Kari Mette Johansen | |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Birth Date: | 11 January 1979 |
Birth Place: | Fredrikstad |
Years1: | 1998–2014 |
Clubs1: | Larvik HK |
Nationalyears1: | 2004–2012 |
Nationalteam1: | Norway |
Nationalcaps1: | 203 |
Nationalgoals1: | 493 |
Kari Mette Johansen (born 11th January 1979) is a Norwegian team handball player, a two time Olympic champion, once a world champion and four times European champion. She was voted into the All star team at the 2006 European Women's Handball Championship, where she won gold medal with the Norwegian National Team.
Born in Fredrikstad on 11 January 1979, Kari Mette Johansen played for the Norwegian club Larvik HK. She made her debut on the national team in 2004, where she played 203 matches and scored 493 goals.[1] She is now retired.
She won Olympic gold medals in 2008 and 2012.[2]
She was awarded the trophy Håndballstatuetten from the Norwegian Handball Federation in 2018.