Isabelle Gulldén

Isabelle Gulldén
Isabelle Gulldén
	Isabelle Gulldén playing for Brest Bretagne Handball in September 2018
Personal information
Full name	Isabelle Therese Gulldén
Born	29 June 1989 (age 35); Partille, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Lugi HF
Number	20
Youth career
Years	Team
0000–2007	IK Sävehof
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2007–2011	IK Sävehof
2011–2015	Viborg HK
2015–2018	CSM București
2018–2021	Brest Bretagne Handball
2021–2022	Vipers Kristiansand
2022–	Lugi HF
National team
Years	Team
2007–2020	Sweden
Teams managed
2023–	Sweden (assistant coach)
Medal record
European Championship

Isabelle Therese Gulldén (born 29 June 1989) is a Swedish professional handball player for Lugi HF and former national team player for the Swedish National Team.^[1]

Career

In 2008, 2012, and 2016 she was part of the Swedish team competing at the Summer Olympic Games.^[2]^[3]

In 2014, she ranked among the 150 greatest Swedish athletes of all time, list published by Dagens Nyheter. Gulldén was the only female handballer alongside legendary Mia Hermansson-Högdahl.^[4]

She was given the award of Cetățean de onoare ("Honorary Citizen") of the city of Bucharest in 2016.^[5]

She retired from the national team on 15 December 2020.^[6]

Achievements

European Championship:
- Silver: 2010
- Bronze: 2014
Swedish Elite League:
- Gold: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Danish League:
- Gold: 2014
Danish Cup:
- Gold: 2011, 2013
Romanian Liga Națională:
- Gold: 2016, 2017, 2018
Romanian Cupa României:
- Gold: 2016, 2017, 2018
French League:
- Gold: 2021
French Cup:
- Gold: 2021
EHF Champions League:
- Gold: 2016, 2022
- Silver: 2021
- Bronze: 2017, 2018
EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
- Gold: 2014
- Silver: 2012
Norwegian League:
- Winner: 2021/2022
Norwegian Cup:
- Winner: 2021

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28.	6 December 2008	Ohrid, North Macedonia	Russia	17–12	19–19	2008 European Women's Handball Championship
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Individual awards

Swedish Elitserien Young Player of the Season: 2008
EHF Cup Winners' Cup Top Scorer: 2014
Most Valuable Player of the European Championship: 2014
European Championship Top Scorer: 2014
EHF Champions League Top Scorer: 2016
Romanian Liga Națională Best Foreign Player: 2015, 2016, 2017
Swedish Elite League Best Player of All Time
Swedish Female Handballer of the Year: 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018^[7]
Handball-Planet.com All-Star Playmaker: 2016^[8]
Handball-Planet.com Best Buy: 2015–16^[9]
ProSport All-Star Centre Back of the Romanian Liga Națională: 2017, 2018^[10]^[11]

Personal life

She is the niece of Christer Gulldén, a famous Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler. Her father Peter also competed in wrestling.^[12] She is married to former handball goalkeeper, Linus Persson. Their son, Lias was born on 10 July 2019.^[13]

References

^ "Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
^ "CSM Bucharest with Isabelle Gullden: We want to play EHF CL F4 in Budapest". Handball-Planet. 24 February 2015.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Isabelle Gulldén". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
^ "150 främsta svenska idrottarna genom tiderna". Dagens Nyheter. Archived from the original on 27 October 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
^ "Cetățeni de Onoare cu acte " Premiere în masă făcută de Gabriela Firea: cine sunt sportivii care au fost recompensați" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 10 November 2016.
^ Fredrik Jönsson, Milad Akbarzadeh (15 December 2020). "Bella Gulldén avslutar sin landslagskarriär" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
^ "Bella är årets spelare" (in Swedish). ifokus.se. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "ALKALOID WORLD FEMALE HANDBALL BEST 8". Handball-Planet. 11 January 2017.
^ "WOMEN'S TOP 10 "BEST BUY" 2015/2016: Bella, Nycke and Jelena". Handball-Planet. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
^ "S-a votat echipa campionatului, feminin şi masculin! Cristina Zamfir şi Marius Mocanu, jucătorii cu cele mai bune punctaje în Liga Naţională, după opţiunile exprimate de specialişti, jurnalişti şi fani dedicaţi handbalului PROSPORT 20" (in Romanian). Prosport. 2 July 2017.
^ "Cristina Neagu, cea mai bună handbalistă din Liga Naţională în sezonul 2017–2018. Cum arată echipa ideală a campionatului, după voturile exprimate de antrenori" (in Romanian). ProSport. 21 May 2018.
^ "Redo för holmgångar". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 8 August 2008.
^ "Bella Gulldéns babylycka: "Välkommen till världen"". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 11 July 2019.

External links

Isabelle Gulldén at the European Handball Federation
Isabelle Gulldén at Olympedia
Isabelle Gulldén at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)

[1] "Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2016.

[2] "CSM Bucharest with Isabelle Gullden: We want to play EHF CL F4 in Budapest". Handball-Planet. 24 February 2015.

[3] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Isabelle Gulldén". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.

[4] "150 främsta svenska idrottarna genom tiderna". Dagens Nyheter. Archived from the original on 27 October 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2016.

[5] "Cetățeni de Onoare cu acte " Premiere în masă făcută de Gabriela Firea: cine sunt sportivii care au fost recompensați" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 10 November 2016.

[6] Fredrik Jönsson, Milad Akbarzadeh (15 December 2020). "Bella Gulldén avslutar sin landslagskarriär" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 15 December 2020.

[7] "Bella är årets spelare" (in Swedish). ifokus.se. Retrieved 27 March 2017.

[8] "ALKALOID WORLD FEMALE HANDBALL BEST 8". Handball-Planet. 11 January 2017.

[9] "WOMEN'S TOP 10 "BEST BUY" 2015/2016: Bella, Nycke and Jelena". Handball-Planet. Retrieved 30 March 2017.

[10] "S-a votat echipa campionatului, feminin şi masculin! Cristina Zamfir şi Marius Mocanu, jucătorii cu cele mai bune punctaje în Liga Naţională, după opţiunile exprimate de specialişti, jurnalişti şi fani dedicaţi handbalului PROSPORT 20" (in Romanian). Prosport. 2 July 2017.

[11] "Cristina Neagu, cea mai bună handbalistă din Liga Naţională în sezonul 2017–2018. Cum arată echipa ideală a campionatului, după voturile exprimate de antrenori" (in Romanian). ProSport. 21 May 2018.

[12] "Redo för holmgångar". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 8 August 2008.

[13] "Bella Gulldéns babylycka: "Välkommen till världen"". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 11 July 2019.

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