- Cecilie Leganger
Cecilie Leganger (born
March 12 ,1975 ) is a Norwegianteam handball goalkeeper, world champion, olympic medalist, European champion, winner of Champions League, and World Player of the year 2001.International championships
Leganger made her debut on the Norwegian national team in 1993, 17 years old, and retired three years later, only 20. In 1993 she obtained bronze medal at the
World Women's Handball Championship , being voted as Best Goalkeeper and Most Valuable Player at the championship. At the European Championship in 1994, she was voted best goalkeeper.At the 1995 World Championship she was again voted Best Goalkeeper. After a one year break she made comeback as a club player, but did not play on the national team until the1998 European Women's Handball Championship , winning gold medal with the Norwegian team and voted as best keeper in the championship. World Champion in 1999, again voted best keeper. She received bronze medal at the Olympic Championships in Sydney 2000. [http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=HAN "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball"] "databaseOlympics.com" (Retrieved on April 29, 2008)] At the World Championship in 2001 she voted again the best keeper.Club player
As a club player she is Norwegian Champion from 1999 (with Bækkelaget), Slovenian Champion from 2004 (with
Krim Ljubljana ), and Danish Champion from 2005 (with Slagelse).Leganger currently played for the Danish club Slagelse DT, and is still regarded as the world's best keeper. With Slagelse she has won the
Women's EHF Champions League twice, in 2004/05 and 2006/07.She is playing for FCK Håndbold.Awards
*She was voted World Player of the Year 2001 by the
International Handball Federation . [http://www.ihf.info/front_content.php?idcat=173&idart=516 Previous World Handball Players] " (Retrieved on December 11, 2007)] [http://houstonhandball.org/print.php?news.39 "World Handball Players of the Year"] – "houstonhandball.org" (Retrieved on April 29, 2008)]
*Best Goalkeeper in the 1993, 1995, 1999 and 2001 world championships.
*Best Goalkeeper in the 1994 and 1998 European championships.
*Most Valuable Player in the 1993 world championship.
*Goalkeeper of the year 2001 and 2002 in the Norwegian League.
*Goalkeeper of the year 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 in the Danish League.
*Player of the year 2007 in the Danish League (Selected by the players' committee).da icon [http://www.berlingske.dk/article/20080105/sport/801050360/ "Leganger og Mogensen er årets håndboldspillere"] – "Berlingske Tidende (Lørdag den 5. januar 2008)" (Retrieved on April 29, 2008)]References
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