Maria Stokholm


Maria Fisker Stokholm is a Danish handball player for Viborg HK and the Danish national team.
She was given the award of Cetățean de onoare of the city of Bucharest in 2016.

Club career

Maria Fisker started playing handball at Vissing-Hadsten HK. In 2005 she signed for Randers HK, but only stayed there for a year before signing for the Danish top club Viborg HK. She debuted for the Viborg team in 2007, 25 days before she turned 17. This made her the third youngest player in the Danish Handball League at the time.
At the 2013 World Championship, she was a part of the Danish team that won bronze medals, breaking a 9 year streak without medals for the Danish team. They beat Poland 30-26.
In 2015 she suffered a concussion that put her on the sidelines for the entire spring season. She had just signed for Romanian club CSM București, where she only played for a season.
She returned to Danish handball to join her former club Randers HK in 2016, where she played for 3 years, before re-joining Viborg HK. In 2019 Viborg HK signed her to replace Ann Grete Nørgaard, who had signed for SCM Ramnicu Valcea.

National team

Fisker made her debut for the Danish national team on 24 September 2010. Her first major international tournament was the 2011 World Championship, where Denmark finished 4th.
Due to am elbow injury she missed to 2012 European Championship.
At the 2013 World Championship, she was a part of the Danish team that won bronze medals, breaking a 9-year streak without medals for the Danish team. They beat Poland 30–26. At this occasion she was chosen as part of the tournament all star team.
At the 2014 European Championship she was once again part of the all star team, despite Denmark finishing 8th.

Achievements

  • World Championship:
  • *Bronze Medalist: 2013
  • *Fourth place: 2011
  • Danish Championship:
  • *Winner: 2008, 2009, 2014
  • Danish Cup:
  • *Winner: 2007, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016
  • Danish Super Cup:
  • *Winner: 2011
  • Romanian Championship:
  • *Winner: 2016
  • EHF Champions League:
  • *Winner: 2009, 2016
  • EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
  • *Winner: 2014
  • EHF Cup:
  • *Winner: 2010

    Individual awards

  • All-Star Left Wing of the World Championship: 2013
  • All-Star Left Wing of the European Championship: 2014
  • Handball-Planet.com Best Left Wing: 2014