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Vigdis Holmeset

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Vigdis Holmeset is a Norwegian handball coach, known for coaching various Norwegian and British handball teams.

Career

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In 2012, Holmeset was coach of the Great Britain women's national handball team at the Summer Olympics.[1]

In 2015, Holmeset coached Norway's under-17 women's handball team alongside Kenneth Gabrielsen. They entered the European Women's U-17 Handball Championship that year.[2]

In 2017, Holmeset was coach of Norway's under-19 women's handball team.[3] She led the team for the 2017 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship, coming top of their group in the qualifying stages.[4] They finished in 7th place after defeating the Montenegrin team 28–23.[5]

Holmeset won a silver medal as coach of the Norwegian women's team at the 2018 Women's Beach Handball World Championships. She was later shortlisted for the 2018/19 Female Coach of the Season award by the European Handball Federation.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Liew, Jonathan (20 June 2012). "London 2012 Olympics: how GB's women's handball squad fought back from the brink". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Several favourites eye the trophy in Skopje". European Handball Federation. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  3. ^ "A player to shape Norway's handball future". European Handball Federation. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Making their mark in Slovenia". European Handball Federation. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  5. ^ "France are Women's 19 champions of Europe". European Handball Federation. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  6. ^ "EHF Awards 'Female Coach of the Season' at DELO WOMEN'S EHF FINAL4". European Handball Federation. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2023.