Isabel Blanco | |
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Full name | Isabel Blanco |
Date of birth | 10 May 1979 |
Place of birth | Bergen, Norway |
Nationality | Norwegian |
Height | 1.75 m |
Playing position | Line player |
Club information | |
Current club | FC Midtjylland Håndbold |
Number | 5 |
Club history | |
1998–1999 1999–2000 2000–2004 2004–2006 2006– |
–1998Tertnes IL Ferrobus Mislata Tertnes IL Ikast-Bording EH Aalborg DH FC Midtjylland Håndbold |
National team | |
Norway | |
Since 2004 | 70 (144) |
Infobox last updated on 19:00, March 14, 2010 (UTC). |
Medal record | |
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European Championship | |
Gold | 2004 Hungary |
Gold | 2008 Macedonia |
Isabel Blanco (born 10 May 1979 in Bergen) is a Norwegian line player. She is currently playing for the Danish club FC Midtjylland Håndbold and the Norwegian National Team.
National team
She won a gold medal at the 2004 European Championship with the Norwegian national team[1] and again at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship.
Club career
Blanco has previously played for the clubs Kjøkkelvik, Vadmyra, Nordnes, Tertnes, Club El Ferrobus Mislata and Aalborg DH. She obtained 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.
Personal life
Her father is Spanish, but except for the one year at Club El Ferrobus Mislata she has not lived in Spain.[2]
Blanco is an avid painter and photographer, and has stated on numerous occasions that she would like to pursue them as a career when she is done with handball. Blanco has her own website where she sells her paintings. [3]
References
- ↑ "6th European Handball Championships – Hungary 2004 – Team Norway" (Retrieved on February 25, 2008)
- ↑ - Vi bør slå Spania. (in Norwegian). VG. 11 December 2004.
- ↑ isabelblanco.com.