Sarah Iversen

Sarah Aaberg Iversen (born 10 April 1990) is a Danish handball player for Ikast Håndbold and the Danish national team.^[1][2][3]

Sarah Iversen
Iversen in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Sarah Aaberg Iversen
Born	(1990-04-10) 10 April 1990 (age 35) Frederiksberg, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Pivot
Club information
Current club	Ikast Håndbold
Number	11
Youth career
Team
	SNIK
	Lyngby HK
0000–2008	Virum-Sorgenfri HK
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2008–2009	Nordkøbenhavn Håndbold
2009–2012	Nykøbing Falster HK
2012–2016	Odense Håndbold
2016–2018	Nykøbing Falster HK
2018–	Ikast Håndbold
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–	Denmark	110	(184)
Medal record Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team World Championship 2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden European Championship 2022 Slovenia/North Macedonia/Montenegro 2024 Austria/Hungary/Switzerland IHF Youth World Championship 2008 Slovakia

She made her debut on the Danish national team on 19 March 2015, against France.^[4]

She is the elder sister of handballer Rikke Iversen.

Career

Iversen played youth handball at SNIK, Lyngby HK and Virum-Sorgenfri HK. In 2008 she switched to second tier side Nordkøbenhavn Håndbold.^[5] After a year she switched to Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub. In 2012/2013 season, she moved to HC Odense, but returned to Nykøbing Falster after 4 seasons.^[6]

She represented Denmark at the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship in Germany, where Denmark finished 6th.^[7]

In the 2018/2019 season, she moved to Herning-Ikast Håndbold.^[8] In her first season, she won the Danish Cup.^[9] In the summer of 2020, she took a break due to pregnancy, which made her miss the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship.^[10]

At the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship she won silver medals with the Danish team, losing to Norway in the final. Sarah Iversen scored 10 goals during the tournament.^[11]

In 2023, she won the EHF European League with Ikast Håndbold.^[12] Later the same year she won bronze medals at the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship.^[13] Iversen erzielte im Turnierverlauf 15 Treffer.^[14]

At the 2024 Olympics she won a bronze medal.^[15] Later the same year, she won silver medals at the 2024 European Championship, losing to Norway in the final.^[16]

In 2025 she took a break from handball due to maternity leave, which made her miss the 2025 World Championship. Sofie Bardrum was called up as the replacement.^[17]

Achievements

• Damehåndboldligaen:
  • Winner: 2017
  • Silver Medalist: 2019
• Danish Cup:
  • Winner: 2019
• EHF Cup:
  • Semifinalist: 2017, 2019
• EHF European League:
  • Winner: 2023

Individual awards

• All-Star Pivot of Damehåndboldligaen: 2017/18