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Cecilie Leganger (born 12 March 1975) is a Norwegian retired handballer who played for the Norwegian national team.

Cecilie Leganger
Personal information
Born	(1975-03-12) 12 March 1975 (age 47) Bergen, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior clubs
Years	Team
	Tertnes HE
1997-2002	Bækkelagets SK
2003-2004	RK Krim
2005-2008	Slagelse FH
2008-2010	FCK Håndbold
2010-2014	Larvik HK
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993-2004	Norway	162	(1)
Medal record Representing  Norway Women's Handball Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team World Championship 1999 Denmark/Norway Team 2001 Italy Team 1993 Norway Team European Championship 1998 Netherlands Team 1994 Germany Team

International championships

Leganger made her debut on the Norwegian national team in 1993, 17 years old, and retired three years later, only 20. In 1993 she obtained bronze medal at the World Women's Handball Championship, being voted as Best Goalkeeper and Most Valuable Player at the championship. At the European Championship in 1994, she was voted best goalkeeper. At the 1995 World Championship she was again voted Best Goalkeeper. After a one-year break she made comeback as a club player, but did not play on the national team until the 1998 European Championship, winning gold medal with the Norwegian team and voted as best keeper in the championship. World Champion in 1999, again voted best keeper. She received bronze medal at the Olympic Championships in Sydney 2000.[1] At the World Championship in 2001 she voted again the best keeper.

Club player

As a club player she is Norwegian Champion from 1999 (with Bækkelaget), Slovenian Champion from 2004 (with Krim Ljubljana), Danish Champion from 2005 (with Slagelse), and Women's EHF Champion in 2004/05 and 2006/07. She played for Larvik HK from 2010 until 2014 which would be the last club she played for before retiring. She is considered by many as one of the best goalkeepers of all time.

Individual awards

• All-Star Goalkeeper of the World Championship: 1993, 1995, 1999 and 2001
• Most Valuable Player of the World Championship: 1993
• All-Star Goalkeeper of the European Championship: 1994 and 1998
• All-Star Goalkeeper of Gildeserien: 1999/2000, 2000/2001 and 2001/2002
• IHF World Player of the Year: 2001[2][3]
• Goalkeeper of the Year: 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/2007, 2007/2008 and 2008/2009[4] in the Danish League
• Player of the Year in the Danish League: 2007 (selected by the players' committee)[5]
• All-Star Goalkeeper of Postenligaen: 2010/2011 and 2011/2012
• Norwegian national goalkeeper of all time
• Norwegian female handball player of all time

References

External links

• Cecilie Leganger at European Handball Federation
• Cecilie Leganger at Norwegian Handball Federation (in Norwegian)
• Cecilie Leganger at Olympedia

Awards
Preceded by Bojana Radulović	IHF World Player of the Year – Women 2001	Succeeded by Zhai Chao

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