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.
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.
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]
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]