Bent Svele (born 26 February 1962) is a Norwegian former

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 ...

player, coach and sports reporter.

Biography

Born on 26 February 1962, Svele represented the club

IF Urædd IF Urædd is a Norwegian sports club from Porsgrunn, founded in 1880. Since 8 December 1993 it has been an alliance sports team, with independent sections for football, handball, sport wrestling, skiing, gymnastics, basketball, athletics and speed ...

, with which he won the Norwegian league in 1985, 1988 and 1992, and the Norwegian cup in 1987. He was selected player of the year in the Norwegian league in 1984, 1988 and 1992. During his career, he also played for the clubs Holmestrand IF, Nøtterøy IF,

CD Cajamadrid Club Deportivo Cajamadrid was a professional basketball and handball team in Spain. It was founded in 1979 and the basketball team played in Liga ACB from 1983 to 1986 and participated in the Korac Cup during the 1984-85 season. The club was spo ...

, Málaga and

Kristiansands IF Kristiansands Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Kristiansand, founded in 1921. It has sections for athletics and handball. The athletics team uses the stadium Kristiansand Stadion. Its most prominent member is Andreas Thorkildsen, ...

, and he coached the club

Stavanger IF Stavanger Idrettsforening (SIF) was founded in 1905. SIF became an alliance club in 1998, and has divisions for association football, boxing, handball and track and field athletics. Football Stavanger IF Fotball is the football division of SIF ...

. He made his debut on the Norwegian national team in 1983, and played 116 matches and scored 343 goals for the national team between 1983 and 1989. Svele has been

sports commentator In sports broadcasting, a sports commentator (also known as sports announcer or sportscaster) provides a real-time commentary of a game or event, usually during a live broadcast, traditionally delivered in the historical present tense. Radio was ...

for the television channel

TV 2 Norway TV 2 (''TV to'') is a Norwegian terrestrial television channel. Its headquarters are located in Bergen. TV 2 began test broadcasting on 13 November 1991, and a year later, it was officially launched on 5 September 1992, becoming Norway's first com ...

since 2000, covering handball events as expert along with reporter Harald Bredeli. He also commented '' Gladiatorerna'' together with

Mini Jakobsen Jahn Ivar Jakobsen, nicknamed Mini, (born 8 November 1965 in Gravdal, Nordland, Gravdal) is a Norway, Norwegian former Association football, football player (winger/forward) who has played for, amongst others, FK Bodø/Glimt, Bodø/Glimt and Ros ...

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TV 2-ekspertens datter (16) er blant Norges største talenter
* 1962 births Living people Norwegian male handball players Color commentators Norwegian sports broadcasters Norwegian handball coaches Norwegian expatriate handball players in Spain TV 2 (Norway) people People from Holmestrand Sportspeople from Vestfold {{Norway-handball-bio-stub