Christine Bøe Jensen (born 3 June 1975) is a Norwegian former

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and

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champion, born in

Hammerfest Hammerfest or Hámmárfeasta is a town/cityIn the Norwegian language, the word ''by'' can be translated as "town" or "city". that is also the administrative centre of Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the nor ...

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

Finnmark Finnmark (; ; ; ; ) is a counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. By land, it borders Troms county to the west, Finland's Lapland (Finland), Lapland region to the south, and Russia's Murmansk Oblast to the east, and by water, the Norweg ...

. She later moved to Tromsø and turned out for Kvaløysletta and Fløya, before linking up with Grand Bodø. In 2000, she broke into the

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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 16 May 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 for Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway People from Hammerfest Footballers from Finnmark 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 {{Norway-Olympic-medalist-stub