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
1988 Seoul Team
2000 Sydney Team
World Championship
1999 Denmark/Norway
1997 Germany
1986 Netherlands
European Championship
1998 Netherlands
1996 Denmark

Trine Haltvik (born 23 March 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 by IHF World Player of the Year – Women
1998
Succeeded by