Linn Jørum Sulland
| Linn Jørum Sulland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
![]() Sulland in 2018  | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 
15 July 1984 Oslo, Norway  | ||
| Nationality | Norwegian | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Oppsal Håndball | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2000–2001  | Korsvoll IL | ||
2001–2009  | Stabæk IF | ||
2009–2015  | Larvik HK | ||
2015–2016  | Győri ETO KC | ||
2016–2021  | Vipers Kristiansand | ||
2022–  | Oppsal | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | 
2004–2018  | Norway | 193 | (579) | 
Linn Jørum Sulland (born 15 July 1984) is a Norwegian handball player for Oppsal and a retired player for the Norwegian national team.[1]
She also played for Győri ETO KC, Larvik HK and Stabæk IF.
National team
Handball
She made her debut on the Norwegian national team in 2004.[2]
Beach handball
Linn Sulland received a bronze medal at the 2007 European Beach Handball Championship, where she was also the tournament's top scorer.[3] In 2009, she was part of the team that won a silver medal at the European Championship in Larvik.[4]
Club career
Early career
Sulland started playing handball at Korsvoll IL and joined Stabæk Håndball in 2001.[5] She started in the Stabæk youth team, and by her second season at the club she was part of the first team, where she played 22 matches during the 2002-23 season.[6]
Sulland was top scorer in the Norwegian league in the 2005/2006 season (shared top position with Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth, 159 goals), as well as player of the year (Norwegian: Årets spiller) and best right back of the year (Norwegian: Årets høyre bakspiller).[7]
Larvik
In 2009 she joined Larvik HK.[8] Here she won the Norwegian championship in her first season. In the second season she won the 2010-11 Champions League. Scoring 10 goals in the final, Sulland played a crucial role in the victory.[9] The following four seasons, she won 4 additional Norwegian championships.
Győr
For the 2015-16 season she joined Hungarian Győri ETO KC.[10] Here she won both the Hungarian championship and cup in her first season.
Vipers
She then returned to Norway and joined Vipers Kristiansand.[11] Here she reached the final of the 2017-18 EHF Cup, where they lost to Romanian SCM Craiova. A year later she finished third in the 2018-19 Champions League.[12]
She retired after the 2020-21 season.[13] In the very last game of her professional career she won the 2020-21 Champions League with Vipers.[14] This was the first time Vipers had won the tournament, and only the second time a Norwegian team had won it.
Oppsal
In the 2022-23 she came out of retirement to join the 2nd tier team Oppsal IF, where she was a part of the coaching staff.[15][16] In the 2023-24 season she retired again due to pregnancy, but made a second comeback in February 2024. By the time Oppsal IF had been promoted to the top Norwegian league.[17]
Achievements
National team
- Olympic Games:
- Winner: 2012
 
 - World Championship:
- Winner: 2011, 2015
 - Silver Medalist: 2007
 
 - European Championship:
- Winner: 2008, 2010
 - Silver Medalist: 2012
 
 
European competitions
- EHF Champions League:
 - EHF Cup:
- Finalist: 2018
 
 
Domestic competitions
- Norwegian Championship:
- Winner: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021
 - Silver Medalist: 2016/2017
 
 - Norwegian Cup:
- Winner: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
 
 - Hungarian Championship:
- Winner: 2016
 
 - Hungarian Cup:
- Winner: 2016
 
 
Individual awards
- All-Star Right Back of Eliteserien: 2018/2019[18]
 - Eliteserien Top Scorer: 2006, 2018
 - EHF Cup Top Scorer: 2018
 - All-Star Right Back of the Møbelringen Cup: 2018[19]
 - EHF Champions League: Topscorer 2018/2019 (89 goals)
 
References
- ^ EHF profile
 - ^ (in Norwegian) "Landslagsprofiler – Linn Jørum Sulland" Archived 24 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine – Norges Håndballforbund (www.handball.no) (Retrieved on 26 February 2008)
 - ^ Andresen, Svein (15 July 2007). "Bronse i Beach-EM!" (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
 - ^ Andresen, Svein (28 June 2009). "Italy (W) European Beach-champions!". NHF. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
 - ^ "Linn Jørum Sulland" (in Norwegian). snl.no. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
 - ^ "Topscore Gildeserien kvinner Stabæk Sesongen 2002/2003" (in Norwegian). handball.no. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
 - ^ Andresen, Svein (27 April 2006). "Årets spillere – Kvinner" (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
 - ^ "Sulland til Larvik" (in Norwegian). TV2 Norway. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
 - ^ "Sulland-show ga Larvik-histori" (in Norwegian). f-b.no. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
 - ^ "Györ nach verpasster Meisterschaft mit Top-Transfer" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
 - ^ "Transfercoup: Norwegerin Sulland verlässt Györ im Sommer" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
 - ^ "2018/19 Women's EHF Champions League - Top scorers". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
 - ^ "Linn Jørum Sulland legger opp" (in Norwegian). TV2 Norway. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
 - ^ "Vipers vant Champions League som andre lag fra Norge" (in Norwegian). nettavisen.no. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
 - ^ "Henrik Wilhelmsen i spissen for et veldig spennende trenerteam" (in Norwegian). topphandball.no. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
 - ^ "March report Oppsal IF vs. Charlottenlund SK" (in Norwegian). handball.no. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
 - ^ "Overraskende comeback: – Kroppen sa stopp" (in Norwegian). TV2 Norway. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
 - ^ "Årets spillere kåret". NHF (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 June 2019.
 - ^ "All-Star Team" (in Norwegian). handball.no. 25 November 2018.
 
External links
- Linn Jørum Sulland at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived) 

 - Linn Jørum Sulland at the European Handball Federation
 - Linn Jørum Sulland at the Norwegian Handball Federation (in Norwegian)
 - Linn Jørum Sulland at Olympics.com
 - Linn Jørum Sulland at Olympedia
 
