Frida Toveby
{{short description|Swedish handball player (born 1982)}}
{{Use dmy dates | date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Frida Toveby
| fullname = Frida Linnea Toveby
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| nationality = Swedish
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age |1982|07|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = Gothenburg, Sweden
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| height = 174 cm
| position = Pivot
| currentclub = retired
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| years1 = 2003-2008
| clubs1 = IK Sävehof
| years2 = 2008-2010
| clubs2 = Aalborg DH
| years3 = 2010-2011
| clubs3 = IK Sävehof
| nationalyears1 = 2003-2009
| nationalteam1 = Sweden[http://www.handbollslandslaget.se/dam/statistik/ "Statistik – Svenska Handbollslandslaget"]
| nationalcaps1 = 22
| nationalgoals1 = 22
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Frida Toveby (born 1982) is a Swedish former handball player.
Life and career
Born in Gothenburg on 29 July 1982,{{Cite web |title=Frida Toveby |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/113701 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=22 February 2025}} Toveby played for the club Aalborg DH in Denmark and IK Sävehof in Sweden. She also played for the Swedish national team. She participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China, where the Swedish team placed eight.{{cite web|title=Frida Toveby |publisher=Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/frida-toveby-1.html |accessdate=7 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104081059/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/frida-toveby-1.html |archivedate=4 November 2012 }} She entered the team as a reserve and got on the team when Therese Helgesson was injured.
She won the Swedish championship twice; in 2005-06 and 2006-07 with IK Sävehöf.{{Cite web |title=Ligacupen Bronsmatch 2006 Skytteliga & Poängliga - Handboll Dam |url=https://www.everysport.com/handboll-dam/2006-2007/serie/ligacupen-bronsmatch/spelarstatistik/21771 |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=www.everysport.com |language=sv}} In 2008 she joined Aalborg DH where she played for 2 seasons.{{cite web|title=Svensk kvartett lämnar Ålborg|url=https://www.svd.se/svensk-kvartett-lamnar-alborg|publisher=SvD |date=11 February 2010|accessdate=4 January 2019|language=sv}}{{cite web|url=https://savehof.se/frida-toveby-klar-for-ik-savehof/|title=Toveby klar för IK Sävehof|accessdate=21 January 2020|publisher=IK Sävehof}} She then returned to Sweden to play one last season at IK Sävehöf. Here she won the Swedish championship for a third time.
Other than the 2008 Olympics, her only other major international tournament was the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship.
References
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Category:Swedish female handball players
Category:Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic handball players for Sweden
Category:Swedish expatriate handball players in Denmark
Category:Handball players from Gothenburg
Category:21st-century Swedish sportswomen
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