Trine Haltvik

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.[1]

She was voted World Player of the Year 1998 by the International Handball Federation.[2]

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 by IHF World Player of the Year – Women
1998 		Succeeded by


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