Kristian Kjelling

{{short description|Norwegian handball player and coach (born 1980)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Kristian Kjelling | image = Kristian Kjelling2 (cropped).jpg | fullname = Kristian Cato Walby Kjelling | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|9|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = Oslo, Norway | height = {{height|m=1.97|precision=0}} | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Left back | youthclubs1 = Kjelsås | youthyears1 = –1998 | years1 = 1998–1999 | clubs1 = Vestli IL | years2 = 1999–2002 | clubs2 = Drammen HK | years3 = 2002–2006 | clubs3 = CB Ademar León | years4 = 2006–2009 | clubs4 = Portland San Antonio | years5 = 2009–2013 | clubs5 = Aalborg Håndbold | years6 = 2013–2015 | clubs6 = Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | years7 = 2015–2016 | clubs7 = Drammen HK | nationalyears1 = 2001–2014 | nationalteam1 = Norway | nationalcaps1 = 159<ref>{{cite web|url=http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM14M/PDF/NOR-R.pdf|title=XI European Championship 2014. Team Roster, Norway|publisher=EHF|accessdate=12 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517144028/http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM14M/PDF/NOR-R.pdf|archive-date=17 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> | nationalgoals1 = 615 }} '''Kristian Cato Walby Kjelling''' ({{IPA|no|ˈkrɪ̀stɪjɑn ˈçɛ̀lːɪŋ}}; born 8 September 1980) is a retired Norwegian handball player, who was part of the national team from 2001 to 2014. He last played for the Norwegian club Drammen HK. He is now their coach.

==Career== Before re-joining Drammen HK he played for the Spanish clubs Portland San Antonio and Ademar León and the Danish clubs AaB Håndbold and Bjerringbro-Silkeborg and the Norwegian clubs Kjelsås, Vestli, and Drammen.

Kjelling won King's cup in 2002 and the EHF Cup-Winners Cup in 2004/2005 with Ademar Leon.

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==External links== *[http://www.dagbladet.no/sport/2008/04/18/533002.html Profile on Dagbladet.no]

{{Norway squad 2010 European Men's Handball Championship}} {{Norway squad 2011 World Men's Handball Championship}} {{Norway squad 2014 European Men's Handball Championship}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kjelling, Kristian}} Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:Norwegian male handball players Category:21st-century Norwegian sportsmen Category:SDC San Antonio players Category:Liga ASOBAL players Category:CB Ademar León players Category:Aalborg Håndbold players Category:Bjerringbro-Silkeborg players Category:Handball players from Oslo Category:Norwegian expatriate handball players in Spain Category:Norwegian expatriate handball players in Denmark