Anna Wijk
Swedish floorball player
About Anna Wijk
Born 1991. Anna Wijk is a Swedish floorball player.
Anna Wijk (born 20 June 1991, Sandviken) is a Swedish floorball forward and former national team player. She is a six-time world champion, the Swedish champion of the 2014–15 season, and the winner of the subsequent Champions Cup. In 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2019 she was named the best female floorball player in the world. She played in the Swedish Super League from 2008 to 2020.
Club career
She began playing floorball with the club , where she stayed until 2006, before transferring to Gävle GIK for the 2006–07 season. The following year, she played for , and subsequently moved to the elite club IKSU. In the 2009–10 season, she ranked third in assists during the regular season, helping her team win silver medals in the Swedish Super League.
In 2010, she transferred to , where she experienced the most successful years of her career and became the team captain. The club won the Swedish league in the 2014–15 season, finished second six times, and third three times. In addition, they won the Champions Cup in 2015. During her career in the top Swedish league, Wijk became the most productive player in its history. She held the record until 2025, when she was surpassed by Emelie Wibron.
In 2020, she transferred to the lower Swedish league Allsvenskan Östra, joining Storvreta IBK, where she was expected to help the team gain promotion to the top league. However, the league was suspended in the autumn due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and by the end of 2020 Wijk temporarily returned on loan to her former club KAIS Mora. At the beginning of 2022, she retired from professional floorball. However, in 2025 she made a comeback with Storvreta, helping the team secure promotion to the Super League.
International career
With the junior national team, she won a silver medal at the 2008 World Championships and the title in 2010.
Since 2009, she had been a regular member of the Swedish women's national team, with which she won the World Championship six times: in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019. At the 2013 World Championship, she was the tournament's top scorer with 7 goals and 12 assists and was named to the All-Star Team. Two years later, she was voted the Most Valuable Player of the tournament and again selected for the All-Star Team. In 2019, she contributed two assists in the gold medal match, including the decisive one in overtime that secured the title. She was also the tournament's top playmaker, finishing with 4 goals and 20 assists, making her the most productive player of the tournament and setting a new record for most assists at a single World Championship. She was again named to the All-Star Team.
She also took part in the World University Floorball Championships twice, winning gold in 2014 and silver in 2016.
She also served as the captain of the national team until the 2019 World Championship, after which she retired from international play. With a record of 196 points (54 goals and 142 assists) in 106 matches, she is the most productive player in the history of the Swedish national team.
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Who is Anna Wijk?
Swedish floorball player
When was Anna Wijk born?
Anna Wijk was born on 20 June 1991 in Sandviken.
What is Anna Wijk's occupation?
Anna Wijk is a floorball player.
What nationality is Anna Wijk?
Anna Wijk is Swedish.
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