Christine Bøe Jensen (born 3 June 1975 in

Hammerfest Hammerfest (; sme, Hámmerfeasta ) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. Hammerfest is the northernmost town in the world with more than 10,000 inhabitants. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hammerfe ...

) is a Norwegian former

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and

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champion, born in

. Jensen's first club was HIF-Stein in her native

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. She later moved to Tromsø and turned out for Kvaløysletta and Fløya, before linking up with Grand Bodø. In 2000, she broke into the Norway women's national football team as a Grand Bodø player and was included in the gold medal-winning squad at the

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."2000 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Soccer"
(Retrieved on May 16, 2008) On the back of that success Jensen secured a transfer to Kolbotn in 2001. In 2002, she was top goalscorer with 19 as Kolbotn won the

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title. She later played for Manglerud Star and Vålerenga.

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* 1975 births Living people Norwegian women's footballers Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway People from Hammerfest Olympic medalists in football Vålerenga Fotball Damer players IF Fløya players Kolbotn Fotball players Toppserien players Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Norway women's international footballers Women's association football midfielders Sportspeople from Troms og Finnmark {{Norway-Olympic-medalist-stub