Nora Mørk Explained

Nora Mørk
Birth Date:5 April 1991
Birth Place:Oslo, Norway
Nationality:Norwegian
Height:1.67 m
Position:Right back
Currentclub:Team Esbjerg
Clubnumber:9
Youthclubs1:Bækkelaget
Years1:2007
Clubs1:Bækkelaget
Years2:2007
Clubs2:Aalborg DH
Years3:2008
Clubs3:Bækkelaget
Years4:2008–2009
Clubs4:Njård IL
Years5:2009–2016
Clubs5:Larvik HK
Years6:2016–2019
Clubs6:Győri ETO KC
Years7:2019–2020
Clubs7:CSM București
Years8:2020–2022
Clubs8:Vipers Kristiansand
Years9:2022–
Clubs9:Team Esbjerg
Nationalyears1:2010–
Nationalteam1:Norway
Nationalcaps1:192
Nationalgoals1:913
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Nora Mørk (born 5 April 1991) is a Norwegian handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Norwegian national team.[1] [2]

She made her debut on the Norwegian national team on 21 September 2010.[3]

Before joining Team Esbjerg, she played for Bækkelaget, Aalborg DH, Njård, Larvik, Győr, CSM București and Vipers Kristiansand.

Her achievements include winning the EHF Champions League six times with three clubs. She has won two gold medals and two silver medals at the IHF World Women's Handball Championship, five gold medals at the European Women's Handball Championship, and one Olympic gold medal and two Olympic bronze medals.

Career

Club career

Mørk played for the clubs Bækkelaget, Aalborg DH, and Njård IL, and then for Larvik HK from 2009 to 2016. With Larvik she won the Norwegian League and the Norwegian Cup five times, and won the EHF Champions League in 2011.

From 2016 to 2019 she played for the Hungarian club Győri ETO KC, winning the Hungarian Championship three times, in 2016/2017, 2017/2018, and 2018/2019. She also won the EHF Champions League with Győri three times, in 2017, 2018, and 2019. From 2019 to 2020 she played for the Romanian club CSM București, but was injured with a raptured ACL the whole season.

She played for the club Vipers Kristiansand from 2020–2022, and won both the Norwegian League and Norwegian Cup twice with Vipers, as well as winning the EHF Champions League in 2021 and 2022.

From 2022 she started playing for the Danish club Team Esbjerg.

International career

Playing for the Norwegian national team, Mørk won gold medal at the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship, debuting as a right wing. After that Mørk had over 3 years troubling with knee injuries before making a comeback at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship, where Norway placed 5th.

At the 2014 European Women's Handball Championship she won another gold medal, and she also was selected all-star right back of the championship. She won gold medal with Norway at the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship, and was again selected all-star right back. At the 2016 Summer Olympics she won bronze medal with Norway, and was top scorer of the tournament with a total of 62 goals.

At the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship in Sweden she won a gold medal with the Norwegian team, she was top scorer with 53 goals, and was selected all-star right back. She was also top scorer at the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship in Germany (with 66 goals), when Norway won the silver medals, after losing to France in the final. After that Mørk had another 3 years suffering from knee injuries.

She made another comeback and won another gold medal with Norway at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship in Denmark, and was top scorer with 52 goals. At the 2020 Summer Olympics held in 2021, she was again top scorer with 62 goals, winning the bronze medal with the Norwegian team. She won gold medal with the Norwegian team at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship, and a gold medal at the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship, where she was top scorer with 50 goals.

Achievements

National team

European

Domestic

Individual awards

MVP
Top Scorer
All-Star Team
Others

Personal life

She is the twin sister of Thea Mørk.

She is in a relationship with fellow handballer, Jerry Tollbring.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nora Mørk klar for Vipers. vipers.no . no. 22 June 2020.
  2. https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/XTbsD6qV0CuWlrMeodsglw/nora-mork/ EHF profile
  3. Web site: Landslagsprofiler – Nora Mørk . . no. 7 December 2013 .
  4. Web site: Norway win W19 ECH in Hungary . eurohandball.com . no. 23 December 2015 .
  5. Web site: Årets Beste GRUNDIGligaen 2015/2016. topphandball.no. 22 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160609190827/http://www.topphandball.no/arets-beste-grundigligaen-20152016. 9 June 2016. dead.
  6. Web site: EHF EURO 2020 All-star Team unveiled. European Handball Federation. fra2018.ehf-euro.com. 20 December 2020. 20 December 2020.
  7. Web site: Fan Favourite Oftedal leads Győr quartet in All-Star Team. eurohandball.com. 28 May 2021.
  8. Web site: Györ quintet headline EHF Champions League All-star Team. 3 June 2022. European Handball Federation.
  9. Web site: Három győri 2017 legjobbjai között. Győri Audi ETO KC. hu. 10 February 2018.
  10. Web site: ALKALOID WORLD FEMALE HANDBALL BEST 8 . Handball-Planet . 11 January 2017 .
  11. Web site: Nora Mørk is World Female Handball Player 2017. handball-planet.com. 10 February 2018.
  12. Web site: Nora Mork is Female World Handball Player 2021 powered by Nexe Grupa . 8 August 2022 . handball-planet.com.
  13. Web site: Golden players make the team of the season. EHF. 26 June 2023.