Isabel Blanco
{{short description|Norwegian handball player (born 1979)}}
{{Use dmy dates |date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Isabel Blanco
| image = Isabel Blanco 20141115.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|5|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bergen, Norway
| nationality = Norwegian
| height = {{height|m=1.75|precision=0}}
| position = Pivot
| currentclub = Halden HK
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| nationalyears1 = 2004–2014
| nationalteam1 = Norway
| nationalcaps1 = 86
| nationalgoals1 = 165
| ntupdate = 6 June 2016
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}
{{MedalGold | 2004 Hungary | Team}}
{{MedalGold | 2008 Macedonia | Team }}
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Isabel Blanco (born 10 May 1979) is a Norwegian handball player.
Club career
Blanco has previously played for the clubs Kjøkkelvik, Vadmyra, Nordnes, Tertnes HE, Club El Ferrobus Mislata, Aalborg DH, FC Midtjylland, Larvik HK and Molde Elite. She earned a silver medal in the 2005 and 2008 Danish championships, and a bronze medal in 2006, when she was voted Pivot of the Year in the Danish league.
National team
She won a gold medal at the 2004 European Women's Handball Championship with the Norwegian national team[http://wec2004.worldhandball.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?menuid=152 "6th European Handball Championships – Hungary 2004 – Team Norway"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718113700/http://wec2004.worldhandball.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?menuid=152 |date=2011-07-18 }} (Retrieved on February 25, 2008) and again at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship.{{cite book |title=Gode som gull. 30 år med håndballjentene |chapter=De 25 medaljemesterskapene |first=Stian |last=Haraldsen |year=2016 |publisher=Aschehoug |location=Oslo |language=Norwegian |isbn=978-82-03-29618-5 |pages=144–159 }}
Personal life
Blanco was born in Bergen.{{cite web |url=http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/cl/women/2014-15/player/505680/Isabel+Blanco
|title=Isabel Blanco |website=eurohandball.com
|accessdate=5 August 2019}} Her father is Fernando Blanco Jiménez, a former Deportivo de La Coruña football player. She has not lived in Spain except for the one year at Club El Ferrobus Mislata.{{cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=258261|title=- Vi bør slå Spania|last=Christiansen|first=Anders K.|date=11 December 2004|work=VG|language=Norwegian|accessdate=8 December 2008}}
References
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External links
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{{Norway squad 2008 Women's EHF Euro}}
{{Norway squad 2013 World Women's Handball Championship}}
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Category:Norwegian female handball players
Category:Norwegian expatriate handball players in Spain
Category:Norwegian expatriate handball players in Denmark
Category:Handball players from Bergen
Category:Norwegian people of Spanish descent
Category:People of Galician descent
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