Linnea Torstenson

Linnea Torstensson

Status: National October 27, 2013

Linnea Maria Torstensson ( born March 30, 1983 in Eskilstuna ) is a Swedish handball player.

Torstensohn started playing handball at IFK Strängnäs and switched to Skövde HF later. In summer 2007, Torstensson joined the Danish first division club GOG Svendborg TGI, but they left after a few months. Then the backcourt player ran back to Skovde, with whom she won in 2008 the Swedish Championship. Then joined the right-handed to the Danish club Aalborg DH. With Aalborg Torstensohn reached the final of the Danish Championship in 2009, but failed there at Viborg HK. In 2010 she signed a contract with the league rivals FC Midtjylland Håndbold. With the FCM Torstensohn won the 2011 EHF Cup. In the summer of 2012, she joined the Slovenian club RK Krim, with whom she won the championship in 2013 and the Slovenian Cup. In January 2014, it moved to an injury -plagued Danish first division club Viborg HK. From the summer of 2014 she plays for the Romanian first division CSM Bucureşti.

Torstensohn denied so far 135 games for Sweden, where it achieved 558 hits. At the European Championships in 2010 she won the Swedish selection the 2nd place. In addition, she finished with 48 goals ranked second in the scoring charts and was named the tournament MVP of the end for EM. In summer 2012 she participated in the Olympic Games in London.