{{short description|Norwegian handball player (born 2000)}} {{about||the Slovenian tennis player|Kristina Novak (tennis)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Kristina Novak | image = | fullname = Kristina Sirum Novak | nationality = Norwegian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|8|29|df=y}} | birth_place = Stavanger, Norway | height = 1.73 m | position = Right back | currentclub = CSM București | clubnumber = 22 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Austrått IL | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Ålgård HK | years1 = 2017–2018 | clubs1 = Ålgård HK | years2 = 2018–2024 | clubs2 = Sola HK | years3 = 2024–2025 | clubs3 = Brest Bretagne Handball | years4 = 2025– | clubs4 = CSM București | nationalyears1 = 2022– | nationalteam1 = Norway | nationalcaps1 = 34 | nationalgoals1 = 47 | ntupdate = 22 July 2024 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|World Championship}} {{MedalSilver|2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden|}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championship}} {{MedalGold|2022 Slovenia/North Macedonia/Montenegro|}} {{MedalCompetition|Youth European Championship}} {{MedalSilver|2017 Slovakia|}} }} '''Kristina Sirum Novak''' (born 29 August 2000) is a Norwegian handball player for CSM București and the Norwegian national team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sola-hk.no/spiller/kristina-sirum-novak/|title=22: Kristina Sirum Novak - Sola Håndball|publisher=solahk.dk|accessdate=21 April 2022}}</ref><ref>[http://dhdb.hyldgaard-jensen.dk/spiller.php?id=10380 DHDb profile]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/E_yWqT4YbWkqRpYjhGNyUg/kristina-sirum-novak/|title=Kristina Sirum Novak - Career & Statistics|publisher=European Handball Federation|accessdate=21 April 2022}}</ref>
She also represented Norway at the 2018 Women's Youth World Handball Championship, placing 11th.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/c56bb144-e1ae-4540-8a65-43d9f56f768c/pdf/NOR.pdf|title=NOR - Norway|publisher=IHF|accessdate=14 February 2021|language=English}}</ref>
== International career == She made her debut on the Norwegian national team on 21 April 2022, against North Macedonia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/norway-clinch-fifth-win-in-a-row/|title=Norway clinchfifth win in a row |publisher=European Handball Federation|date=21 April 2022|accessdate=21 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.handball.no/nyheter/2022/04/nye-ansikter-far-muligheten-pa-landslaget/|title=Nye ansikter får muligheten på landslaget|publisher=NHF|access-date=1 April 2022}}</ref> She would play at her first major international tournament later the same year at the 2022 European Championship in Slovenia, North Macedonia and Montenegro, where Norway won gold medals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ehfeuro.eurohandball.com/women/2022/news/en/norway-take-ninth-ehf-euro-trophy/|title=Norway take ninth EHF EURO trophy|publisher=eurohandball.com|date=20 November 2022|accessdate=20 November 2022}}</ref>
The year after she won silver medals at the 2023 World Championship, losing to France in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.handball.no/nyheter/2023/12/frankrike-verdensmester---solv-til-handballjentene/ |publisher=Norwegian Handball Federation|website=handball.no|title=Frankrike verdensmester - sølv til Håndballjentene|access-date=25 December 2023|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/competitions/29fa120a-f09a-4648-8ce7-963c3618fc5f/pdf/NORTOTAL.PDF?n=1703329694 |publisher=International Handball Federation|website=ihf.info|title=26th IHF Women's World Championship: Norway|access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref>
==Achievements== *'''European Championship''': **''Winner'': 2022 *'''REMA 1000-ligaen''' **''Bronze:'' 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24 *'''Norwegian Cup''' **16px '''Silver:''' 2020, 2022/2023
==Personal life== She is the daughter of a Norwegian mother and Croatian father. She hails from Håbafjell in Sandnes and is the younger sister of footballer Kristian Novak.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dette søskenparet vil du høre mye om i årene som kommer|work=Stavanger Aftenblad|date=27 January 2018|page=64-65|author=Nærland, Egil Ø.|language=no}}</ref>
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{{Norway squad 2022 European Women's Handball Championship}} {{Norway squad 2023 World Women's Handball Championship}}
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