Anna Kristensen
{{short description|Danish handball player (born 2000)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Anna Kristensen
| image =
| fullname = Anna Opstrup Kristensen
| nationality = Danish
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|10|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Skanderborg, Denmark
| height = 1.81 m
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub = Team Esbjerg
| clubnumber = 12
| youthyears1 = 2009–2018
| youthclubs1 = Skanderborg Håndbold
| years1 = 2017–2019
| clubs1 = Skanderborg Håndbold
| years2 = 2019–2023
| clubs2 = Viborg HK
| years3 = 02/2023–
| clubs3 = Team Esbjerg
| nationalyears1 = 2019–
| nationalteam1 = Denmark
| nationalcaps1 = 43
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| ntupdate =
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}
{{MedalBronze|2021 Spain|}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden|}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Slovenia/North Macedonia/Montenegro|}}
{{MedalSilver|2024 Austria/Hungary/Switzerland|}}
}}
Anna Opstrup Kristensen (born 25 October 2000) is a Danish handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Danish national team.{{cite web|url=https://vhk.dk/nyheder/8129-viborg-hk-sikrer-sig-ungt-malvogtertalent|title=Viborg HK sikrer sig ungt målvogtertalent|publisher=Viborg HK|date=2 February 2019|accessdate=16 May 2020|language=da|trans-title=Viborg HK secures young goalkeeper talent}}[http://dhdb.hyldgaard-jensen.dk/spiller.php?id=10446 DHDb profile]
She also represented Denmark in the 2017 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship, 2018 Women's Youth World Handball Championship, and in the 2019 Women's Junior European Handball Championship, placing 6th all three times.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/ech/19/women/2019/round/1/Final+Tournament|title=2019 Women's European Championship 19 – Final Tournament|publisher=EHF|accessdate=16 May 2020|language=English}}
She made her debut on the Danish national team on 21 March 2019.[https://dhf.dk/landsholdsinfo/spiller/190222_2 Anna Opstrup Kristensen - Statistik - Håndbold.dk]
Career
Anna Kristensen started playing for her local club Skanderborg Håndbold, before she switched to Danish top club Viborg HK. In her first season at the club they came third in the league, and Kristensen won the best goalkeeper in the league award.{{cite web|url=https://tophaandbold.dk/kvindeligaen-artikler/aarets-hold-i-hth-ligaen-kaaret-rejs-fantomsaeson|title=Årets Hold i HTH Ligaen kåret – Rejs fantomsæson |publisher=tophåndbold.dk |language=da}}
At the end of 2022, she signed a pre-contract with league rivals Team Esbjerg, which was supposed to start in the summer of 2023. However, due to Esbjerg lacking options at the goalkeeper position, they agreed that she would join the club already in January 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.teamesbjerg.dk/2023/01/16/anna-kristensen-klar-for-team-esbjerg-allerede-nu/|title=Anna Kristensen klar for Team Esbjerg allerede nu|publisher=Team Esbjerg|language=da|trans-title=Anne Kristensen is ready for Team Esbjerg already now}} The same season, she won the Danish Women's Handball Cup with Esbjerg and won the Årets Pokalfighter (cup fighter of the year) award.{{cite web|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2023-04-02-nyegaard-hylder-pokalfighter-en-vild-udvikling|title=Nyegaard hylder pokalfighter: - En vild udvikling|publisher=TV2 Denmark|language=da|trans-title=Nyegaard praises the pokal fighter - wild development}}
Achievements
- Damehåndboldligaen:
- Winner: 2023, 2024
- Silver Medalist: 2021
- Bronze Medalist: 2020
- Danish Women's Handball Cup:
- Winner: 2022, 2024
- EHF Champions League
- Bronze Medalist: 2024-25
Individual awards
- MVP of the European Championship: 2024{{cite web|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/live-coverage-of-womens-ehf-euro-2024-finals/|title=Summary: Norway win record 10th title; Kristensen crowned MVP|publisher=EHF|access-date=16 December 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/anna-kristensen-adds-mvp-and-all-star-goalkeeper-award-to-silver/|title=Anna Kristensen adds MVP and All-star goalkeeper award to silver|publisher=EHF|access-date=16 December 2024}}
- All-Star Goalkeeper of the European Championship: 2024{{cite web |url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/women-s-ehf-euro-2024-all-star-team-revealed/|title=Women’s EHF EURO 2024 All-star Team revealed|publisher=European Handball Federation |access-date=15 December 2024}}
- Best Goalkeeper of Damehåndboldligaen: 2019/20
- Player of the Year Viborg HK: 2020
- All-Star Goalkeeper of Damehåndboldligaen: 2019/2020,{{cite web|url=https://tophaandbold.dk/dame-haandbold-ligaen-artikler/aarets-hold-i-hth-ligaen-kaaret-rejs-fantomsaeson|title=Årets Hold i HTH Ligaen kåret – Rejs fantomsæson|website=tophaandbold.dk|accessdate=30 April 2020|language=Danish}} 2020/2021{{cite web|url=https://tophaandbold.dk/kvindeligaen-artikler/aarets-hold-kaaret-i-bambusa-kvindeligaen-kristina-joergensen-sublimt-spillende|title=Årets Hold kåret i Bambusa Kvindeligaen – Kristina Jørgensen sublimt spillende|website=tophaandbold.dk|date=23 March 2021|language=Danish}}
- Youth player of the Year in Damehåndboldligaen: 2019/2020, 2020/21{{cite web|url=https://tophaandbold.dk/kaaringer/aarets-kvindelige-talent|title=Årets Kvindelige Talent|website=tophaandbold.dk|accessdate=13 September 2021|language=Danish}}
- MVP of the Danish Women's Handball Cup Final four 2022{{cite web|title=Pokalfightere|url=http://www.dhf.dk/elite/liga-1-division/santander-cup/pokalfightere/|accessdate=27 October 2017|language=Danish|archive-date=27 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027231847/http://www.dhf.dk/elite/liga-1-division/santander-cup/pokalfightere/|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- {{Sports links}}
{{Denmark squad 2021 World Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 2022 European Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 2023 World Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 2024 European Women's Handball Championship}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kristensen, Anna}}
Category:Danish female handball players
Category:Sportspeople from Skanderborg