{{short description|Norwegian handball player (born 1983)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Anja Edin | fullname = Anja Hammerseng-Edin | image = Anja Hammerseng-Edin 20141115.jpg | nationality = Norwegian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|2|5|df=y}}<ref name=wch2013/> | birth_place = Porsgrunn, Norway | height = {{height|m=1.73|precision=0}} | position = Central back | currentclub = Retired | clubnumber = | years1 = 1999–2001 | clubs1 = Herøya IF | years2 = 2001–2002 | clubs2 = Gjerpen IF | years3 = 2002–2004 | clubs3 = Sola HK | years4 = 2004–2008 | clubs4 = Gjerpen IF | years5 = 2008–2012 | clubs5 = Storhamar HE | years6 = 2012–2017 | clubs6 = Larvik HK | nationalyears1 = 2006–2013 | nationalteam1 = Norway | nationalcaps1 = 59<ref name=nhf/> | nationalgoals1 = 143 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|World Championship}} {{MedalBronze | 2009 China | Team }} {{MedalCompetition|European Championship}} {{MedalSilver|2012 Serbia|Team}} }}
'''Anja Hammerseng-Edin''' ({{nee}} Anja Marie Edin, 5 February 1983) is a Norwegian former handball player. She previously played for Larvik HK and for the Norwegian national team.
==Career== Hammerseng-Edin made her début on the Norwegian national team in 2006, and played 59 matches and scored 143 goals between 2006 and 2013.<ref name=nhf>{{cite web|title=Totaloversikt for Hammerseng-Edin, Anja |url=https://handballold.nif.no/Statistikk_Landskamper.asp?LagId=6014&SpillerId=128928 |website=handballold.nif.no |language=no|accessdate=17 September 2019}}</ref> She represented Norway when the team won a bronze medal at the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship in China, as well as winning a silver medal at the 2012 European Women's Handball Championship in Serbia.<ref name=Haraldsen2016>{{cite book |title=Gode som gull. 30 år med håndballjentene |chapter=De 25 medaljemesterskapene |first=Stian |last=Haraldsen |year=2016 |publisher=Aschehoug |location=Oslo |language=Norwegian |isbn=978-82-03-29618-5 |pages=144–159 }}</ref> She was also part of the National team at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship.<ref name=wch2013>{{cite web|url=http://www.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/140/pdf/NOR.pdf |title=XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, Norway |publisher=IHF |accessdate=7 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207234947/http://www.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/140/pdf/NOR.pdf |archivedate=7 December 2013 }}</ref><ref name=nhf/>
She retired from her handball career in 2017, and currently works as a conference speaker.
==Individual awards== *MVP of the European Championship: 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ehf-euro.com/Singe-News.2807.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=22141&cHash=3f5271d0e1d7bfa037c35e411167a017#.UM8UWV-Fws0 |title=All Star Team announced |publisher=European Handball Federation |date=16 December 2012 |accessdate=17 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121221012952/http://www.ehf-euro.com/Singe-News.2807.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=22141&cHash=3f5271d0e1d7bfa037c35e411167a017 |archivedate=21 December 2012 }}</ref>
==Personal life== Edin started playing handball when she was 5 years old, with her mother as a trainer.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}
She is married to fellow handball player Gro Hammerseng, and they have a son together, born on 2 February 2012. Hammerseng and Edin married on 3 August 2013. The couple both play for the Norwegian handball club Larvik HK.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hammerseng og Edin vil skrive bok sammen |date=26 December 2012 |work=NRK |url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/kultur/litteratur/1.10847188 |accessdate=22 April 2013 |language=Norwegian}}</ref>
Hammerseng-Edin and her wife wrote a book together titled ''Anja + Gro = Mio'', which was published in February 2014.<ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/14550653.Anja_Hammerseng_Edin Anja Hammerseng-Edin on goodreads]</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{sports links}}
{{Norway squad 2009 World Women's Handball Championship}} {{Norway squad 2012 European Women's Handball Championship}} {{Norway squad 2013 World Women's Handball Championship}} {{Authority control}}
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