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Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

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This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the women's handball tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Age, caps and goals as of the start of the tournament, 6 August 2016.

Group A

Angola

The following is the Angola roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Head coach: Filipe Cruz

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Neyde Barbosa	(1980-09-23)23 September 1980 (aged 35)	1.77 m	38	1	Progresso do Sambizanga
6	RW	Juliana Machado	(1994-11-06)6 November 1994 (aged 21)	1.70 m	25	48	Primeiro de Agosto
8	CB	Lurdes Monteiro	(1984-07-11)11 July 1984 (aged 32)	1.70 m	32	49	Primeiro de Agosto
9	CB	Natália Bernardo	(1986-12-25)25 December 1986 (aged 29)	1.70 m	73	192	Primeiro de Agosto
10	P	Albertina Kassoma	(1996-06-12)12 June 1996 (aged 20)	1.90 m	14	39	Primeiro de Agosto
11	LB	Luísa Kiala	(1982-01-25)25 January 1982 (aged 34)	1.72 m	104	194	Petro de Luanda
12	GK	Cristina Branco	(1985-03-15)15 March 1985 (aged 31)	1.70 m	59	0	Primeiro de Agosto
15	RB	Azenaide Carlos	(1990-06-14)14 June 1990 (aged 26)	1.75 m	50	150	Petro de Luanda
16	GK	Teresa Almeida	(1988-05-05)5 May 1988 (aged 28)	1.78 m	32	0	Petro de Luanda
17	RB	Wuta Dombaxe	(1986-04-05)5 April 1986 (aged 30)	1.73 m	32	64	Primeiro de Agosto
21	LB	Magda Cazanga	(1991-05-28)28 May 1991 (aged 25)	1.84 m	21	28	Petro de Luanda
25	P	Liliana Venâncio	(1995-09-19)19 September 1995 (aged 20)	1.86 m	6	3	Primeiro de Agosto
31	LW	Janete dos Santos	(1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 25)	1.75 m	10	0	Progresso do Sambizanga
90	CB	Isabel Guialo	(1990-04-08)8 April 1990 (aged 26)	1.72 m	33	60	Primeiro de Agosto

Brazil

The following is the Brazilian roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Head coach: Morten Soubak

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
2	P	Fabiana Diniz	(1981-05-13)13 May 1981 (aged 35)	1.83 m	205	347	SG BBM Bietigheim
3	RW	Alexandra do Nascimento	(1981-09-16)16 September 1981 (aged 34)	1.77 m	178	703	Vác
4	LW	Samira Rocha	(1989-01-26)26 January 1989 (aged 27)	1.70 m	94	224	Kisvárda
5	P	Daniela Piedade	(1979-03-02)2 March 1979 (aged 37)	1.73 m	186	336	Alba Fehérvár
7	P	Tamires Morena Lima	(1994-05-16)16 May 1994 (aged 22)	1.80 m	38	20	Cercle Dijon Bourgogne
8	LW	Fernanda da Silva	(1989-09-25)25 September 1989 (aged 26)	1.76 m	98	281	SG BBM Bietigheim
9	CB	Ana Paula Belo	(1987-10-18)18 October 1987 (aged 28)	1.72 m	141	517	Rostov-Don
10	RW	Jéssica Quintino	(1991-04-17)17 April 1991 (aged 25)	1.76 m	89	189	HC Odense
12	GK	Bárbara Arenhart	(1986-10-04)4 October 1986 (aged 29)	1.82 m	104	4	Vác
15	CB	Francielle da Rocha	(1992-10-06)6 October 1992 (aged 23)	1.64 m	58	74	Vegus/Guarulhos
18	LB	Eduarda Amorim	(1986-09-23)23 September 1986 (aged 29)	1.86 m	145	480	Győri ETO
22	RB	Mayara Moura	(1986-12-05)5 December 1986 (aged 29)	1.70 m	93	146	EC Pinheiros
81	RB	Deonise Cavaleiro	(1983-06-20)20 June 1983 (aged 33)	1.80 m	150	331	HC Odense
84	GK	Mayssa Pessoa	(1984-08-11)11 August 1984 (aged 31)	1.80 m	77	0	Vardar

Montenegro

The following is the Montenegrin roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Head coach: Dragan Adžić

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Marina Vukčević	(1993-08-24)24 August 1993 (aged 22)	1.78 m	90	0	Metz Handball
2	RW	Radmila Miljanić-Petrović	(1988-04-19)19 April 1988 (aged 28)	1.57 m	127	180	Budućnost
4	RW	Jovanka Radičević	(1986-10-23)23 October 1986 (aged 29)	1.69 m	134	709	Vardar
8	RW	Marija Jovanović	(1985-12-26)26 December 1985 (aged 30)	1.82 m	132	507	Issy-Paris Hand
9	LB	Djurdjina Jauković	(1997-02-24)24 February 1997 (aged 19)	1.85 m	31	67	Budućnost
10	CB	Anđela Bulatović	(1987-01-15)15 January 1987 (aged 29)	1.75 m	117	176	Érd
15	RB	Andrea Klikovac	(1991-05-05)5 May 1991 (aged 25)	1.74 m	50	20	Vardar
17	LB	Bojana Popović	(1979-11-20)20 November 1979 (aged 36)	1.85 m	49	311	Budućnost
22	GK	Sonja Barjaktarović	(1986-09-11)11 September 1986 (aged 29)	1.80 m	129	0	Bursa Osmangazi Bld. SK
32	RB	Katarina Bulatović	(1984-11-15)15 November 1984 (aged 31)	1.86 m	69	397	Budućnost
66	P	Ema Ramusović	(1996-11-28)28 November 1996 (aged 19)	1.82 m	29	20	Budućnost
77	LW	Majda Mehmedović	(1990-05-25)25 May 1990 (aged 26)	1.69 m	95	213	CSM București
88	LW	Biljana Pavićević	(1988-05-12)12 May 1988 (aged 28)	1.70 m	51	71	Budućnost
90	LB	Milena Knežević	(1990-03-12)12 March 1990 (aged 26)	1.78 m	122	350	Budućnost
92	P	Suzana Lazović	(1992-01-28)28 January 1992 (aged 24)	1.76 m	92	105	Budućnost

Norway

The following is the Norwegian roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Head coach: Thorir Hergeirsson

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Kari Aalvik Grimsbø	(1985-01-04)4 January 1985 (aged 31)	1.80 m	137	0	Győri ETO
2	LB	Mari Molid	(1990-08-08)8 August 1990 (aged 25)	1.78 m	92	56	Randers HK
3	CB	Emilie Hegh Arntzen	(1994-01-01)1 January 1994 (aged 22)	1.83 m	32	18	Byåsen HE
4	LB	Veronica Kristiansen	(1990-07-10)10 July 1990 (aged 26)	1.75 m	70	189	FC Midtjylland
5	LB	Ida Alstad	(1985-06-13)13 June 1985 (aged 31)	1.72 m	135	308	Byåsen HE
6	P	Heidi Løke	(1982-12-12)12 December 1982 (aged 33)	1.73 m	166	619	Győri ETO
9	RB	Nora Mørk	(1991-04-05)5 April 1991 (aged 25)	1.69 m	77	329	Győri ETO
10	CB	Stine Bredal Oftedal	(1991-09-25)25 September 1991 (aged 24)	1.68 m	115	228	Issy-Paris Hand
14	P	Marit Malm Frafjord	(1985-11-25)25 November 1985 (aged 30)	1.82 m	175	357	Larvik HK
16	GK	Katrine Lunde	(1980-03-30)30 March 1980 (aged 36)	1.80 m	253	3	Rostov-Don
18	RW	Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren	(1984-08-01)1 August 1984 (aged 32)	1.75 m	271	967	Larvik HK
22	RW	Amanda Kurtović	(1991-07-25)25 July 1991 (aged 25)	1.75 m	73	183	Larvik HK
23	LW	Camilla Herrem	(1986-10-08)8 October 1986 (aged 29)	1.67 m	184	483	Vardar
24	LW	Sanna Solberg	(1990-06-16)16 June 1990 (aged 26)	1.78 m	76	137	Larvik HK

Romania

The following is the Romanian roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Tomas Ryde

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
3	LB	Gabriella Szűcs	(1984-08-31)31 August 1984 (aged 31)	1.79 m	5	3	Dunărea Brăila
5	RB	Melinda Geiger	(1987-03-28)28 March 1987 (aged 29)	1.77 m	70	165	Brest Bretagne Handball
7	CB	Eliza Buceschi	(1993-08-31)31 August 1993 (aged 22)	1.75 m	26	54	FC Midtjylland
8	LB	Cristina Neagu	(1988-08-26)26 August 1988 (aged 27)	1.80 m	128	521	Budućnost
9	CB	Aurelia Brădeanu	(1979-05-05)5 May 1979 (aged 37)	1.79 m	253	637	CSM București
11	LB	Gabriela Perianu	(1994-06-20)20 June 1994 (aged 22)	1.87 m	23	45	Dunărea Brăila
12	GK	Ionica Munteanu	(1979-01-07)7 January 1979 (aged 37)	1.75 m	17	0	Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
15	LW	Valentina Ardean-Elisei	(1982-06-05)5 June 1982 (aged 34)	1.75 m	205	807	S.C.M. Craiova
22	P	Oana Manea	(1985-04-18)18 April 1985 (aged 31)	1.75 m	274	355	CSM București
25	LW	Camelia Hotea	(1984-10-28)28 October 1984 (aged 31)	1.74 m	38	60	Corona Brașov
30	GK	Paula Ungureanu	(1980-03-30)30 March 1980 (aged 36)	1.80 m	140	2	CSM București
85	P	Florina Chintoan	(1985-12-06)6 December 1985 (aged 30)	1.78 m	106	140	Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
88	RB	Patricia Vizitiu	(1988-10-15)15 October 1988 (aged 27)	1.77 m	35	48	HCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
89	RW	Laura Chiper	(1989-08-21)21 August 1989 (aged 26)	1.73 m	15	30	Corona Brașov

Spain

The following is the Spanish roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[5]

Head coach: Jorge Dueñas

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
2	RW	Marta López	(1990-02-04)4 February 1990 (aged 26)	1.68 m	80	171	Bera Bera
4	RW	Carmen Martín	(1988-05-29)29 May 1988 (aged 28)	1.72 m	171	564	CSM București
6	RB	Nely Carla Alberto	(1983-07-02)2 July 1983 (aged 33)	1.79 m	118	325	Chambray Touraine Handball
9	RB	Marta Mangué	(1983-04-23)23 April 1983 (aged 33)	1.70 m	284	1001	Brest Bretagne Handball
10	CB	Macarena Aguilar	(1985-03-12)12 March 1985 (aged 31)	1.70 m	215	580	Unattached
12	GK	Silvia Navarro	(1979-03-20)20 March 1979 (aged 36)	1.69 m	142	3	Remudas
14	P	Elisabeth Chávez	(1990-11-17)17 November 1990 (aged 25)	1.92 m	151	97	Fleury Loiret HB
17	LW	Elisabeth Pinedo	(1981-05-13)13 May 1981 (aged 35)	1.75 m	191	417	Bera Bera
25	CB	Nerea Pena	(1989-12-13)13 December 1989 (aged 26)	1.75 m	98	306	Ferencváros
27	LB	Lara González Ortega	(1992-02-22)22 February 1992 (aged 24)	1.84 m	51	60	Team Esbjerg
30	P	Patricia Elorza	(1984-04-08)8 April 1984 (aged 32)	1.80 m	112	71	Bera Bera
35	LW	Naiara Egozkue	(1983-10-21)21 October 1983 (aged 32)	1.73 m	54	79	Zuazo Barakaldo
44	P	Ainhoa Hernández	(1994-04-27)27 April 1994 (aged 22)	1.80 m	26	24	Zuazo Barakaldo
48	GK	Darly de Paula	(1982-08-25)25 August 1982 (aged 33)	1.78 m	20	0	Budućnost
86	LB	Alexandrina Barbosa	(1986-05-05)5 May 1986 (aged 30)	1.75 m	65	312	Rostov-Don

Group B

Argentina

The following is the Argentine roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[6]

Head coach: Eduardo Peruchena

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Marisol Carratu	(1986-07-15)15 July 1986 (aged 30)	1.79 m	93	0	Atlético Guardés
3	RW	Xoana Iacoi	(1992-06-03)3 June 1992 (aged 24)	1.62 m	15	27	Cideco Handball
4	RW	Lucía Haro	(1986-08-21)21 August 1986 (aged 29)	1.79 m	98	204	Unión Eléctrica
5	LW	Manuela Pizzo	(1992-11-13)13 November 1992 (aged 23)	1.73 m	80	238	Estudiantes
6	LB	Luciana Salvadó	(1990-04-03)3 April 1990 (aged 26)	1.69 m	97	296	Club Oeste
7	P	Rocio Campigli	(1994-08-06)6 August 1994 (aged 22)	1.73 m	45	48	Estudiantes
8	LW	Amelia Belotti	(1988-11-17)17 November 1988 (aged 27)	1.79 m	83	256	Vilo
9	RB	Luciana Mendoza	(1990-03-14)14 March 1990 (aged 26)	1.70 m	96	382	Atlético Guardés
10	CB	Victoria Crivelli	(1990-09-30)30 September 1990 (aged 25)	1.75 m	85	150	Ferro Carril Oeste
12	GK	Valentina Kogan	(1980-03-19)19 March 1980 (aged 36)	1.78 m	170	3	Vilo
15	P	Antonela Mena	(1988-03-28)28 March 1988 (aged 28)	1.82 m	124	380	Cideco Handball
18	CB	Macarena Sans	(1996-11-20)20 November 1996 (aged 19)	1.64 m	38	73	Vilo
21	LB	Macarena Gandulfo	(1993-11-03)3 November 1993 (aged 22)	1.76 m	63	149	Alcobendas
22	CB	Elke Karsten	(1995-05-15)15 May 1995 (aged 21)	1.77 m	32	122	Quilmes

France

The following is the French roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[7]

Head coach: Olivier Krumbholz

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Laura Glauser	(1993-08-20)20 August 1993 (aged 22)	1.78 m	38	0	Metz Handball
3	RW	Blandine Dancette	(1988-02-14)14 February 1988 (aged 28)	1.69 m	80	103	Chambray Touraine
5	RB	Camille Ayglon	(1985-05-21)21 May 1985 (aged 31)	1.80 m	207	378	CSM București
7	CB	Allison Pineau	(1989-05-02)2 May 1989 (aged 27)	1.81 m	182	475	Brest Bretagne Handball
8	P	Laurisa Landre	(1985-10-27)27 October 1985 (aged 30)	1.74 m	38	58	S.C.M. Craiova
10	CB	Grace Zaadi	(1993-07-07)7 July 1993 (aged 23)	1.71 m	48	65	Metz Handball
12	GK	Amandine Leynaud	(1988-05-02)2 May 1988 (aged 28)	1.78 m	177	1	Vardar
13	LW	Manon Houette	(1992-07-02)2 July 1992 (aged 24)	1.68 m	26	49	Thüringer HC
17	LW	Siraba Dembélé	(1986-06-28)28 June 1986 (aged 30)	1.72 m	211	681	Rostov-Don
18	RW	Chloé Bulleux	(1991-11-18)18 November 1991 (aged 24)	1.72 m	26	45	Siófok
24	P	Béatrice Edwige	(1988-10-03)3 October 1988 (aged 27)	1.82 m	28	13	Metz Handball
27	LB	Estelle Nze Minko	(1991-08-11)11 August 1991 (aged 24)	1.76 m	38	61	Siófok
29	LB	Gnonsiane Niombla	(1990-07-09)9 July 1990 (aged 26)	1.72 m	47	138	CSM București
64	RB	Alexandra Lacrabère	(1987-04-27)27 April 1987 (aged 29)	1.72 m	173	541	Vardar

Netherlands

The following is the Dutch roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[8]

Head coach: Henk Groener

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
5	LB	Jessy Kramer	(1990-02-16)16 February 1990 (aged 26)	1.77 m	97	83	Toulon Handball
6	RB	Laura van der Heijden	(1990-06-27)27 June 1990 (aged 26)	1.72 m	148	477	Team Esbjerg
8	LB	Lois Abbingh	(1992-08-13)13 August 1992 (aged 23)	1.77 m	92	405	Issy-Paris
9	RB	Sanne van Olphen	(1989-03-13)13 March 1989 (aged 27)	1.77 m	65	110	Toulon Saint-Cyr Var Handball
10	P	Danick Snelder	(1990-05-22)22 May 1990 (aged 26)	1.78 m	120	297	Ferencváros
13	P	Yvette Broch	(1990-12-23)23 December 1990 (aged 25)	1.85 m	84	198	Győri ETO
17	CB	Cornelia Groot	(1988-05-04)4 May 1988 (aged 28)	1.75 m	96	291	Győri ETO
18	LB	Kelly Dulfer	(1994-03-21)21 March 1994 (aged 22)	1.86 m	50	39	VfL Oldenburg
21	LW	Michelle Goos	(1989-12-27)27 December 1989 (aged 26)	1.78 m	58	102	Buxtehuder SV
23	GK	Jasmina Janković	(1986-12-06)6 December 1986 (aged 29)	1.68 m	56	0	TuS Metzingen
24	LW	Martine Smeets	(1990-05-05)5 May 1990 (aged 26)	1.72 m	58	105	SG BBM Bietigheim
26	RW	Angela Malestein	(1993-01-31)31 January 1993 (aged 23)	1.73 m	85	149	SG BBM Bietigheim
30	RW	Jurswailly Luciano	(1991-03-25)25 March 1991 (aged 25)	1.71 m	45	104	Metz Handball
33	GK	Tess Wester	(1993-05-19)19 May 1993 (aged 23)	1.78 m	43	2	SG BBM Bietigheim
79	CB	Estavana Polman	(1992-08-05)5 August 1992 (aged 24)	1.74 m	89	293	Team Esbjerg

Russia

The following is the Russian roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[9] On 12 August, Tatyana Yerokhina was added to the squad after Anna Sedoykina was ruled out for the test of the tournament due to an injury.^[10]

Head coach: Yevgeni Trefilov

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Anna Sedoykina	(1984-08-01)1 August 1984 (aged 32)	1.81 m	128	4	Rostov-Don
2	LW	Polina Kuznetsova	(1987-06-10)10 June 1987 (aged 29)	1.70 m	119	322	Kuban Krasnodar
7	CB	Daria Dmitrieva	(1995-08-09)9 August 1995 (aged 20)	1.78 m	43	92	Lada Togliatti
8	LB	Anna Sen	(1990-02-03)3 February 1990 (aged 26)	1.85 m	93	222	Rostov-Don
10	LB	Olga Akopyan	(1985-03-04)4 March 1985 (aged 31)	1.76 m	133	367	Lada Togliatti
13	RW	Anna Vyakhireva	(1995-03-13)13 March 1995 (aged 21)	1.62 m	37	165	Rostov-Don
15	RW	Marina Sudakova	(1989-02-17)17 February 1989 (aged 27)	1.66 m	38	56	Kuban Krasnodar
17	LB	Vladlena Bobrovnikova	(1987-10-24)24 October 1987 (aged 28)	1.80 m	36	69	Rostov-Don
21	LB	Victoria Zhilinskayte	(1989-03-06)6 March 1989 (aged 27)	1.88 m	110	159	Kuban Krasnodar
22	LW	Yekaterina Marennikova	(1982-04-29)29 April 1982 (aged 34)	1.79 m	120	260	Kuban Krasnodar
24	RB	Irina Bliznova	(1986-10-06)6 October 1986 (aged 29)	1.82 m	124	369	Lada Togliatti
33	CB	Ekaterina Ilina	(1991-03-07)7 March 1991 (aged 25)	1.75 m	68	187	Rostov-Don
77	P	Maya Petrova	(1982-05-26)26 May 1982 (aged 34)	1.84 m	55	82	Rostov-Don
84	GK	Tatyana Yerokhina	(1984-09-07)7 September 1984 (aged 31)	1.85 m	21	0	Lada Togliatti
88	GK	Victoriya Kalinina	(1988-12-08)8 December 1988 (aged 27)	1.83 m	39	0	Kuban Krasnodar

South Korea

The following is the South Korean roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[11]

Head coach: Lim Young-chul

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Oh Yong-ran	(1972-09-06)6 September 1972 (aged 43)	1.71 m	99	1	Incheon Sports Council
5	RW	Jung Yu-ra	(1992-02-06)6 February 1992 (aged 24)	1.70 m	59	317	Colorful Daegu
11	RB	Ryu Eun-hee	(1990-02-24)24 February 1990 (aged 26)	1.80 m	83	297	Incheon Sports Council
12	GK	Park Mi-ra	(1987-04-20)20 April 1987 (aged 29)	1.72 m	38	0	Wonderful Samcheok
13	P	Yoo Hyun-ji	(1984-07-16)16 July 1984 (aged 32)	1.75 m	89	111	Wonderful Samcheok
14	LB	Kim Jin-yi	(1993-06-20)20 June 1993 (aged 23)	1.81 m	50	115	Colorful Daegu
15	LW	Choi Su-min	(1990-01-09)9 January 1990 (aged 26)	1.77 m	49	115	Seoul City
17	LB	Sim Hae-in	(1987-10-31)31 October 1987 (aged 28)	1.78 m	64	117	Wonderful Samcheok
21	LW	Lee Eun-bi	(1990-10-23)23 October 1990 (aged 25)	1.63 m	79	166	BISCO
22	RW	Woo Sun-hee	(1978-07-01)1 July 1978 (aged 38)	1.72 m	119	380	Wonderful Samcheok
23	CB	Kim On-a	(1988-09-06)6 September 1988 (aged 27)	1.69 m	96	332	SK Sugar Gliders
24	CB	Gwon Han-na	(1989-11-22)22 November 1989 (aged 26)	1.72 m	82	103	Seoul City
27	P	Nam Yeong-sin	(1990-08-27)27 August 1990 (aged 25)	1.75 m	25	3	BISCO
29	RB	Yu So-jeong	(1996-06-04)4 June 1996 (aged 20)	1.68 m	19	71	SK Sugar Gliders

Sweden

The following is the Swedish roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[12]^[13] On 16 August, Hanna Blomstrand replaced Michaela Ek due to an injury.^[14]

Head coach: Henrik Signell

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Johanna Bundsen	(1991-06-03)3 June 1991 (aged 25)	1.85 m	35	0	IK Sävehof
3	P	Frida Tegstedt	(1987-07-17)17 July 1987 (aged 29)	1.80 m	40	37	Issy-Paris Hand
6	LB	Carin Strömberg	(1993-07-10)10 July 1993 (aged 23)	1.83 m	17	16	Viborg HK
7	P	Linn Blohm	(1992-05-20)20 May 1992 (aged 24)	1.80 m	52	117	FC Midtjylland
8	LB	Jamina Roberts	(1990-05-28)28 May 1990 (aged 26)	1.75 m	102	174	Team Tvis Holstebro
9	LW	Louise Sand	(1992-12-27)27 December 1992 (aged 23)	1.64 m	59	120	IK Sävehof
10	RW	Michaela Ek	(1988-02-01)1 February 1988 (aged 28)	1.73 m	7	5	Ringkøbing
12	GK	Filippa Idéhn	(1990-08-15)15 August 1990 (aged 25)	1.83 m	58	2	Team Esbjerg
17	CB	Linnea Torstenson	(1983-03-30)30 March 1983 (aged 33)	1.80 m	169	637	CSM București
20	CB	Isabelle Gulldén	(1989-06-29)29 June 1989 (aged 27)	1.79 m	154	568	CSM București
22	RB	Hanna Blomstrand	(1996-08-25)25 August 1996 (aged 19)	1.70 m	3	1	Lugi HF
24	RW	Nathalie Hagman	(1991-07-19)19 July 1991 (aged 25)	1.67 m	89	212	Nykøbing Falster
25	RB	Angelica Wallén	(1986-04-11)11 April 1986 (aged 30)	1.78 m	72	93	Skuru IK
27	RB	Sabina Jacobsen	(1989-03-24)24 March 1989 (aged 27)	1.80 m	82	121	FC Midtjylland
29	LB	Jenny Alm	(1989-04-10)10 April 1989 (aged 27)	1.84 m	73	185	Team Esbjerg

Statistics

Player representation by club

Clubs with 6 or more players represented are listed.

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Club	Players
Budućnost	11
Rostov-Don	10
CSM București	9
Primeiro de Agosto	8
Győri ETO	6
Vardar	6

Player representation by league

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Country	Players	Percentage	Outside national squad
Total	168
Romania	17	10%	7
Russia	17	10%	3
France	16	10%	11
Hungary	16	10%	16
Denmark	15	9%	15
Angola	14	8%	0
South Korea	14	8%	0
Montenegro	11	7%	9
Others	49	29%

The Greek, Japanese, Italian and Hungarian squads were made up entirely of players from the respective countries' domestic leagues. The Montenegrin squad was made up entirely of players employed by abroad country clubs.

Coaches representation by country

Coaches in bold represent their own country.

More information Nº, Country ...

Nº	Country	Coaches
2	Sweden	Tomas Ryde (Romania), Henrik Signell
1	Angola	Filipe Cruz
	Argentina	Eduardo Peruchena
	Denmark	Morten Soubak (Brazil)
	France	Olivier Krumbholz
	Iceland	Thorir Hergeirsson (Norway)
	Montenegro	Dragan Adžić
	Netherlands	Henk Groener
	Russia	Yevgeni Trefilov
	South Korea	Lim Young-chul
	Spain	Jorge Dueñas

References

[1]
"Andebol: 1º de Agosto domina convocatória para os jogos olímpicos "Rio 2016"!" [Handball: Primiero de Agosto dominates the squad for the Olympics] (in Portuguese). Primeiro de Agosto. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
[2]
"Morten Soubak divulga convocadas do handebol feminino para os Jogos Olímpicos" [Morten Soubak named the women's handball team to the Olympic Games]. Brazilian Handball Confederation (in Portuguese). 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 14 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
[3]
"Bez iznenađenja, Mara kao rezerva čeka završnicu" [No surprises, as reserve Mara awaits the final] (in Montenegrin). Vijesti. 16 July 2016. Archived from the original on 20 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
[4]
"OL-troppen". NHF. Archived from the original on 25 November 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
[5]
"Spain team roster" (PDF). www.coe.es. 20 July 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
[6]
"La lista de la Selección Femenina para Río 2016" [The list of the selected female players for Rio 2016] (in Spanish). Argentina Handball Association. 26 July 2016. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
[7]
"Handball féminin : Pineau blessée mais sélectionnée pour les JO" [Women's handball: Pineau injured, but selected to the Olympics] (in French). L'Alsace-Le Pays. 12 July 2016. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
[8]
"Handbalkeepster Jankovic mee naar Rio" [Handball goalkeeper Jankovic off to Rio] (in Dutch). RTL Nieuws. 1 July 2016. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
[9]
"Определен окончательный состав женской сборной России по гандболу на ОИ-2016" [The final composition of Russia women's handball team at the 2016 Olympics] (in Russian). Russian News Agency TASS. 27 July 2016. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
[10]
"Player Replacements". International Handball Federation. 12 August 2016. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
[11]
"South Korea team roster" (PDF). IHF. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
[12]
"Damernas handbollslag till Rio uttaget" [The Swedish handball roster for Rio selected]. sok.se (in Swedish). 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
[13]
"Elva OS-debutanter i svenska truppen" [Eleven OG-debutants in the Swedish roster]. svenskhandboll.se (in Swedish). 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
[14]
"Blomstrand OS-debuterar mot Norge". sok.se (in Swedish). 16 August 2016. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

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Group A

Angola

Brazil

Montenegro

Norway

Romania

Spain

Group B

Argentina

France

Netherlands

Russia

South Korea

Sweden

Statistics

Player representation by club

Player representation by league

Coaches representation by country

See also

References

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