19.03.2024, 01:00
This is me: Jenny Carlson

THIS IS ME: Jenny Carlson opens up about her life with a serious illness and how she managed to overcome the obstacles in her career


Brest Bretagne and Sweden centre back Jenny Carlson has faced one of the biggest obstacles any person can: a serious illness, ulcerative colitis, which resulted in a life-altering surgery from which doctors were not sure she would recover well enough to return to the court. Recover she did, and Carlson has gone from strength to strength since. Here she shares her story — what that journey was like, what it taught her, and where she’s at now.

TEXT: EHF / Courtney Gahan


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