{{short description|Norwegian handball player (born 1979)}} {{Use dmy dates |date=August 2023}} {{for|the Spanish politician|Isabel Blanco (politician)}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Isabel Blanco | image = Isabel Blanco 20141115.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|5|10|df=y}}<ref name=eurohandball/> | birth_place = Bergen, Norway | nationality = Norwegian | height = {{height|m=1.75|precision=0}} | position = Pivot | currentclub = Halden HK | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Vadmyra | youthclubs2 =Kjøkkelvik | youthclubs3 =Nordnes | years1 = {{0|0000}}-1998 | clubs1 = Tertnes IL | years2 = 1998-1999 | clubs2 = Ferrobus Mislata | years3 = 1999-2000 | clubs3 = Tertnes IL | years4 = 2000-2004 | clubs4 = Ikast-Bording EH | years5 = 2004-2006 | clubs5 = Aalborg DH | years6 = 2006-2011 | clubs6 = Ikast-Bording EH/FCM | years7 = 2011-2015 | clubs7 = Larvik HK | years8 = 2016 | clubs8 = Molde HK | years9 = 2016-2017 | clubs9 = Halden HK | nationalyears1 = 2004–2014 | nationalteam1 = Norway | nationalcaps1 = 86 | nationalgoals1 = 165 | ntupdate = 6 June 2016 | manageryears1 = 2016-2017 | managerclubs1 = Halden HK (assistant) | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|European Championship}} {{MedalGold | 2004 Hungary | Team}} {{MedalGold | 2008 Macedonia | Team }} }} '''Isabel Blanco''' (born 10 May 1979) is a Norwegian former handball player.
==Club career== Blanco has previously played for the clubs Kjøkkelvik, Vadmyra, Nordnes, Tertnes HE, Club El Ferrobus Mislata, Aalborg DH, FC Midtjylland, Larvik HK and Molde Elite. She earned a silver medal in the 2005 and 2008 Danish Championships, and a bronze medal in 2006, when she was voted ''Pivot of the Year'' in the Danish league.
==National team== She won a gold medal at the 2004 European Women's Handball Championship with the Norwegian national team<ref name=wec2004-team-norway>[http://wec2004.worldhandball.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?menuid=152 "6th European Handball Championships – Hungary 2004 – Team Norway"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718113700/http://wec2004.worldhandball.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?menuid=152 |date=2011-07-18 }} (Retrieved on February 25, 2008)</ref> and again at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship.<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>
==Personal life== Blanco was born in Bergen.<ref name=eurohandball>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/cl/women/2014-15/player/505680/Isabel+Blanco |title=Isabel Blanco |website=eurohandball.com |accessdate=5 August 2019}}</ref> Her father is Fernando Blanco Jiménez, a former Deportivo de La Coruña football player. She has not lived in Spain except for the one year at Club El Ferrobus Mislata.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=258261|title=- Vi bør slå Spania|last=Christiansen|first=Anders K.|date=11 December 2004|work=VG|language=Norwegian|accessdate=8 December 2008}}</ref>
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