Isabelle Gulldén


Isabelle Therese Gulldén is a Swedish former professional handball who last played for Lugi HF and also a former national team player for the Swedish National Team.

Career

In 2008, 2012, and 2016 she was part of the Swedish team competing at the Summer Olympic Games.
In 2014, she ranked among the 150 greatest Swedish athletes of all time, list published by Dagens Nyheter. Gulldén was the only female handballer alongside legendary Mia Hermansson-Högdahl.
She was given the award of Cetățean de onoare of the city of Bucharest in 2016.
She retired from the national team on 15 December 2020.

Achievements

Individual awards

Personal life

She is the niece of Christer Gulldén, a famous Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler. Her father Peter also competed in wrestling. She is married to former handball goalkeeper, Linus Persson. Their son, Lias was born on 10 July 2019.