Elisabeth Hilmo (born 29 November 1976) is a Norway team handball player and World Champion. She was primarily known as a defensively strong player. She received a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 3, 2008)]
Career
Club career
Hilmo started playing handball aged 7 at her hometown club
Selbu IL.
With them she eventually played in the top division in Norway. After the team was relegated, she joined Byåsen IL.
A year later she returned to Selbu, after they had returned to the top division.
In 2004 she joined Larvik HK,
Due to pregnancy she retired in December 2007.[ www.nrk.no: Håndballslutt for Hilmo, retrieved 9 March 2013]
National team
She made her debut for the Norwegian national team on 25 September 1998 against Russia.
Her first major international tournament was the 1998 European Championship, where Norway won gold medals.
This was the first time Norway won the tournament.
A year later she won gold medals at the 1999 World Championship.
Awards and recognitions
Hilmo was awarded the Håndballstatuetten trophy from the Norwegian Handball Federation in 2010.
Private
Her grandmother, Marit, and both of her siblings, Marita and Arnfinn are also handball players.
She is educated as a Data engineer.
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