Ingrid Ødegård is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

 goalkeeper, playing for FCM Håndbold

FC Midtjylland Håndbold

FC Midtjylland Håndbold is a Danish women's handball club based in Ikast. They play in the Dame Håndbold Ligaen since 1991. In 1998, FCM won the Danish Championship...

, the Norwegian national beach handball team

Norway women's national beach handball team

The Norway women's national beach handball team represents Norway in international beach handball competitions. It is governed by the Norwegian Handball Federation.- Results :...

 and the B side of the national handball team

Norway women's national handball team

The Norway women's national handball team is the national team of Norway. It is governed by the Norwegian Handball Federation and takes part in international handball competitions....

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Club career

Ingrid Ødegård started her professional career in Sola HK, Stavanger

Stavanger

Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...

. After three season with the club, she received an offer from Larvik HK

Larvik HK

Larvik Håndballklubb, is a women's handball club from Larvik, Norway. They play in the Norwegian top league for women and they have won the Norwegian Championship thirteen times.- History :...

 and started playing for the Norwegian champion in 2005. With Larvik, she won the Norwegian Championship several times and the Cup Winners' Cup in 2008. However, being the substitute of Lene Rantala

Lene Rantala

Lene Rantala is a Danish team handball player, currently playing for the Norwegian club Larvik HK.She debuted on the Danish national team on 14 February 1991, and has since played 226 matches for Denmark...

, Ødegård could not enjoy much playing time. In 2008 she left Larvik and moved to Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 to play for FCM Håndbold

FC Midtjylland Håndbold

FC Midtjylland Håndbold is a Danish women's handball club based in Ikast. They play in the Dame Håndbold Ligaen since 1991. In 1998, FCM won the Danish Championship...

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Handball

Ingrid Ødegård made her debut on the national team at junior level in 2002. In 2003, she won a bronze medal at the Junior World Championship

World Junior Women's Handball Championship

The Junior World Championship in team handball for women has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1977.-Tournaments:-Medal table:* IHF considers Russia as the inheritor of the records of Soviet Union....

, together with Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth, Linn Jørum Sulland

Linn Jørum Sulland

Linn Jørum Sulland is a Norwegian handballer playing for Larvik HK. She also participates in the handball and beach handball national teams. Until July 2009 she played for Stabæk IF.- Handball :...

 and Gøril Snorroeggen

Gøril Snorroeggen

Gøril Snorroeggen is a Norwegian handball player, who plays for Esbjerg. She comes from an athletic family; her father was active in orienteering and her mother has played for Byåsen I.L., the team in which her elder sister, Marthe Snorroeggen are currently playing for.She began her career at the...

 among others. As of July 2009, she has played five matches with the B senior team.

Ødegård debuted with the senior national team in June 2010 against Denmark.

Beach handball

Ødegård received a bronze medal at the 2007 European Beach Handball Championship

European Beach Handball Championship

The European Beach Handball Championship is the official competition for senior national beach handball teams of Europe. It was first organized by the EHF in 2000. In addition to crowning the European champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the World Championships.-...

, where she was named Best Goalkeeper. In 2009 she was part of the team that won a silver medal at the European Championship in Larvik

Larvik

is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Larvik. Larvik kommune - has about 41 364 inhabitants and covers 530 km2....

. She received her first gold medal at the 2010 World Championship

2010 Beach Handball World Championships

The 2010 Beach Handball World Championships was a twelve-team tournament in both men's and women's beach handball, held at Antalya in Turkey between 23–27 June. It was the fourth edition of the event. Matches were played in sets, the team that wins two sets was the winner of a match...

 in Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

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