Nora Mørk

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Nora Mørk

| image = Nora Mork 20150319.jpg

| caption = Mørk in 2015

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|4|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Oslo, Norway

| nationality = Norwegian

| height = 1.67 m

| position = Right back

| currentclub = Team Esbjerg

| clubnumber = 9

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Bækkelaget

| years1 = 2007

| clubs1 = Bækkelaget

| years2 = 2007

| clubs2 = Aalborg DH

| years3 = 2008

| clubs3 = Bækkelaget

| years4 = 2008–2009

| clubs4 = Njård IL

| years5 = 2009–2016

| clubs5 = Larvik HK

| years6 = 2016–2019

| clubs6 = Győri ETO KC

| years7 = 2019–2020

| clubs7 = CSM București

| years8 = 2020–2022

| clubs8 = Vipers Kristiansand

| years9 = 2022–

| clubs9 = Team Esbjerg

| nationalyears1 = 2010–

| nationalteam1 = Norway

| nationalcaps1 = 192

| nationalgoals1 = 913

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

}}

Nora Mørk (born 5 April 1991) is a Norwegian handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Norwegian national team.{{cite web |url=https://vipers.no/2020/06/22/nora-mork-klar-for-vipers/ |title=Nora Mørk klar for Vipers |website=vipers.no |language=no |access-date=22 June 2020}}[https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/XTbsD6qV0CuWlrMeodsglw/nora-mork/ EHF profile]

She made her debut on the Norwegian national team on 21 September 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.handball.no/Lprofiler.asp?LagId=6014&ProfilId=48686 |title=Landslagsprofiler – Nora Mørk |publisher=Norwegian Handball Federation |language=no |access-date=7 December 2013}}

Before joining Team Esbjerg, she played for Bækkelaget, Aalborg DH, Njård, Larvik, Győr, CSM București and Vipers Kristiansand.

Her achievements include winning the EHF Champions League six times with three clubs. She has won two gold medals and two silver medals at the IHF World Women's Handball Championship, five gold medals at the European Women's Handball Championship, and one Olympic gold medal and two Olympic bronze medals.

Career

=Club career=

Mørk played for the clubs Bækkelaget, Aalborg DH, and Njård IL, and then for Larvik HK from 2009 to 2016. With Larvik she won the Norwegian League and the Norwegian Cup five times, and won the EHF Champions League in 2011.

From 2016 to 2019, she played for the Hungarian club Győri ETO KC, winning the Hungarian Championship three times, in 2016/2017, 2017/2018, and 2018/2019. She also won the EHF Champions League with Győri three times, in 2017, 2018, and 2019. From 2019 to 2020, she played for the Romanian club CSM București, but was injured with a raptured ACL the whole season.

She played for the club Vipers Kristiansand from 2020–2022, and won both the Norwegian League and Norwegian Cup twice with Vipers, as well as winning the EHF Champions League in 2021 and 2022.

From 2022, she started playing for the Danish club Team Esbjerg.

=International career=

Playing for the Norwegian national team, Mørk won gold medal at the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship, debuting as a right wing. After that Mørk had over 3 years troubling with knee injuries before making a comeback at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship, where Norway placed 5th.

At the 2014 European Women's Handball Championship she won another gold medal, and she also was selected all-star right back of the championship. She won gold medal with Norway at the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship, and was again selected all-star right back. At the 2016 Summer Olympics she won bronze medal with Norway, and was top scorer of the tournament with a total of 62 goals.

At the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship in Sweden she won a gold medal with the Norwegian team, she was top scorer with 53 goals, and was selected all-star right back.{{cite web|url=https://history.eurohandball.com/ech/women/2016/round/1/Final+Tournament|publisher=European Handball Federation|website=history.eurohandball.com|title=2016 Women's European Championship|access-date=27 February 2025}} She was also top scorer at the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship in Germany (with 66 goals), when Norway won the silver medals, after losing to France in the final. After that Mørk had another 3 years suffering from knee injuries.

She made another comeback and won another gold medal with Norway at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship in Denmark, and was top scorer with 52 goals.{{cite web|url=https://history.eurohandball.com/ech/women/2022/round/3/Final+Tournament|publisher=European Handball Federation|website=history.eurohandball.com|title=2020 Women's European Championship|access-date=27 February 2025}} At the 2020 Summer Olympics held in 2021, she was again top scorer with 62 goals, winning the bronze medal with the Norwegian team. She won gold medal with the Norwegian team at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship, and a gold medal at the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship, where she was top scorer with 50 goals.

Achievements

=National team=

Olympic Games:
Winner: 2024
Bronze Medalist: 2016, 2020
World Championship:
Winner: 2015, 2021
Silver Medalist: 2017
European Championship:
Winner: 2010, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022
Junior World Championship:
Winner: 2010
Junior European Championship:
Winner: 2009

=European=

EHF Champions League:
Winner: 2010/2011, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2020/2021, 2021/2022
Bronze medalist: 2023/2024

=Domestic=

Norwegian League:
Winner: 2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2020/2021, 2021/2022
Norwegian Cup:
Winner: 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021
Hungarian Championship:
Winner: 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019
Romanian Supercup:
Winner: 2019
Danish League:
Winner: 2023, 2024
Danish Cup:
Winner: 2022, 2023, 2024

Individual awards

;MVP

Most Valuable Player of the Junior European Championship: 2009{{cite web |url=http://www.eurohandball.com/article/012523/Norway+win+W19+ECh+in+Hungary/ |title=Norway win W19 ECH in Hungary |website=eurohandball.com |language=no |access-date=23 December 2015}}
Most Valuable Player of Postenligaen: 2013/2014
Most Valuable Player of Grundigligaen: 2014/2015, 2015/2016{{cite web |url=http://www.topphandball.no/arets-beste-grundigligaen-20152016/ |publisher=topphandball.no |title=Årets Beste GRUNDIGligaen 2015/2016 |access-date=22 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609190827/http://www.topphandball.no/arets-beste-grundigligaen-20152016 |archive-date=9 June 2016 |url-status=dead}}

;Top Scorer

Topscorer of the Summer Olympics: 2016 (62 goals), 2020 (52 goals)
Topscorer of the European Championship: 2016 (53 goals), 2020 (52 goals), 2022 (50 goals)
Topscorer of the World Championship: 2017 (66 goals)

;All-Star Team

All-Star Right Back of the European Youth Championship: 2007
All-Star Right Back of the European Open Championship: 2008
All-Star Right Back of Eliteserien: 2008/2009
All-Star Right Back of the Junior European Championship: 2009
All-Star Right Wing of Eliteserien: 2009/2010
All-Star Right Wing of Postenligaen: 2010/2011
All-Star Right Back of Postenligaen: 2013/2014
All-Star Right Back of the European Championship: 2014, 2016, 2020{{cite web |url=https://women2020.ehf-euro.com/news/news/ehf-euro-2020-all-star-team-unveiled/ |title=EHF EURO 2020 All-star Team unveiled |publisher=European Handball Federation |work=fra2018.ehf-euro.com |date=20 December 2020 |access-date=20 December 2020}}
All-Star Right Back of Grundigligaen: 2014/2015, 2015/2016
All-Star Right Back of the World Championship: 2015, 2017, 2021
All-Star Right Back of the EHF Champions League: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021,{{cite web |url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/fan-favourite-oftedal-leads-gyor-quartet-in-all-star-team/ |title=Fan Favourite Oftedal leads Győr quartet in All-Star Team |publisher=eurohandball.com |date=28 May 2021}} 2022{{cite web |url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/gyor-quintet-headline-ehf-champions-league-women-all-star-team/ |title=Györ quintet headline EHF Champions League All-star Team |date=3 June 2022 |work=European Handball Federation}}
All-Star Right Back of Møbelringen Cup: 2015, 2017

;Others

NISO Best Young Player of the Year: 2008
Best Rookie of Eliteserien: 2008/2009
Foreign Handballer of the Year in Hungary: 2017{{cite web |url=http://www.gyorietokc.hu/hu/hirek/view/kozelet/5837/harom-gyori-2017-legjobbjai-kozott |publisher=Győri Audi ETO KC |title=Három győri 2017 legjobbjai között |language=hu |access-date=10 February 2018}}
Handball-Planet.com All-Star Right Back: 2015, 2016,{{cite web |url=https://www.handball-planet.com/alkaloid-world-female-handball-best-8/ |title=ALKALOID WORLD FEMALE HANDBALL BEST 8 |publisher=Handball-Planet |date=11 January 2017}} 2020, 2021
Handball-Planet.com Player of the Year: 2017,{{cite web |url=http://www.handball-planet.com/nora-mork-is-world-female-handball-player-2017/ |publisher=handball-planet.com |title=Nora Mørk is World Female Handball Player 2017 |access-date=10 February 2018}} 2021{{Cite web |title=Nora Mork is Female World Handball Player 2021 powered by Nexe Grupa |url=https://www.handball-planet.com/nora-mork-is-female-world-handball-player-2021-powered-by-nexe-grupa/ |access-date=8 August 2022 |website=handball-planet.com}}
EHF Excellence Awards Best right back of the season: 2022/23{{cite web |url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/golden-players-make-the-team-of-the-season/ |title=Golden players make the team of the season |website=EHF |accessdate=26 June 2023}}

Personal life

She is the twin sister of Thea Mørk.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

She is in a relationship with fellow handballer, Jerry Tollbring. On 28 October 2024, they announced they were expecting their first child in May 2025.{{cite web |url=https://www.vg.no/sport/i/Pp0XW5/nora-moerk-er-gravid |title=Nora Mørk er gravid |publisher=VG |language=no |access-date=29 October 2024}} She gave birth to a daughter in May 2025.{{Cite news |title=Håndballstjernen Nora Mørk er blitt mamma |url=https://www.nrk.no/sport/handballstjernen-nora-mork-er-blitt-mamma-1.17412691 |website=nrk.no |date=10 May 2025 |access-date=11 May 2025 |language=no}}

References

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{{cite encyclopedia |title=Nora Mørk |first=Rolf |last=Bryhn |first2=Thomas |last2=Aune |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad |editor-first=Erik |editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Nora_Mørk |language=no |accessdate=31 August 2023}}

{{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}}

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External links

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[https://www.olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/nora-moerk_1878486 Nora Mørk] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
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