Team USATeam Handball

Sanna Wheeler

Athlete Bio

Santi Russo

Height

5'11

Birthday

Aug 24, 2001

Hometown

Drøbak

Education

Saxion University of Applied Science

Personal

Played soccer and handball growing up before she started playing handball full-time for Drøbak-Frogn IL in Norway...In July of 2016, she moved to the U.S. with her family and was named to the U.S. National Team player pool after tryouts in Auburn, Alabama...Started playing with the Ohio State University men’s team with her brother Sebastian Wheeler, who plays for the U.S. Men's National Team...After graduating from Hilliard Davidson High School in 2019, she moved back to Norway to finish her schooling there...Plays for Vålerenga (VIF) in Norway and is moving to Enschede Netherlands to play for DSVD

Career Highlights

2023: Named to U.S. Women's National Team for North American and Caribbean Handball Confederation (NACHC) Women's Championships

2021: Named to U.S. Women's National Team for North American and Caribbean Handball Confederation (NACHC) Women's Championships
2019 IHF Trophy Continental Phase (Quebec, Canada)
2018 Busan International - 4th (Busan, South Korea)
2018 U.S. Women's National Team European Tour (Italy, Germany, Hungary)
2018 U.S. Open National Championships - 1st (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)
2018 Michael Lipov Memorial Cup - 1st (Chicago, Illinois)
2017 Busan International - 4th (Busan, South Korea)
2017 U.S. Open National Championships - 1st (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)
2017 Michael Lipov Memorial Cup - 1st, MVP (Chicago, Illinois)
2016: Named to the U.S. National Team Player Pool