# Katrine Lunde

Katrine Lunde (former Haraldsen; born 30 March 1980) is a Norwegian handball player for Odense Håndbold and the Norwegian national team.
She is the twin sister of fellow handball player Kristine Lunde-Borgersen. Her sporting achievements include gold medals with the Norwegian national team at the Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships, as well as club victories in the EHF Champions League, and national championships in Denmark, Hungary, Russia and Norway.

## Personal life

Lunde was born in Kristiansand on 30 March 1980, and is the twin sister of Kristine Lunde-Borgersen. She is married to formar football player from Serbia, Nikola Trajkovic. They have one dauther.

## Career
### Club

She started her club career in Hånes, and later played for Kristiansand, Våg and Aalborg DH. She won the Champions League with Viborg in 2009 and 2010. In 2010, she signed with Hungarian club Győri ETO KC. In 2015, she signed with Russian club Rostov-Don. After two years spent in Russia she returned to Norway. Her contract with Vipers Kristiansand is valid until 2025.
She left Vipers Kristiansand in January 2025 when the club went bankrupt and ceased activities. A month later she joined Danish side Odense Håndbold. She has said, that she did consider retiring after Vipers went bankrupt, but she felt that it was not the right way to end her career.

### International

Lunde made her debut on the Norwegian national team in 2002. She is a six-time European champion (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2020, 2022). She is World champion from 2011, received a silver medal at the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship, and a bronze medal at the 2009 World Championship. In August 2008, together with her twin sister, she won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She was selected into the tournament's All-Star Team, and was also overall top goalkeeper with a 42% save rate.
Lunde was again named goalkeeper of the All-Star Team in the 2008 European Championship and ranked second on the Top Goalkeepers list with a 47% save rate.
She was also part of the Norwegian team that won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
She won a gold medal with the Norwegian team at the 2024 Summer Olympics, and was also named by IHF the most valuable player at the tournament. This was her fifth Olympic medal from five different Olympics: three gold and two bronze.
Lunde has participated in 24 international championships for the national team.

## Achievements

* Olympic Games:
** Winner: 2008, 2012, 2024
** Bronze Medalist: 2016, 2020
* World Championship:
** Winner: 2011, 2021
** Silver Medalist: 2007, 2017, 2023
** Bronze Medalist: 2009
* European Championship:
** Winner: 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2020, 2022, 2024
** Silver Medalist: 2002, 2012
* Damehåndboldligaen:
** Winner: 2008, 2009, 2010
** Silver Medalist: 2005
** Bronze Medalist: 2006, 2007
* DHF Landspokalturneringen:
** Winner: 2007, 2008
* Nemzeti Bajnokság I:
** Winner: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
** Silver Medalist: 2015
* Magyar Kupa:
** Winner: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
* EHF Champions League:
** Winner: 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2021, 2022, 2023
** Finalist: 2012
** Bronze Medalist: 2019
** Semifinalist: 2006, 2011
* EHF Cup:
** Winner: 2017
** Finalist: 2018
** Semifinalist: 2004
* Norwegian League:
** Winner: 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024
* Norwegian Cup:
** Winner: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022/23, 2023/24

## Individual awards

* Most Valuable Player of the Summer Olympics: 2024
* All-Star Goalkeeper of the Olympic Games: 2008, 2020
* All-Star Goalkeeper of the European Championship: 2008, 2010, 2012
* Foreign Handballer of the Year in Hungary: 2013
* All-Star Goalkeeper of the World Championship: 2017
* All-Star Goalkeeper of the Champions League: 2019
* All-Star Goalkeeper of Eliteserien: 2018/2019, 2020/2021, 2021/2022,
* EHF Excellence Awards Best goalkeeper of the season: 2022/23
* EHF Excellence Awards MVP: 2022/23