Kristin Venn

{{short description|Norwegian handball player (born 1994)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Kristin Venn

| image =

| caption = Kristin Venn

| nationality = Norwegian

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|3|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Trondheim, Norway

| height = {{height|m=1.68|precision=0}}

| position = Left wing

| currentclub = Storhamar HE

| clubnumber = 10

| years1 =

| clubs1 = Skaun HK

| years2 = –2013

| clubs2 = Utleira IL

| years3 = 2013–2018

| clubs3 = Byåsen HE

| years4 = 2018–

| clubs4 = Storhamar HE

| nationalyears1 = 2017–

| nationalteam1 = Norway

| nationalcaps1 = 7

| nationalgoals1 = 14

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition|Youth World Championship}}

{{MedalBronze|2012 Montenegro|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Youth European Championship}}

{{MedalBronze|2011 Czech Republic|}}

}}

Kristin Venn (born 5 March 1994) is a Norwegian handball player who plays for the Norwegian club Storhamar HE.{{cite web|url=http://www.topphandball.no/player/kristin-venn-byasen-elite/|title=Spillere: Kristin Venn, Byåsen Elite|publisher=topphandball.no|accessdate=3 August 2016|language=Norwegian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624054600/http://www.topphandball.no/player/kristin-venn-byasen-elite/|archive-date=24 June 2017|url-status=dead}}

She was also a part of Norway's 28-squad for the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship as well as the 28-squad for the 2014 European Women's Handball Championship. She has already participated for Norway's recruit team.{{cite web |url=https://www.handball.no/regioner/nhf-sentralt/system/nyheter-sentralt/rekruttjentene-mot-island/ |title=Rekruttene mot Island| publisher=Norwegian Handball Federation |language=Norwegian|accessdate= 23 December 2015}}

She also represented Norway in 2014 Women's Junior World Handball Championship, placing 9th.

On 4 October 2017, Venn announced that she would not play anymore for the national team. She was going to focus on playing for her then club Byåsen HE and just enjoy playing handball.{{cite web|url=http://www.avisa-st.no/sport/2017/10/04/Takker-nei-til-landslaget-15400128.ece|title=Takker nei til landslaget|publisher=avisa-st.no|accessdate=4 October 2017|language=Norwegian}} She later opened up for the possibility to fight for a spot on the national team, and national team coach Thorir Hergeirsson said Venn was up for a place in the squad for the 2022 European Championship had she not been injured.{{cite web|url=https://www.dagbladet.no/sport/svarer-totalt-uinteressant/77427776|title=Thorir Hergeirsson svarer: - Totalt uinteressant|publisher=Dagbladet|access-date=22 March 2023}}

On 24 October 2024 Venn made a comeback,{{cite web|url=https://www.handball.no/nyheter/2024/10/disse-spillerne-er-tatt-ut-til-posten-cup-i-larvik/|title=Disse spillerne er tatt ut til Posten Cup i Larvik|publisher=NHF|access-date=24 October 2024}} 7 years and 4 months since her last performance for the national team.