Veronica Kristiansen Devecseri (born 10 July 1990) is a Norwegian professional handball player for Győri ETO KC and the Norwegian national team.
She made her team Norway debut in 2013.
Her achievements include winning the EHF Champions League three times (with Győr), as well as three gold medals and one silver medal at the IHF World Women's Handball Championship, also has three victories in the European Women's Handball Championship, one Olympic gold medal, and two Olympic bronze medals.
Career Club career Kristiansen played for the clubs Mjøndalen IF and Reistad IL, and then for IK Våg from 2009 to 2011. With Våg, she placed second in the Norwegian Cup in 2011. From 2011 to 2015, she played for Glassverket IF and placed second in the Norwegian League with Glassverket in 2015.
She played for the Danish club FC Midtjylland from 2015 to 2018, and won the Danish Cup with this club in 2015. From 2018 she played for the Hungarian club Győri ETO KC, winning the Hungarian Championship in 2018/2019. She also won the EHF Champions League with Győr in 2019 and 2024.
International career Playing for the Norwegian national team, Kristiansen won a gold medal at the 2014 European Women's Handball Championship. She won a gold medal with Norway at the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship, defeating the Netherlands in the final. At the 2016 Summer Olympics she won a bronze medal with Norway, after losing the semifinal to Russia and winning the bronze final against the Netherlands.
At the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship in Sweden, she won a gold medal with the Norwegian team. She also played at the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship in Germany, when Norway won the silver medals.
She won another gold medal with Norway at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship in Denmark. At the 2020 Summer Olympics held in 2021, she won the bronze medal with the Norwegian team. She won a gold medal with the Norwegian team at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship.
At the 2025 World Championship she won her third World Cup gold medals.
Achievements National team Olympic Games: Winner: 2024 Bronze Medalist: 2016, 2020 World Championship: Winner: 2015, 2021, 2025 Silver Medalist: 2017 European Championship: Winner: 2014, 2016, 2020 Junior World Championship: Winner: 2010 Junior European Championship: Winner: 2009
European EHF Champions League: Winner: 2019, 2024, 2025 Finalist: 2022 Bronze medalist: 2021, 2023
Domestic Norwegian League: Silver: 2014/2015 Norwegian Cup: Silver: 2010 Danish Championship: Silver: 2015/2016 Bronze: 2016/2017 Danish Cup: Winner: 2015 Finalist: 2016 Hungarian Championship Winner: 2019, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026 Hungarian Cup: Winner: 2019, 2021
Individual awards All-Star Left Back of Postenligaen: 2013/2014 All-Star Centre Back of Damehåndboldligaen: 2017/2018 Best Player of Damehåndboldligaen: 2017/2018 All-Star Centre Back of the EHF Champions League: 2018
Personal life She is the elder sister of handballer Jeanett Kristiansen and the younger sister of handballer Charlotte Kristiansen.
She is married. Her husband, Hungarian Ádám Devecseri, is a former canoeist and later the physiotherapist of Győri ETO KC. They have two children together: Olivia (born 2023) and Odin (born 2025).
References
External links
Veronica Egebakken Kristiansen at the Norwegian Handball Federation
Veronica Kristiansen at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)