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Nora Mørk
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Personal information
Born (1991-04-05) 5 April 1991 (age 33)
Oslo, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club Team Esbjerg
Number 9
Youth career
Team
Bækkelaget
Senior clubs
Years Team
2007
Bækkelaget
2007
Aalborg DH
2008
Bækkelaget
2008–2009
Njård IL
2009–2016
Larvik HK
2016–2019
Győri ETO KC
2019–2020
CSM București
2020–2022
Vipers Kristiansand
2022–
Team Esbjerg
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–
Norway 192 (913)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold 2024 Paris Team
Bronze 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championship
Gold 2015 Denmark
Gold 2021 Spain
Silver 2017 Germany
Silver 2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden
European Championship
Gold 2010 Denmark/Norway
Gold 2014 Croatia/Hungary
Gold 2016 Sweden
Gold 2020 Denmark
Gold 2022 Slovenia/North Macedonia/Montenegro
Junior World Championship
Gold 2010 South Korea
Junior European Championship
Gold 2009 Hungary

Nora Mørk (born 5 April 1991) is a Norwegian handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Norwegian national team.

She made her debut on the Norwegian national team on 21 September 2010.

Before joining Team Esbjerg, she played for Bækkelaget, Aalborg DH, Njård, Larvik, Győr, CSM București and Vipers Kristiansand.

Her achievements include winning the EHF Champions League six times with three clubs. She has won two gold medals and two silver medals at the IHF World Women's Handball Championship, five gold medals at the European Women's Handball Championship, and one Olympic gold medal and two Olympic bronze medals.

Career

Club career

Mørk played for the clubs Bækkelaget, Aalborg DH, and Njård IL, and then for Larvik HK from 2009 to 2016. With Larvik she won the Norwegian League and the Norwegian Cup five times, and won the EHF Champions League in 2011.

From 2016 to 2019 she played for the Hungarian club Győri ETO KC, winning the Hungarian Championship three times, in 2016/2017, 2017/2018, and 2018/2019. She also won the EHF Champions League with Győri three times, in 2017, 2018, and 2019. From 2019 to 2020 she played for the Romanian club CSM București, but was injured with a raptured ACL the whole season.

She played for the club Vipers Kristiansand from 2020–2022, and won both the Norwegian League and Norwegian Cup twice with Vipers, as well as winning the EHF Champions League in 2021 and 2022.

From 2022 she started playing for the Danish club Team Esbjerg.

International career

Playing for the Norwegian national team, Mørk won gold medal at the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship, debuting as a right wing. After that Mørk had over 3 years troubling with knee injuries before making a comeback at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship, where Norway placed 5th.

At the 2014 European Women's Handball Championship she won another gold medal, and she also was selected all-star right back of the championship. She won gold medal with Norway at the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship, and was again selected all-star right back. At the 2016 Summer Olympics she won bronze medal with Norway, and was top scorer of the tournament with a total of 62 goals.

At the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship in Sweden she won a gold medal with the Norwegian team, she was top scorer with 53 goals, and was selected all-star right back. She was also top scorer at the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship in Germany (with 66 goals), when Norway won the silver medals, after losing to France in the final. After that Mørk had another 3 years suffering from knee injuries.

She made another comeback and won another gold medal with Norway at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship in Denmark, and was top scorer with 52 goals. At the 2020 Summer Olympics held in 2021, she was again top scorer with 62 goals, winning the bronze medal with the Norwegian team. She won gold medal with the Norwegian team at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship, and a gold medal at the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship, where she was top scorer with 50 goals.

Achievements

National team

  • Olympic Games:
    • Winner: 2024
    • Bronze Medalist: 2016, 2020
  • World Championship:
    • Winner: 2015, 2021
    • Silver Medalist: 2017
  • European Championship:
    • Winner: 2010, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022
  • Junior World Championship:
    • Winner: 2010
  • Junior European Championship:
    • Winner: 2009

European

  • EHF Champions League:
    • Winner: 2010/2011, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2020/2021, 2021/2022
    • Bronze medalist: 2023/2024

Domestic

  • Norwegian League:
    • Winner: 2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2020/2021, 2021/2022
  • Norwegian Cup:
    • Winner: 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021
  • Hungarian Championship:
    • Winner: 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019
  • Romanian Supercup:
    • Winner: 2019
  • Danish League:
    • Winner: 2023
  • Danish Cup:
    • Winner: 2022

Individual awards

MVP
  • Most Valuable Player of the Junior European Championship: 2009
  • Most Valuable Player of Postenligaen: 2013/2014
  • Most Valuable Player of Grundigligaen: 2014/2015, 2015/2016
Top Scorer
  • Topscorer of the Summer Olympics: 2016 (62 goals), 2020 (52 goals)
  • Topscorer of the European Championship: 2016 (53 goals), 2020 (52 goals), 2022 (50 goals)
  • Topscorer of the World Championship: 2017 (66 goals)
All-Star Team
  • All-Star Right Back of the European Youth Championship: 2007
  • All-Star Right Back of the European Open Championship: 2008
  • All-Star Right Back of Eliteserien: 2008/2009
  • All-Star Right Back of the Junior European Championship: 2009
  • All-Star Right Wing of Eliteserien: 2009/2010
  • All-Star Right Wing of Postenligaen: 2010/2011
  • All-Star Right Back of Postenligaen: 2013/2014
  • All-Star Right Back of the European Championship: 2014, 2016, 2020
  • All-Star Right Back of Grundigligaen: 2014/2015, 2015/2016
  • All-Star Right Back of the World Championship: 2015, 2017, 2021
  • All-Star Right Back of the EHF Champions League: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022
  • All-Star Right Back of Møbelringen Cup: 2015, 2017
Others
  • NISO Best Young Player of the Year: 2008
  • Best Rookie of Eliteserien: 2008/2009
  • Foreign Handballer of the Year in Hungary: 2017
  • Handball-Planet.com All-Star Right Back: 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021
  • Handball-Planet.com Player of the Year: 2017, 2021
  • EHF Excellence Awards Best right back of the season: 2022/23

Personal life

She is the twin sister of Thea Mørk.

She is in a relationship with fellow handballer, Jerry Tollbring.

See also

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