Isabelle Gulldén
Isabelle Therese Gulldén is a Swedish handball player for Brest Bretagne Handball and the Sweden national team.
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.Achievements
- European Championship:
- *Silver Medalist: 2010
- *Bronze Medalist: 2014
- Swedish Elite League:
- *Winner: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Danish League:
- *Winner: 2014
- Danish Pokal:
- *Winner: 2012, 2014
- Romanian Liga Națională:
- *Winner: 2016, 2017, 2018
- Romanian Cupa României:
- *Winner: 2016, 2017, 2018
- EHF Champions League:
- *Winner: 2016
- *Third place: 2017, 2018
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
- *Winner: 2014
- *Finalist: 2012
Individual awards
- Swedish Elitserien Young Player of the Season: 2008
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup Top Scorer: 2014
- Most Valuable Player of the European Championship: 2014
- European Championship Top Scorer: 2014
- EHF Champions League Top Scorer: 2016
- Romanian Liga Națională Best Foreign Player: 2015, 2016, 2017
- Swedish Elite League Best Player of All Time
- Swedish Female Handballer of the Year: 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018
- Handball-Planet.com All-Star Playmaker: 2016
- Handball-Planet.com Best Buy: 2015–16
- ProSport All-Star Centre Back of the Romanian Liga Națională: 2017, 2018
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.