Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

2008 Women's Olympic handball tournament

Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	9 August - 23 August
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Norway
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Hungary

Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Rosters
men  women

This is a list of the players who are on the rosters of the teams participating in the 2008 Beijing Olympics for women's handball.

Group A

 Angola

The following is the Angola roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[1][2]

Head coach: Jerónimo Neto

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Tavares, Maria OdethMaria Odeth Tavares (1976-08-18)18 August 1976 (aged 31) 1.70 m 100 1º de Agosto 2 RW Eduardo, Maria TeresaMaria Teresa Eduardo (1973-09-17)17 September 1973 (aged 34) 1.78 m 117 297 ASA Handball 3 RW Bengue, Ilda MariaIlda Maria Bengue (1974-10-30)30 October 1974 (aged 33) 1.78 m 143 308 Petro Atlético 4 RW Carlos, AzenaideAzenaide Carlos (1990-06-14)14 June 1990 (aged 18) 1.74 m 6 7 ASA Handball 5 RW Trindade, FilomenaFilomena Trindade (1971-09-26)26 September 1971 (aged 36) 1.65 m 152 503 Petro Atlético 6 P Calandula, BomboBombo Calandula (1983-02-23)23 February 1983 (aged 25) 1.78 m 26 57 Petro Atlético 8 RW Almeida, NairNair Almeida (1984-01-23)23 January 1984 (aged 24) 1.80 m 79 151 1º de Agosto 9 LW Dombaxe, WutaWuta Dombaxe (1986-04-05)5 April 1986 (aged 22) 1.68 m 19 132 ASA Handball 10 RW Fernandes, IsabelIsabel Fernandes (1985-06-05)5 June 1985 (aged 23) 1.80 m 6 18 Petro Atlético 12 GK Pedro, Maria RosaMaria Rosa Pedro (1982-12-29)29 December 1982 (aged 25) 1.73 m 46 Petro Atlético 13 CB Kiala, LuisaLuisa Kiala (1982-01-25)25 January 1982 (aged 26) 1.79 m 66 158 Petro Atlético 14 LW Bernardo, NataliaNatalia Bernardo (1986-12-25)25 December 1986 (aged 21) 1.70 m 37 67 Petro Atlético 15 LW Cailo, ElisabethElisabeth Cailo (1987-07-02)2 July 1987 (aged 21) 1.75 m 29 30 1º de Agosto 17 P Viegas, ElizabethElizabeth Viegas (1985-01-20)20 January 1985 (aged 23) 1.78 m 13 10 ASA Handball

 China

The following is the China roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[3][4]

Head coach: Kang Jae-won

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Guini, LiuLiu Guini (1982-05-28)28 May 1982 (aged 26) 1.76 m 50 Shandong Weihai 2 RW Qiuxiang, WeiWei Qiuxiang (1986-02-15)15 February 1986 (aged 22) 1.75 m 30 182 Jiangsu Guangzhou 3 P Yun, LiuLiu Yun (1982-03-06)6 March 1982 (aged 26) 1.80 m 70 396 Anhui Hefei 7 CB Geng, ZhangZhang Geng (1980-03-09)9 March 1980 (aged 28) 1.76 m 50 216 Guangdong Guangzhou 9 RW Min, WangWang Min (1980-06-14)14 June 1980 (aged 28) 1.74 m 60 197 Shanghai Handball Team 10 LB Shasha, WangWang Shasha (1987-01-08)8 January 1987 (aged 21) 1.76 m 70 377 Shandong Weihai 12 GK Hong, HuangHuang Hong (1980-03-07)7 March 1980 (aged 28) 1.83 m 50 Anhui Hefei 13 LW Yanan, WuWu Yanan (1981-09-14)14 September 1981 (aged 26) 1.70 m 65 226 Beijing Army 14 RB Xiaomei, LiuLiu Xiaomei (1985-05-02)2 May 1985 (aged 23) 1.78 m 60 300 Anhui Hefei 15 P Laimiao, SunSun Laimiao (1981-04-08)8 April 1981 (aged 27) 1.76 m 50 168 Anhui Hefei 18 CB Wenjuan, WuWu Wenjuan (1981-07-05)5 July 1981 (aged 27) 1.82 m 60 235 Shanghai Handball Team 19 CB Weiwei, LiLi Weiwei (1982-07-07)7 July 1982 (aged 26) 1.79 m 60 364 Beijing Army 21 LB Bing, LiLi Bing (1980-01-21)21 January 1980 (aged 28) 1.82 m 70 347 Beijing Army 22 LW Dongjie, HuangHuang Dongjie (1981-12-22)22 December 1981 (aged 26) 1.75 m 55 215 Heilongjiang Harbin 23 RB Meizhu, YanYan Meizhu (1989-01-28)28 January 1989 (aged 19) 1.87 m 30 85 Beijing Handball Team

 France

The following is the France roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[5][6]

Head coach: Olivier Krumbholz

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 4 P Kamto Njitam, NinaNina Kamto Njitam (1983-06-05)5 June 1983 (aged 25) 1.77 m 79 133 Metz Handball 5 RB Ayglon, CamilleCamille Ayglon (1985-05-21)21 May 1985 (aged 23) 1.80 m 25 64 HBC Nîmes 8 P Pecqueux-Rolland, VéroniqueVéronique Pecqueux-Rolland (1972-10-09)9 October 1972 (aged 35) 1.72 m 289 870 Cercle Dijon Bourgogne 9 LW Baudouin, PaulePaule Baudouin (1984-10-25)25 October 1984 (aged 23) 1.72 m 59 121 Issy-les-Moulineaux 10 RB Herbrecht, SophieSophie Herbrecht (1982-02-13)13 February 1982 (aged 26) 1.74 m 144 454 Issy-les-Moulineaux 11 RW Cano, StéphanieStéphanie Cano (1974-04-17)17 April 1974 (aged 34) 1.60 m 231 462 CA Bèglais Handball 12 GK Leynaud, AmandineAmandine Leynaud (1986-05-02)2 May 1986 (aged 22) 1.78 m 28 Metz Handball 13 P Wendling, IsabelleIsabelle Wendling (1971-01-30)30 January 1971 (aged 37) 1.78 m 325 537 Metz Handball 16 GK Nicolas, ValérieValérie Nicolas (1975-03-12)12 March 1975 (aged 33) 1.78 m 234 Ikast-Brande Elite Håndbold 19 CB Vanparys-Torres, ChristineChristine Vanparys-Torres (1978-03-22)22 March 1978 (aged 30) 1.78 m 63 98 Metz Handball 20 LW Tervel, RaphaëlleRaphaëlle Tervel (1979-04-21)21 April 1979 (aged 29) 1.78 m 155 263 Akaba Bera Bera 21 RW Tounkara, MaakanMaakan Tounkara (1983-03-12)12 March 1983 (aged 25) 1.65 m 33 60 Le Havre AC 23 RB Lacrabère, AlexandraAlexandra Lacrabère (1987-04-27)27 April 1987 (aged 21) 1.77 m 11 15 CA Bèglais Handball 24 LB Signate, MariamaMariama Signate (1985-07-22)22 July 1985 (aged 23) 1.88 m 43 110 CJF Fleury-Les-Aubrais

 Kazakhstan

The following is the Kazakhstan roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[7][8]

Head coach: Lew Yaniyev

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 CB Xeniya Nikandrova (1987-01-27)27 January 1987 (aged 21) 1.80 m Seikmun Kyzylorda 4 P Irina Borechko (1972-01-13)13 January 1972 (aged 36) 1.78 m 84 135 Almaty Almaty 5 RB Marina Pikalova (1985-03-16)16 March 1985 (aged 23) 1.63 m 12 23 Kazygurt Shymkent 7 LB Gulzira Iskakova (1988-11-04)4 November 1988 (aged 19) 1.70 m 3 4 Seikmun Kyzylorda 10 P Yelena Portova (1985-09-05)5 September 1985 (aged 22) 1.85 m 14 37 Kazygurt Shymkent 12 GK Olga Travnikova (1970-09-25)25 September 1970 (aged 37) 1.73 m 35 0 Almaty Almaty 15 CB Yelena Ilyukhina (1982-06-24)24 June 1982 (aged 26) 1.70 m Seikmun Kyzylorda 16 GK Tatiana Parfenova (1985-06-01)1 June 1985 (aged 23) 1.80 m Seikmun Kyzylorda 17 LB Nataliya Kubrina (1975-01-15)15 January 1975 (aged 33) 1.73 m 77 190 Almaty Almaty 19 RW Nataliya Yakovleva (1986-09-29)29 September 1986 (aged 21) 1.80 m 12 21 Kazygurt Shymkent 20 P Yana Vassilyeva (1981-11-28)28 November 1981 (aged 26) 1.83 m 11 55 Adil Ustkamenogorsk 21 RW Olga Ajiderskaya (1982-06-28)28 June 1982 (aged 26) 1.93 m 24 45 Seikmun Kyzylorda 22 RB Yuliya Markovich (1989-07-11)11 July 1989 (aged 19) 1.73 m Seikmun Kyzylorda 24 LW Yekaterina Tyapkova (1984-07-02)2 July 1984 (aged 24) 1.88 m Seikmun Kyzylorda

 Norway

The following is the Norway roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[9][10]

Head coach: Marit Breivik

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Kari Aalvik Grimsbø (1985-01-04)4 January 1985 (aged 23) 1.80 m 30 0 Byåsen IL 3 LB Katja Nyberg (1979-08-24)24 August 1979 (aged 28) 1.83 m 92 304 Ikast-Bording EH 4 RW Ragnhild Aamodt (1980-09-09)9 September 1980 (aged 27) 1.63 m 111 276 Ikast-Bording EH 5 LB Gøril Snorroeggen (1985-02-15)15 February 1985 (aged 23) 1.78 m 60 151 Byåsen IL 6 P Else Marthe Sørlie Lybekk (1978-09-11)11 September 1978 (aged 29) 1.78 m 207 567 Nordstrand IF 7 RB Tonje Nøstvold (1985-05-07)7 May 1985 (aged 23) 1.78 m 73 140 Ikast-Bording EH 8 RB Karoline Dyhre Breivang (1980-05-10)10 May 1980 (aged 28) 1.73 m 147 282 Larvik HK 9 LB Kristine Lunde (1980-03-30)30 March 1980 (aged 28) 1.83 m 110 349 Viborg HK 10 CB Gro Hammerseng (1980-04-10)10 April 1980 (aged 28) 1.80 m 139 559 Ikast-Bording EH 11 LW Kari Mette Johansen (1979-01-11)11 January 1979 (aged 29) 1.73 m 103 280 Larvik HK 13 P Marit Malm Frafjord (1986-11-25)25 November 1986 (aged 21) 1.83 m 53 111 Byåsen IL 14 LB Tonje Larsen (1975-01-26)26 January 1975 (aged 33) 1.83 m 220 453 Larvik HK 16 GK Katrine Lunde Haraldsen (1980-03-30)30 March 1980 (aged 28) 1.80 m 111 1 Viborg HK 18 RB Linn Kristin Riegelhuth (1984-08-01)1 August 1984 (aged 24) 1.75 m 105 363 Larvik HK

 Romania

The following is the Romania roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[11][12]

Head coach: Gheorghe Tadici

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Tereza Pislaru (1982-04-28)28 April 1982 (aged 26) 1.87 m 90 0 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 2 RW Ramona Maier (1979-07-14)14 July 1979 (aged 29) 1.70 m 132 405 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 4 P Florina Birsan (1985-12-06)6 December 1985 (aged 22) 1.78 m 18 17 U Jolidon Cluj Napoca 5 LB Carmen Amariei (1978-09-03)3 September 1978 (aged 29) 1.84 m 106 612 U Jolidon Cluj Napoca 7 RW Adriana Nechita-Olteanu (1983-11-14)14 November 1983 (aged 24) 1.72 m 37 103 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 8 LB Cristina Neagu (1988-08-26)26 August 1988 (aged 19) 1.75 m 28 95 Rulmentul Braşov 9 LB Aurelia Brădeanu (1979-05-05)5 May 1979 (aged 29) 1.82 m 165 448 Győri Audi ETO KC 10 P Ionela Stanca-Gâlcă (1981-01-09)9 January 1981 (aged 27) 1.76 m 99 218 Rulmentul Braşov 12 GK Talida Tolnai (1979-08-21)21 August 1979 (aged 28) 1.87 m 70 1 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 15 LW Valentina Ardean-Elisei (1982-06-05)5 June 1982 (aged 26) 1.71 m 94 424 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 16 GK Luminiţa Dinu-Huţupan (1971-11-06)6 November 1971 (aged 36) 1.83 m 168 7 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 18 LB Laura Meirosu (1985-08-11)11 August 1985 (aged 22) 1.82 m 65 128 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 19 CB Valeria Motogna-Beșe (1979-12-16)16 December 1979 (aged 28) 1.87 m 77 124 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 25 CB Mihaela Ani Senocico (1981-12-14)14 December 1981 (aged 26) 1.74 m 58 84 U Jolidon Cluj Napoca 99 LB Narcisa Lecusanu (1976-09-14)14 September 1976 (aged 31) 1.84 m 73 86 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea

Group B

 Brazil

The following is the Brazil roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[13][14]

Head coach: Juan Oliver

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Masson, ChanaChana Masson (1978-12-18)18 December 1978 (aged 29) 1.83 m 136 3 Randers HK 2 P Diniz, FabianaFabiana Diniz (1981-05-13)13 May 1981 (aged 27) 1.83 m 77 100 BM Elda Prestigio 3 RW do Nascimento, AlexandraAlexandra do Nascimento (1981-09-16)16 September 1981 (aged 26) 1.77 m 74 170 Hypo Niederösterreich 5 P Piedade, DanielaDaniela Piedade (1979-03-02)2 March 1979 (aged 29) 1.73 m 78 134 Hypo Niederösterreich 6 LB Amorim, EduardaEduarda Amorim (1986-09-23)23 September 1986 (aged 21) 1.86 m 40 120 Kometal Gjorče Petrov 7 P Oliveira, AlessandraAlessandra Oliveira (1981-10-07)7 October 1981 (aged 26) 1.84 m 78 121 SD Itxako 9 CB Rodrigues, Ana PaulaAna Paula Rodrigues (1987-10-18)18 October 1987 (aged 20) 1.72 m 15 35 BM Roquetas 10 LW Rosas, AlineAline Rosas (1979-06-28)28 June 1979 (aged 29) 1.60 m 105 201 AD Blumenau 11 RW Jacques, VivianeViviane Jacques (1977-05-10)10 May 1977 (aged 31) 1.70 m 180 260 BM Elda Prestigio 13 CB Silva, LucilaLucila Silva (1976-03-07)7 March 1976 (aged 32) 1.74 m 173 220 ABC Santo Andre 17 LW Mesquita, IdalinaIdalina Mesquita (1976-07-02)2 July 1976 (aged 32) 1.71 m 149 326 Hypo Niederösterreich 18 RB Cavaleiro, DeoniseDeonise Cavaleiro (1983-06-20)20 June 1983 (aged 25) 1.80 m 42 104 SD Itxako 19 LB Santos, AlineAline Santos (1981-08-17)17 August 1981 (aged 26) 1.95 m 90 221 Frisch Auf Göppingen 23 GK de Paula, DarlyDarly de Paula (1982-08-25)25 August 1982 (aged 25) 1.80 m 98 0 Le Havre AC

 Germany

The following is the Germany roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[15][16]

Head coach: Armin Emrich

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Englert, SabineSabine Englert (1981-11-27)27 November 1981 (aged 26) 1.84 m 139 2 Hypo Niederösterreich 2 LW Härdter, NadineNadine Härdter (1981-03-29)29 March 1981 (aged 27) 1.66 m 125 199 Thüringer HC 4 RB Jurack, GritGrit Jurack (1977-10-22)22 October 1977 (aged 30) 1.86 m 261 1377 Viborg HK 7 CB Wörz, NinaNina Wörz (1980-11-14)14 November 1980 (aged 27) 1.79 m 134 252 Randers HK 8 RB Müller, AnneAnne Müller (1983-07-05)5 July 1983 (aged 25) 1.76 m 84 119 TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen 9 LB Steinbach, LaraLara Steinbach (1985-08-02)2 August 1985 (aged 23) 1.80 m 9 16 TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen 10 CB Loerper, AnnaAnna Loerper (1984-11-18)18 November 1984 (aged 23) 1.62 m 78 93 TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen 11 LW Hering, MandyMandy Hering (1984-03-11)11 March 1984 (aged 24) 1.70 m 42 80 Frankfurter HC 13 LB Krause, NadineNadine Krause (1982-03-25)25 March 1982 (aged 26) 1.78 m 145 569 FCK Handball 15 RW Neukamp, SabrinaSabrina Neukamp (1982-05-10)10 May 1982 (aged 26) 1.73 m 70 101 HSG Blomberg-Lippe 16 GK Woltering, ClaraClara Woltering (1983-05-02)2 May 1983 (aged 25) 1.75 m 83 TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen 18 CB Baumbach, MarenMaren Baumbach (1981-01-14)14 January 1981 (aged 27) 1.70 m 115 333 FCK Handball 19 RB Melbeck, StefanieStefanie Melbeck (1977-04-16)16 April 1977 (aged 31) 1.74 m 178 388 KIF Kolding 20 P Althaus, AnjaAnja Althaus (1982-09-03)3 September 1982 (aged 25) 1.74 m 125 254 Viborg HK

 Hungary

The following is the Hungary roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[17][18]

Head coach: János Hajdu

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 CB Ferling, BernadettBernadett Ferling (1977-07-13)13 July 1977 (aged 31) 1.80 m 132 300 Dunaferr SE 6 LW Vérten, OrsolyaOrsolya Vérten (1982-07-22)22 July 1982 (aged 26) 1.70 m 65 175 Győri Audi ETO KC 10 CB Pigniczki, KrisztinaKrisztina Pigniczki (1975-09-18)18 September 1975 (aged 32) 1.71 m 143 224 Dunaferr SE 12 GK Herr, OrsolyaOrsolya Herr (1984-11-23)23 November 1984 (aged 23) 1.76 m 41 0 Győri Audi ETO KC 13 CB Görbicz, AnitaAnita Görbicz (1983-05-13)13 May 1983 (aged 25) 1.75 m 131 541 Győri Audi ETO KC 16 GK Pálinger, KatalinKatalin Pálinger (1978-12-06)6 December 1978 (aged 29) 1.83 m 212 1 Győri Audi ETO KC 17 LB Tóth, TímeaTímea Tóth (1980-09-16)16 September 1980 (aged 27) 1.82 m 111 333 Hypo Niederösterreich 18 P Szamoránszky, PiroskaPiroska Szamoránszky (1986-07-09)9 July 1986 (aged 22) 1.72 m 45 118 Budapest Bank-FTC 22 RW Bódi, BernadettBernadett Bódi (1986-03-09)9 March 1986 (aged 22) 1.75 m 5 9 Randers HK 23 LB Szűcs, GabriellaGabriella Szűcs (1984-08-31)31 August 1984 (aged 23) 1.84 m 66 101 DVSC-Aquaticum 26 P Borbás, RitaRita Borbás (1980-12-21)21 December 1980 (aged 27) 1.67 m 59 106 CS Oltchim Vâlcea 31 RB Hornyák, ÁgnesÁgnes Hornyák (1982-09-02)2 September 1982 (aged 25) 1.80 m 60 44 Győri Audi ETO KC 83 RW Kovacsicz, MónikaMónika Kovacsicz (1983-11-20)20 November 1983 (aged 24) 1.70 m 45 130 Viborg HK 87 LB Tomori, ZsuzsannaZsuzsanna Tomori (1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 21) 1.87 m 24 24 Győri Audi ETO KC

 South Korea

The following is the South Korea roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[19][20]

Head coach: Lim Young-chul

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Yong-ran, OhOh Yong-ran (1972-09-06)6 September 1972 (aged 35) 1.71 m Byucksan Construction Incheon 3 CB On-a, KimKim On-a (1988-09-06)6 September 1988 (aged 19) 1.67 m Byucksan Construction Incheon 4 P Soon-young, HuhHuh Soon-young (1975-09-28)28 September 1975 (aged 32) 1.80 m SK Aarhus 6 LB Hai-rim, SongSong Hai-rim (1985-01-12)12 January 1985 (aged 23) 1.67 m Daegu Metropolitan City 7 LW Nam-sun, KimKim Nam-sun (1981-05-03)3 May 1981 (aged 27) 1.70 m Byucksan Construction Incheon 9 P Cha-youn, KimKim Cha-youn (1981-02-10)10 February 1981 (aged 27) 1.73 m Hypo Niederösterreich 10 CB Seong-ok, OhOh Seong-ok (1972-10-10)10 October 1972 (aged 35) 1.71 m Hypo Niederösterreich 11 RB Jeong-ho, HongHong Jeong-ho (1974-05-06)6 May 1974 (aged 34) 1.78 m Omron 13 RW Chung-hee, ParkPark Chung-hee (1975-04-10)10 April 1975 (aged 33) 1.78 m Byucksan Construction Incheon 16 GK Min-hee, LeeLee Min-hee (1980-02-04)4 February 1980 (aged 28) 1.74 m Yongin City Hall 17 LW Jung-hwa, AnAn Jung-hwa (1981-02-20)20 February 1981 (aged 27) 1.62 m Daegu Metropolitan City 18 RW Min-hee, BaeBae Min-hee (1988-07-11)11 July 1988 (aged 20) 1.69 m Korea National Sport University 19 RB Im-jeong, ChoiChoi Im-jeong (1981-02-14)14 February 1981 (aged 27) 1.80 m SK Aarhus 20 P Pil-hee, MoonMoon Pil-hee (1982-12-02)2 December 1982 (aged 25) 1.68 m Byucksan Construction Incheon

 Russia

The following is the Russia roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[21][22]

Head coach: Yevgeni Trefilov

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Suslina, InnaInna Suslina (1979-01-05)5 January 1979 (aged 29) 1.83 m Zvezda Zvenigorod 3 CB Poltoratskaya, IrinaIrina Poltoratskaya (1979-03-02)2 March 1979 (aged 29) 1.78 m Zvezda Zvenigorod 4 P Romenskaya, OxanaOxana Romenskaya (1976-06-06)6 June 1976 (aged 32) 1.91 m Zvezda Zvenigorod 5 RB Postnova, LyudmilaLyudmila Postnova (1984-08-11)11 August 1984 (aged 23) 1.80 m Lada Togliatti 6 LB Kareyeva, AnnaAnna Kareyeva (1977-05-10)10 May 1977 (aged 31) 1.85 m Zvezda Zvenigorod 8 CB Andryushina, YekaterinaYekaterina Andryushina (1985-08-17)17 August 1985 (aged 22) 1.85 m Zvezda Zvenigorod 9 LW Uskova, YanaYana Uskova (1985-09-28)28 September 1985 (aged 22) 1.68 m Krim Ljubljana 10 RB Polenova, YelenaYelena Polenova (1983-08-20)20 August 1983 (aged 24) 1.98 m Zvezda Zvenigorod 11 LW Turei, EmiliiaEmiliia Turei (1984-10-06)6 October 1984 (aged 23) 1.74 m Slagelse Dream Team 12 P Shipilova, NataliaNatalia Shipilova (1979-12-31)31 December 1979 (aged 28) 1.81 m Zvezda Zvenigorod 16 GK Sidorova, MariaMaria Sidorova (1979-11-21)21 November 1979 (aged 28) 1.78 m Lada Togliatti 17 LW Marennikova, YekaterinaYekaterina Marennikova (1982-04-29)29 April 1982 (aged 26) 1.73 m Lada Togliatti 19 LW Dmitriyeva, YelenaYelena Dmitriyeva (1983-07-01)1 July 1983 (aged 25) 1.75 m Zvezda Zvenigorod 24 RB Bliznova, IrinaIrina Bliznova (1986-10-06)6 October 1986 (aged 21) 1.80 m Lada Togliatti

 Sweden

The following is the Sweden roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[23][24]

Head coach: Ulf Schefvert

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 P Tina Flognman (1981-06-29)29 June 1981 (aged 27) 1.78 m 127 266 GOG Svendborg 4 LW Matilda Boson (1981-12-04)4 December 1981 (aged 26) 1.76 m 115 271 Aalborg DH 5 P Sara Holmgren (1979-03-29)29 March 1979 (aged 29) 1.81 m 96 106 HC Leipzig 6 CB Therese Islas Helgesson (1983-07-22)22 July 1983 (aged 25) 1.68 m 44 66 Nordstrand IF 7 RW Annika Wiel Fredén (1978-08-21)21 August 1978 (aged 29) 1.76 m 52 135 Horsens HK 9 P Frida Toveby (1982-07-29)29 July 1982 (aged 26) 1.74 m 7 7 Aalborg DH 10 RW Teresa Utković (1980-07-31)31 July 1980 (aged 28) 1.70 m 55 128 IK Sävehof 11 CB Jessica Enström (1977-03-25)25 March 1977 (aged 31) 1.72 m 113 220 IVH Västerås 12 GK Therese Bengtsson (1979-02-13)13 February 1979 (aged 29) 1.87 m 21 0 Eslövs IK 14 RB Sara Eriksson (1981-04-13)13 April 1981 (aged 27) 1.82 m 96 152 HC Leipzig 15 LB Johanna Ahlm (1987-10-03)3 October 1987 (aged 20) 1.75 m 22 64 IK Sävehof 16 GK Madeleine Grundström (1980-08-12)12 August 1980 (aged 27) 1.82 m 122 0 Aalborg DH 17 LB Linnea Torstensson (1983-03-30)30 March 1983 (aged 25) 1.86 m 38 145 Aalborg DH 18 P Johanna Wiberg (1983-09-06)6 September 1983 (aged 24) 1.85 m 63 52 FCK Håndbold 20 CB Isabella Gulldén (1989-06-29)29 June 1989 (aged 19) 1.79 m 5 3 IK Sävehof

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