Linnea Torstenson

Sport: Handball

Nation: Sweden

DOB: March 30, 1983

Career Highlights: Torstenson will try to lead Sweden to success in London after the team only managed an eighth-place finish at the Beijing Games. Despite their 2008 final standing on the Olympic stage, there are reasons to believe the Swedes can improve after coming in second - behind Norway - at the 2010 European championships. Torstenson was named most valuable player as she finished second in that tournament with 48 goals to lead the Swedes to their first medal at the Euros. It was a different story at the 2011 world championships, where Sweden was knocked out by France in the round of 16, but Torstenson had an amazing 10 goals in a group-stage loss to Croatia. The first Swedish back-to-back national player of the year, Torstenson has been with the national team since 2006. She began her club career domestically with IFK Strangnas and also played in Sweden for Skovde HF before joining Danish sides Aalborg DH and FC Midtjylland, which she helped win its first domestic title in 13 years in 2011.

Olympic History: 2008