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Helene Gigstad Fauske
Norwegian handball player (born 1997) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Helene Gigstad Fauske (born 31 January 1997) is a Norwegian handball player for Neptunes de Nantes and the Norwegian national team.[1]
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She also represented Norway at the 2016 Women's Junior World Handball Championship, placing 5th,[2] at the 2015 Women's Under-19 European Handball Championship, placing 6th[3] and at the 2013 Youth European Championship, placing 7th.
In October 2020, Fauske announced that she no longer would be available to the national team,[4] but made a comeback in 2022.
During her first season with Brest Bretagne Handball (2021–2022), she was the club's top goalscorer in the French League (118 goals in 27 matches, 6th top goalscorer) and in the Champions League (87 goals; 6th top goalscorer). During her second season, she was also BBH's top goalscorer.
In the 2024-25 season, she achieved a perfect regular season with Odense Håndbold, winning 26 of 26 games.[5]
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Achievements
Club
- Danish league (Damehåndboldligaen):
- Runner up: 2019 (with Herning-Ikast Håndbold)
- Danish Cup
- Winner: 2019 (with Herning-Ikast Håndbold)
- French league:
- Runner up: 2022 and 2023 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
International
- World Championship:
- Silver: 2017
Individual awards
- Best Rookie of Grundigligaen: 2016/2017
- All-Star Left Back of Grundigligaen: 2016/2017[6]
- All-Star Centre Back of Damehåndboldligaen: 2018/2019[7]
- Danish League's Player of the Month: January 2019
- Top Scorer of the EHF European League with 61 goals: 2020/21
- French League's Player of the Month: February 2022
References
External links
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