Kristine Lunde-Borgersen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born |
Kristiansand, Norway |
30 March 1980 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Norwegian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Centre back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current club | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior clubs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2007 2007–2010 2010–2015 –2004 |
Våg Vipers Aalborg DH Viborg HK IK Våg |
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National team 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2013 | Norway | 181 (496) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 2013 |
Kristine Lunde-Borgersen (born 30 March 1980 in Kristiansand) is a retired Norwegian handballer who played for the Norwegian national team. She is Olympic champion, World Champion and three times European champion. She is the twin sister of fellow handball player Katrine Lunde.
Lunde Borgersen started her handball career in Norwegian clubs Hånes, Kristiansand and Våg Vipers.
In 2004 she moved to Denmark and played for Aalborg DH for 3 seasons. In 2007 she signed a 3-year contract with Viborg where she played together with her twin sister, Katrine Lunde Haraldsen. With Viborg, she won Danish Championship gold in 2008, 2009 and 2010, and the Danish Cup in 2007 and 2008. She won the Champions League in 2009 and 2010.
Lunde Borgersen made her debut on the Norwegian national team in 2001, with Marit Breivik as coach. Her first major competition was the 2001 World Championship in Italy, where she won a silver medal. She did not participate in the 2002 European Championship and even though she was back in the team for Croatia 2003, her first gold medal came in 2004, when Norway won the European Championship. She was European Champion again in 2006.