Isabel Blanco Explained

Isabel Blanco
Birth Date:10 May 1979
Birth Place:Bergen, Norway
Nationality:Norwegian
Position:Pivot
Currentclub:Halden HK
Nationalyears1:2004–2014
Nationalteam1:Norway
Nationalcaps1:86
Nationalgoals1:165
Ntupdate: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[1] and again at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship.[2]

Personal life

Blanco was born in Bergen.[3] 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]

Notes and References

  1. http://wec2004.worldhandball.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?menuid=152 "6th European Handball Championships  - Hungary 2004  - Team Norway"
  2. Book: Haraldsen, Stian . Gode som gull. 30 år med håndballjentene . De 25 medaljemesterskapene . 2016 . Aschehoug . Oslo . Norwegian . 978-82-03-29618-5 . 144–159 .
  3. Web site: Isabel Blanco . eurohandball.com. 5 August 2019.
  4. News: - Vi bør slå Spania. Christiansen. Anders K.. 11 December 2004. VG. Norwegian. 8 December 2008.