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Norwegian handball player (born 1965)

Trine Haltvik
Personal information
Born (1965-03-23) 23 March 1965 (age 59)
Trondheim, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Senior clubs
Years Team
1981–1999 Byåsen IL
1999–2000 Remudas Gran Canaria
2000–2006 Byåsen IL
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984-2000 Norway 241 (834)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul Team
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1999 Denmark/Norway
Silver medal – second place 1997 Germany
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Netherlands
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1998 Netherlands
Silver medal – second place 1996 Denmark

Trine Haltvik (born March 23, 1965) is a Norwegian handball coach and former player. Currently she is coach for the Norwegian girls' under-17 team.

Haltvik started her handball career at just 16 for Byåsen IL, with the exception of a year playing for Remudas Gran Canaria in Spain, she remained at the club. Her loyalty and relative old age for a professional athlete, has given her the nickname "Mor" or Mother. She has played in 241 games for the Norwegian national team, scoring 834 goals.

She was voted World Player of the Year 1998 by the International Handball Federation.

References

  1. "Landskampstatistikk – Trine Haltvik" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
  2. "Previous World Handball Players". International Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 20 May 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
Awards
Preceded byAnja Andersen IHF World Player of the Year – Women
1998
Succeeded byAusra Fridrikas
IHF World Player of the Year – Women
Player of the 20th Century: Zinaida Turchyna (2000)


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