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Gunnar Fosseng
Gunnar "Gurken" Fosseng (born 7 August 1967) is a Norwegian handball goalkeeper. He made his debut on the Norwegian national team in 1987, and played 164 matches for the national team between 1987 and 2003. At the 2001 World Men's Handball Championship he was captain for the Norwegian team. On club level he played for Falk Falk may refer to: * Falk (name), including origin and list of people with this name * Falk, California, a ghost town * Falk Township, Minnesota * Postal abbreviation of Falkirk, an area of Scotland See also *Falx (other) *Faulk (disamb ..., Sandefjord, Stavanger, Nøtterøy, for Pilotes Posada Academia Octavio (Spain) (1999–2002) and for Trelleborg in Sweden. References 1967 births Living people Norwegian male handball players Sportspeople from Horten Norwegian expatriate handball players in Spain {{Norway-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway Men's National Handball Team
The Norway men's national handball team represents Norway at international handball competitions, and is governed by the Norges Håndballforbund (NHF). As of 2022, Norway has been in 2 finals. Honours In 2016, they were honored with a Pierre de Coubertin World Fair Play Trophy for great sportsmanship. Competitive record Olympic Games World Championship European Championship :''* Colored background indicates that medal was won on the tournament.'' :''** Red border color indicates that tournament was held on home soil.'' Other tournaments * Gjensidige Cup 2019 – Winner * Gjensidige Cup 2023 – Winner Team Current squad The squad chosen for two qualification matches for the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship against Serbia in March 2023. ''Caps and goals as of 12 March 2023.'' Head coach: Jonas Wille Coaching staff Past squads 1958 World Men's Handball Championship (6th place) : Oddvar Klepperås, Erik Vellan, Finn Arne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the other team. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes, and the team that scores more goals wins. Modern handball is played on a court of , with a goal in the middle of each end. The goals are surrounded by a zone where only the defending goalkeeper is allowed; goals must be scored by throwing the ball from outside the zone or while "diving" into it. The sport is usually played indoors, but outdoor variants exist in the forms of field handball, Czech handball (which were more common in the past) and beach handball. The game is fast and high-scoring: professional teams now typically score between 20 and 35 goals each, though lower scores were not uncommon until a few decades ago. Body contact is permitted for the def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Handball Federation
'' , abbrev= NHF , logo= , logosize= 250px , countryflag= Norway , iocnation= Kingdom of Norway (NOR) , url= www.Handball.no , sport= Handball , othersport1= Beach Handball , othersport2= Wheelchair Handball , historytitle=HISTORY , precedingorganisationsname= , yearfounded= , formernames= , demographicstitle=DEMOGRAPHICS , noofclubs= , noofaffclubs= , membershipsize= 138 997 (as of 2019) , participationlevels= , affiliationstitle=AFFILIATIONS , IF = International Handball Federation , IF_abbr = IHF , IF_joined = , nationalolympiccom= Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports , continentalassoc= European Handball Federation , nocyearjoined= , otheraff2= , otheraff3= , otheraff4= , otheraff5= , electedtitle= GOVERNING BODY , patron= , president= Mr. Kåre Geir Lio , sectitle= HEADQUARTERS , address1= Sognsveien 75 A Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo , country= Norway , chiefexec= , secretarygeneral= Mr. Erik Langerud , financetitle=FINANCE , companys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 World Men's Handball Championship
The 2001 World Men's Handball Championship took place in France from 23 January to 4 February 2001. It was the 17th edition of the World Championship in team handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ... and the hosts won the championship. Qualification First round The first four teams of each group qualify for the round of 16. Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- ---- ---- Knockout stage Bracket ;Championship bracket ;5th place bracket Round of 16 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Places 9th to 16th For places 9–16 the criteria was the number of points gained against the teams ranked first to fourth in the prelim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SK Falk
Sportsklubben Falk is a Norwegian sports club from Horten, Vestfold. It has sections for association football and handball. It was founded in 1917 as a football club; the handball came in the 1940s. The club had an athletics section from 1920 to 1924, when it broke out and formed the club ''Horten FIK''. Falk also had a bandy section from 1945 to 1949, when it broke out and formed the club ''Horten BK''. In 1945 Falk absorbed the club ''Horten SK''. The men's football team currently plays in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier of Norwegian football, after being relegated from the Third Division in 2010. It last played in the Second Division in 1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t .... References Official site Football clubs in Norway Sport in Vestfold og Tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Births
Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and commercial relations (not diplomatic ones). ** Charlie Chaplin launches his last film, ''A Countess from Hong Kong'', in the UK. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps, USMC and Army of the Republic of Vietnam, ARVN troops launch ''Operation Deckhouse Five'' in the Mekong Delta. * January 8 – Vietnam War: Operation Cedar Falls starts. * January 13 – A military coup occurs in Togo under the leadership of Étienne Eyadema. * January 14 – The Human Be-In takes place in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco; the event sets the stage for the Summer of Love. * January 15 ** Louis Leakey announces the discovery of pre-human fossils in Kenya; he names the species ''Proconsul nyanzae, Kenyapithecus africanus''. ** American footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Norwegian Male Handball Players
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the two official written forms: **Bokmål, literally "book language", used by 85–90% of the population of Norway **Nynorsk, literally "New Norwegian", used by 10–15% of the population of Norway *The Norwegian Sea Norwegian or may also refer to: Norwegian *Norwegian Air Shuttle, an airline, trading as Norwegian ** Norwegian Long Haul, a defunct subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, flying long-haul flights * Norwegian Air Lines, a former airline, merged with Scandinavian Airlines in 1951 * Norwegian coupling, used for narrow-gauge railways * Norwegian Cruise Line, a cruise line * Norwegian Elkhound, a canine breed. * Norwegian Forest cat, a domestic feline breed * Norwegian Red, a breed of dairy cattle * Norwegian Township, Schuylkill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportspeople From Horten
An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-developed physiques obtained by extensive physical training and strict exercise accompanied by a strict dietary regimen. Definitions The word "athlete" is a romanization of the el, άθλητὴς, ''athlētēs'', one who participates in a contest; from ἄθλος, ''áthlos'' or ἄθλον, ''áthlon'', a contest or feat. The primary definition of "sportsman" according to Webster's ''Third Unabridged Dictionary'' (1960) is, "a person who is active in sports: as (a): one who engages in the sports of the field and especially in hunting or fishing." Physiology Athletes involved in isotonic exercises have an increased mean left ventricular end-diastolic volume and are less likely to be depressed. Due to their strenuous physical activit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
