Nora Mørk

Nora Mørk (born 5 April 1991) is a Norwegian handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Norwegian national team.
She made her debut on the Norwegian national team on 21 September 2010.
Before joining Team Esbjerg, she played for Bækkelaget, Aalborg DH, Njård, Larvik, Győr, CSM București and Vipers Kristiansand.
Her achievements include winning the EHF Champions League six times with three different clubs. She has won two gold medals and one silver medal at the IHF World Women's Handball Championship, has five victories in the European Women's Handball Championship, and two Olympic bronze medals.
Career
Club career
Mørk played for the clubs Bækkelaget, Aalborg DH, and Njård IL, and then for Larvik HK from 2009 to 2016. With Larvik she won the Norwegian League and the Norwegian Cup five times, and won the EHF Champions League in 2011.
From 2016 to 2019 she played for the Hungarian club Győri ETO KC, winning the Hungarian Championship three times, in 2016/2017, 2017/2018, and 2018/2019. She also won the EHF Champions League with Győri three times, in 2017, 2018, and 2019. From 2019 to 2020 she played for the Romanian club CSM București, but was injured with a raptured ACL the whole season.
She played for the club Vipers Kristiansand from 2020–2022, and won both the Norwegian League and Norwegian Cup twice with Vipers, as well as winning the EHF Champions League in 2021 and 2022.
From 2022 she started playing for the Danish club Team Esbjerg.
International career
Playing for the Norwegian national team, Mørk won gold medal at the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship, debuting as a right wing. After that Mørk had over 3 years troubling with knee injuries before making a comeback at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship, where Norway placed 5th.
At the 2014 European Women's Handball Championship she won another gold medal, and she also was selected all-star right back of the championship. She won gold medal with Norway at the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship, and was again selected all-star right back. At the 2016 Summer Olympics she won bronze medal with Norway, and was top scorer of the tournament with a total of 62 goals.
At the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship in Sweden she won a gold medal with the Norwegian team, she was top scorer with 53 goals, and was selected all-star right back. She was also top scorer at the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship in Germany (with 66 goals), when Norway won the silver medals, after losing to France in the final. After that Mørk had another 3 years suffering from knee injuries.
She made another comeback and won another gold medal with Norway at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship in Denmark, and was top scorer with 52 goals. At the 2020 Summer Olympics held in 2021, she was again top scorer with 62 goals, winning the bronze medal with the Norwegian team. She won gold medal with the Norwegian team at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship, and a gold medal at the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship, where she was top scorer with 50 goals.
Achievements
National team
Olympic Games:
Bronze Medalist: 2016, 2020
World Championship:
Winner: 2015, 2021
Silver Medalist: 2017
European Championship:
Winner: 2010, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022
Junior World Championship:
Winner: 2010
Junior European Championship:
Winner: 2009
European
EHF Champions League:
Winner: 2010/2011, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2020/2021, 2021/2022
Domestic
Norwegian League:
Winner: 2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2020/2021, 2021/2022
Norwegian Cup:
Winner: 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021
Hungarian Championship:
Winner: 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019
Romanian Supercup:
Winner: 2019
Danish League:
Winner: 2023
Danish Cup:
Winner: 2022
Individual awards
MVP
Most Valuable Player of the Junior European Championship: 2009
Most Valuable Player of Postenligaen: 2013/2014
Most Valuable Player of Grundigligaen: 2014/2015, 2015/2016
Top Scorer
Topscorer of the Summer Olympics: 2016 (62 goals), 2020 (52 goals)
Topscorer of the European Championship: 2016 (53 goals), 2020 (52 goals), 2022 (50 goals)
Topscorer of the World Championship: 2017 (66 goals)
All-Star Team
All-Star Right Back of the European Youth Championship: 2007
All-Star Right Back of the European Open Championship: 2008
All-Star Right Back of Eliteserien: 2008/2009
All-Star Right Back of the Junior European Championship: 2009
All-Star Right Wing of Eliteserien: 2009/2010
All-Star Right Wing of Postenligaen: 2010/2011
All-Star Right Back of Postenligaen: 2013/2014
All-Star Right Back of the European Championship: 2014, 2016, 2020
All-Star Right Back of Grundigligaen: 2014/2015, 2015/2016
All-Star Right Back of the World Championship: 2015, 2017, 2021
All-Star Right Back of the EHF Champions League: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022
All-Star Right Back of Møbelringen Cup: 2015, 2017
Others
NISO Best Young Player of the Year: 2008
Best Rookie of Eliteserien: 2008/2009
Foreign Handballer of the Year in Hungary: 2017
Handball-Planet.com All-Star Right Back: 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021
Handball-Planet.com Player of the Year: 2017, 2021
EHF Excellence Awards Best right back of the season: 2022/23
Personal life
She is the twin sister of Thea Mørk.
She is in a relationship with fellow handballer, Jerry Tollbring.
References
External links
Nora Mørk at the Norwegian Handball Federation
Norwegian female handball players
1991 births
Living people
Handball players from Oslo
Expatriate handball players
Norwegian twins
Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic handball players for Norway
Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in handball
Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Győri Audi ETO KC players
Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics