Anniken Obaidli

Anniken Obaidli (born 22 June 1995) is a Norwegian handball player who plays for Storhamar HE and the Norwegian national team.

She also represented Norway in 2014 Women's Junior World Handball Championship, placing 9th.

She won her first gold medal at the 2024 European Championship, beating Denmark in the final.

At the 2025 World Championship she was part of the Norwegian team that won World Championship gold medals.

Achievements

• World Championship:
• Winner: 2025
• European Championship:
• Winner: 2024
• Youth European Championship:
• Bronze Medalist: 2011
• World Youth Championship:
• Bronze Medalist: 2012
• European Championship:
• Winner: 2024
• EHF European League:
• Winner: 2023/2024
• Norwegian League
• Gold: 2024/2025
• Silver: 2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024
• Norwegian Cup:
• Winner: 2024, 2025
• Finalist: 2023/2024

Individual awards

• All-Star Centre Back of REMA 1000-ligaen: 2022/2023
• Eliteserien's "public favorite": 2019/2020
• NISO Best Young Player of the Year: 2015/2016
• Best Rookie of Grundigligaen: 2015/2016

Personal life

Her father is from Bahrain. Her younger sister Mona Obaidli is also a handball player, who plays for Danish site Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub.

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