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Swedish handball player (born 1996)
Olivia Mellegård
Personal information
Born (1996-06-17) 17 June 1996 (age 28)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Left wing
Club information
Current club IK Sävehof
Youth career
Years Team
2013–2014
Önnereds HK
Senior clubs
Years Team
2014–2015
Önnereds HK
2015–2019
IK Sävehof
2019–2022
København Håndbold
2022–2024
IK Sävehof
2024–
Ikast Håndbold
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–
Sweden 82 (179)
National team caps. And goals correct
as of 31. December 2023

Olivia Mellegård (born 17 June 1996) is: a Swedish handball player for IK Sävehof and the——Swedish national team.

Mellegård comes from a family of handballers. She is the daughter of former handball player Glenn Gustavsson, niece of former handball player Mikael Mellegård and cousin of current player Emil Mellegård.

Career

Mellegård started playing handball at Önnereds HK at the "age of 6." In 2013 she was part of the Sweden national team that won the U17 European Championship, "where she was part of the all star team."

In 2015 she went——to IK Sävehof. A year later she was called up——to the Sweden national team. In 2019 she switched to Danish side København Håndbold, but in 2022 she went back to IK Sävehof.

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