Michaela Ek
{{short description|Swedish handball player (born 1988)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Michaela Ek
| image =
| nationality = Swedish
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|2|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Skövde, Sweden
| height = {{height|m=1.74|precision=0}}
| position = Right wing
| currentclub = TIF Viking
| clubnumber = 23
| years1 = 2007–2015
| clubs1 = Skövde HF
| years2 = 2015–2016
| clubs2 = Silkeborg-Voel KFUM
| years3 = 2016–2017
| clubs3 = Ringkøbing
| years4 = 2018-2019
| clubs4 = TIF Viking
| nationalyears1 = 2015–2016
| nationalteam1 = Sweden
| nationalcaps1 = 13
| nationalgoals1 = 10
}}
Michaela Ek (born 1 February 1988){{cite web|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/player/532301|title=Profile Michaela Ek|publisher=European Handball Federation|accessdate=14 May 2015}} is a Swedish female handballer who plays for TIF Viking and the Swedish national team.
Career
Michaela Ek begun to play handball in Skövde HF when she was a child. She made her debut in the A-team in 2007 and has played there for 8 seasons when she signed a professional contract with Bjeringbro-Silkeborg in Denmark in February.{{Cite web |date=2018-03-09 |title=Hon lämnar Skövde för spel i Danmark - Skövde Nyheter |url=https://www.skovdenyheter.se/article/hon-lamnar-skovde-for-spel-i-danmark/ |access-date=2023-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309120406/https://www.skovdenyheter.se/article/hon-lamnar-skovde-for-spel-i-danmark/ |archive-date=2018-03-09 }} During her years in Skövde, she had scored over 500 goals until February 2015. Michaela Ek stayed only one year in Bjerringbro-Silkeborg and then signed for Ringkøbing. In March 2017, the club announced that Michaela Ek was pregnant and this season no longer will play in Ringköping. At the end of the season, it was clear that she would not continue in Ringköping.{{Cite web |last=Thomsen |first=John |date=2017-04-13 |title=Ringkøbing Håndbold sagde farvel til fem {{!}} dbrs.dk |url=https://dbrs.dk/sport/ringkoebing-haandbold-sagde-farvel-til-fem |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=dbrs.dk |language=da}} In May 2018, it became clear that Ek's career continues in TIF Viking in Norway. Her partner Kasper Gudnitz will play for Fyllingen and Ek will play for Bergenklubben's TIF Viking in division 1.{{Cite web |date=2018-05-22 |title=Dansk høyreback til Fyllingen |url=https://www.ba.no/5-8-803139 |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=Bergensavisen |language=no}} She played for Viking until spring 2019.
The national team debut took place in the Carpathi Cup.{{Cite web |date=2018-03-09 |title="Micko" gör landslagsdebut - Skövde Nyheter |url=https://www.skovdenyheter.se/article/micko-gor-landslagsdebut/ |access-date=2023-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309120349/https://www.skovdenyheter.se/article/micko-gor-landslagsdebut/ |archive-date=2018-03-09 }} The Swedish national team won the cup. When Emma Hawia Svensson injured her cruciate ligament in the SM final in 2016, Michaela Ek became a championship debutant in the Olympics in Rio 2016. Michaela Ek was injured in the Olympic tournament. She was replaced in the quarter-finals against Hanna Blomstrand.{{Cite web |date=2016-08-16 |title=Svenskt byte – timmar innan Norge-rysaren |url=https://www.expressen.se/sport/os-2014/svenskt-byte--timmar-innan-norge-rysaren/ |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=www.expressen.se |language=sv}} Michaela Ek played 13 international matches in 2015-2016.{{Cite web |title=Landskamper |url=https://www.handbollslandslaget.se/dam/landskamper/ |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=Handbollslandslaget |language=sv-SE}}
International honours
- Carpathian Trophy:
- Winner: 2015
References
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{{Sweden women handball squad 2016 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Skövde
Category:Handball players from Västra Götaland County
Category:Swedish female handball players
Category:Swedish expatriate handball players in Denmark
Category:Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics