract with Győr and would join her new club after the ongoing season was finished. As Larvik's general manager Bjørn-Gunnar Bruun Hansen revealed, they were in negotiation talks with Løke for a while, but the excellent line player got an offer they simply could not match.[4] Shortly after her signing with Györ, Larvik's head coach Karl Erik Bøhn was dismissed from his job, due to his role in the events.[5] [6]

On 1 March 2012 Løke was given the IHF World Player of the Year award in recognition of her performances throughout 2011 both on club and international level.[7]

International career

Løke made her debut in the Norwegian national team on 7 April 2006 against Hungary.[8] She participated on the Norwegian team that won gold medals at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship in Macedonia. She won a bronze medal with the Norwegian team at the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship in Beijing. At the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship she won a gold medal with the Norwegian team, and was selected into the All-Star team as best line player of the tournament.[9] The next year, at the World Championship, she repeated this success, collecting both the gold medal and earning a place in the All-Star team.[10]

Personal

Heidi is not the only professional handballer in the Løke family. Her older brother, Frank Løke was also a former international handballer as well as a player for the Norwegian national team.[11] Her sister, Lise Løke is a player for Larvik HK.

She had a relationship with her former coach Leif Gautestad,[12] with whom she had a son, Alexander,[13] [14] born in 2007. The couple separated in 2010.

Former partner of the now deceased handball coach Karl Erik Bøhn.

Gave birth to her second son, Oscar on 30 June 2017, with new boyfriend Bjørn Vestrum Olsson. She was back in training six days later,[15] and attended her first handball training for her new club Storhamar HE only 25 days after she gave birth.[16]

Her third son, Casper was born on 23 April 2022 from partner Stian Bodin Sundal.[17]

Achievements

Awards and recognition

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/lFsnsaw49fSFgVQSKzEtzw/heidi-loke/ EHF profile
  2. News: - Alt dette er en del av livet, dessverre . no . Nettavisen . Ole Jonny Eriksrud . Hansen . 16 December 2012 . 17 December 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121218044101/http://www.nettavisen.no/sport/handball/article3532721.ece . 18 December 2012 . dead .
  3. News: Løke stikker fra Larvik. Dagbladet.no . 29 November 2010. 1 January 2011. no.
  4. News: Heidi Løke klar for Györ. Dagbladet.no . 31 December 2010. 1 January 2011. no.
  5. News: Bøhn ferdig som Larvik-trener . Wegard . Bakkehaug . . no . 3 January 2011 . 6 January 2011 .
  6. News: Grunnleggende menneskerett å være med sin elskede. Bøhn ikke enig med Larvik – saken til retten . Jostein . Overvik . . no . 6 January 2011 . 6 January 2011 .
  7. Web site: Heidi Løke and Mikkel Hansen World Handball Players of the Year 2011. International Handball Federation. 1 March 2012. 1 March 2012.
  8. Web site: Landslagsprofiler – Heidi Løke . Norwegian Handball Federation (www.handball.no) . no . 5 December 2008.
  9. Web site: EHF Euro 2010. All Star Team announced . . 6 January 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101222004918/http://www.ehf-euro.com/Singe-News.1705.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=4107&cHash=b935eae59a . 22 December 2010 .
  10. Web site: Heja Norge: Norway World Champion 2011! . International Handball Federation . 18 December 2011 . 19 December 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120108064712/http://www.ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/WorldChampionships/WomensWorldChampionships/WomensWorldChampionship2011/News/NewsDetails/tabid/5824/Default.aspx?ID=972 . 8 January 2012 .
  11. Web site: Landskampstatistikk. Totaloversikt for Løke, Frank . Norwegian Handball Federation (www.handball.no) . no . 7 January 2011.
  12. News: Hun takker mannen . Arne . Hole . 8 December 2009 . . 7 January 2011 . no . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629171321/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/sport/handball/article3413012.ece . 29 June 2011 .
  13. News: Løke forlater Larvik . Tom . Bucher Hansen . 31 December 2010 . . 7 January 2011 . no . 25 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120325151103/http://www.agderposten.no/article/20101231/SPORT/712319979/1062/SPORT . dead .
  14. News: Verdens aller beste . Bent . Bergsli . 14 December 2010. . 7 January 2011. no.
  15. Web site: Løke tilbake i trening seks dager etter fødselen . NRK. no . 29 July 2017.
  16. Web site: Babylykke for Heidi Løke – Oscar (25 dager) med på første trening . . no . 29 July 2011.
  17. Web site: Heidi Løke har blitt mamma igjen – Avslører navnet. sosialnytt.com. 1 June 2022. Norwegian.
  18. Web site: Suverene Heidi ble Årets linjespiller. NHF. 30 May 2020. no.
  19. Web site: Årets lag og priser i REMA 1000-ligaen for kvinner. NHF. 26 May 2021. Norwegian.
  20. Web site: All Star Team announced . European Handball Federation . 16 December 2012 . 17 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121221012952/http://www.ehf-euro.com/Singe-News.2807.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=22141&cHash=3f5271d0e1d7bfa037c35e411167a017 . 21 December 2012 .
  21. Web site: EHF Champions League 2014/15 – All-stars take to the court at the 2015 MVM EHF FINAL4. ehfcl.com. 22 August 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072921/http://www.ehfcl.com/women/2014-15/article/22184/All-stars+take+to+the+court+at+the+2015+MVM+EHF+FINAL4. 4 March 2016.
  22. Web site: All-Star Team. handball.no. no. 25 November 2018.

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