Sara Eriksson (handballer)
{{Short description|Swedish handball player (born 1981)}}
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{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Sara Eriksson
| fullname = Sara Linnéa Eriksson
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| nationality = Swedish
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|04|13}}
| birth_place = Linköping, Sweden
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| height = 182 cm
| position = Left back
| currentclub = Retired
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| youthclubs1 = Lambohov IF
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| youthclubs2 = Risbrinkspojkarna
| years1 = 2000-2004
| clubs1 = Team Eslövs IK
| years2 = 2004-2006
| clubs2 = Gjerpen Håndball
| years3 = 2006-2008
| clubs3 = FCK Håndbold
| years4 = 2008-2011
| clubs4 = HC Leipzig
| nationalyears1 = 2002-2010
| nationalteam1 = Sweden
| nationalcaps1 = 126
| nationalgoals1 = 167[http://www.handbollslandslaget.se/dam/statistik/ handbollslandslaget.se: Statistik], retrieved 2. January 2018
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Sara Eriksson (born 13 April 1981) is a Swedish former handball player. She plays for the Swedish national team. She participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China, where the Swedish team placed eighth.{{cite web |title=Sara Eriksson |publisher=Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/er/sara-eriksson-2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204037/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/er/sara-eriksson-2.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |accessdate=7 December 2010}}
Career
Eriksson started playing handball at Lambohov IF before joining Risbrinkspojkarna. Her first senior team was Team Eslövs IK. Here she won two Swedish championships.{{cite news|title=Östgötskor blev Eslövs guldmakare|url=https://login.ntm.eu/pren/default.aspx?sn=OC&meter=true&action=completerequest&redirect=http%3a%2f%2fwww.corren.se%2fnyheter%2fostgotskor-blev-eslovs-guldmakare-4531334.aspx&callback=http%3a%2f%2fwww.corren.se%2finc%2feprencallback.aspx |publisher=Östgöta Corren 2003 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208004402/https://login.ntm.eu/pren/default.aspx?sn=OC&meter=true&action=completerequest&redirect=http%3a%2f%2fwww.corren.se%2fnyheter%2fostgotskor-blev-eslovs-guldmakare-4531334.aspx&callback=http%3a%2f%2fwww.corren.se%2finc%2feprencallback.aspx|archivedate=2018-02-08}} After 5 years at the club she moved to Gjerpen Håndball in Norway, where she became a professional handball player. She only played there for two years, before joining Danish side FCK Håndbold in 2006.{{cite news|url=http://www.gp.se/sport/1.48566-sara-hoppas-hitta-flytet-infor-em |publisher=Göteborgs-Posten|title=Sara hoppas hitta flytet inför EM|date=2006-11-28|accessdate=12 February 2025|language=sv}} In 2008 she joined German HC Leipzig.{{cite news|author=Paul Zyra|title=Sara Eriksson till tyska ligatvåan Leipzig|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=179&artikel=1917093|publisher=Sveriges Radio |date=26 February 2008|language=sv}} Here she won the German championship twice before retiring in 2011.{{cite news|title=Eriksson slutar spela|url=http://www.corren.se/sport/handboll/eriksson-slutar-spela-5544996.aspx|publisher=Östgöta Correspondenten |date=2011-02-23}}
References
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Category:Swedish expatriate handball players in Germany
Category:Swedish female handball players
Category:Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic handball players for Sweden
Category:21st-century Swedish sportswomen
Category:Swedish expatriate handball players in Denmark
Category:Swedish expatriate handball players in Norway
Category:Sportspeople from Linköping
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