Helena Elver

Helena Elver Hagesø (born 1 March 1998) is a Danish handball player who plays for Odense Håndbold and the Danish national team.^[1][2]

Helena Elver
Personal information
Full name	Helena Elver Hagesø
Born	(1998-03-01) 1 March 1998 (age 26) Copenhagen, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Playmaker
Club information
Current club	Odense Håndbold
Number	68
Youth career
Years	Team
2015–2017	Hellerup IK
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2017–2018	Gudme HK
2018–2020	Aarhus United
2020–	Odense Håndbold
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–	Denmark	31	(41)
Medal record Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team World Championship 2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden Youth World Championship 2016 Slovakia Youth European Championship 2015 U-17 Macedonia

She made her debut on the Danish national team on 27 July 2019.^[3]

She also represented Denmark in the 2015 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship in Macedonia, leading to the trophy. Elver won the best player of the tournament award.^[4] The year later she won silver medals at IHF Women's Youth World Championship 2016 in Slovakia.

Career

Elver started her carrier in 2015 at Hellerup IK. In 2017 she switched to the 1st division (second tier) club Gudme HK. She did however miss a large part of season due to cruciate ligament injury.^[5] She played here for a year before switching to top flight team Aarhus United.^[5]

Two years later she joined Danish top club Odense Håndbold.^[1] In 2020 she missed the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship due to her second cruciate ligament injury.^[6] In 2021 she would suffer her third ligament injury.^[7]

She has won the Danish league twice; in 2020/2021 and 2021/2022.

Achievements

• Youth World Championship:
  • Silver Medalist: 2016
• Youth European Championship:
  • Silver Medalist: 2015

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player of the EHF European Under-17 Championship: 2015^[8]

References

1. "Landsholdsbobler dropper Viborg - skifter i stedet til Odense" [National team drop Viborg - instead move to Odense] (in Danish). TV2 (Denmark). 19 March 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
2. "DHDb > Helena Elver". dhdb.hyldgaard-jensen.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 May 2020.
3. "Helena Hagesøe Elver - Statistik" [Helena Hagesøe Elver - Statistics]. dhf.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
4. "Women's U17 EURO 2015: Golden Danish girls!". handball-planet.com. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
5. "Aarhus United tilknytter kæmpetalent til den kommende sæson" [Aarhus United signs huge talent for the coming season] (in Danish). Århus Stiftstidende. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
6. "Dansk komet knust og grædefærdig - misser EM" [Danish comet broken and ready to cry - misses EC] (in Danish). TV2 Sporten. 26 November 2020.
7. "VM-debutant har lagt frygten bag sig efter skadesmareridt" [WC debutant has put the fear behind him after injury nightmare] (in Danish). Jyllands-Posten. 26 November 2023.
8. "Danes take second youth title of the Summer". EHF. 23 August 2015. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.

External links

• Helena Elver Hagesø at the International Handball Federation
• Helena Elver Hagesø at the European Handball Federation
• Helena Elver at Olympics.com
• Helena Elver at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Helena Elver on Instagram