Johanna Ahlm

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Johanna Ahlm

| image = Johanna Ahlm 20110907.jpg

| caption = Johanna Ahlm in 2011

| fullname = Johanna Marie Helene Ahlm

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|10|03|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gothenburg, Sweden

| nationality = Swedish

| height = {{height|m=1.75|precision=0}}

| position = Centre back / Left back

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| years1 = 2004-2009

| clubs1 = IK Sävehof

| years2 = 2009

| clubs2 = Aalborg DH

| years3 = 2009-2013

| clubs3 = Viborg HK

| years4 = 2013-2015

| clubs4 = Team Esbjerg

| years5 = 2015-2016

| clubs5 = FC Midtjylland Håndbold

| years6 = 2016-2019

| clubs6 = IK Sävehof

| nationalyears1 = 2005-2015

| nationalteam1 = Sweden

| nationalcaps1 = 141

| nationalgoals1 = 460

| medaltemplates =

}}

Johanna Maria Helène Ahlm (born 3 October 1987) is a Swedish former handball player. She started and ended her career at the Swedish club IK Sävehof, but other than those tenures she played her entire career in the Danish handball league. She also played for the Sweden women's national handball team. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where Sweden placed 8th, and the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Sweden placed 11th.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ah/johanna-ahlm-1.html |title=Johanna Ahlm |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=26 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217082820/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ah/johanna-ahlm-1.html |archive-date=17 December 2010 }} Ahlm was listed among the top ten goalscorers at the 2008 Olympics tournament with 40 goals.{{cite web|url=http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM14W/PDF/SWE-R.pdf|title=2014 European Championship Roster|publisher=EHF|access-date=7 December 2014|archive-date=5 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005094141/http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM14W/PDF/SWE-R.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Career

=Club career=

Alhm started as a youth player for IK Sävehof, where she was coached by both her mother and her father. Her first major success was at the youth tournament Partille Cup in 2005.{{cite web | url=https://www.gp.se/sport/hos-familjen-ahlm-finns-alltid-tid-for-handboll.75743f4d-1b09-4ea4-aa96-6cc20b89c247 | title=Hos familjen Ahlm finns alltid tid för Handboll | date=2 January 2006 }}

With IK Sävehof she won three Swedish championships, before moving to Denmark. She moved to Aalborg DH, but was immediately loaned to Viborg HK.{{cite news | url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/3659452 | title=Johanna Ahlm forsätter som proffs | newspaper=Sveriges Radio | date=28 April 2010 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/WLmLra/ahlm-till-alborg | title=Ahlm till Ålborg | date=5 February 2009 }}

The season after she signed permanently for Viborg HK, where she played for three years. At Viborg HK she was hampered by injuries, but nevertheless managed to win the Champions League and Danish league double in 2010.

After three years she signed for Team Esbjerg, where she once again one the Danish league in 2014. Same year she reached the final of the EHF Cup, where Team Esbjerg lost to Russian side GK Lada.

Before the 2015-2016 season she signed for FC Midtjylland Håndbold, before returning to her childhood club, IK Sävehof, in 2016. She was however kept away from the pitch for an entire season, first by a cruciate ligament injury, and later by pregnancy.{{cite web | url=http://handbollskanalen.se/she/johanna-ahlm-gravid-siktar-pa-comeback-oktober/ | title=Johanna Ahlm gravid - siktar på comeback i oktober | date=11 January 2017 }}

She returned to handball in November 2017. The same season, she won her fourth Swedish Championship. After winning her fifth Swedish Championship the year after, she retired from handball.{{cite web | url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/Wb0j7K/johanna-ahlm-avslutar-karriaren | title=Johanna Ahlm avslutar karriären: "Jag har levt min dröm i 15 år" | date=25 March 2019 }}

=National team career=

She debuted for the national team in 2005 at the age of 18 against Denmark. She was at her first major international tournament at the 2006 European Women's Handball Championship, but did not see much playing time.

Her real breakthrough came in 2008 at the Olympics.

She missed the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship due to injury.