Hanne Halén 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. She played 13 matches for the

Norway women's national handball team The Norway women'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 24 finals and is regard ...

between 2001 and 2004. Halén won a silver medal with the Norwegian team at the

2001 World Women's Handball Championship The 2001 World Women's Handball Championship, the 15th of its kind, was held from 4 to 16 December 2001, and was hosted by Italy, with the final being played in Merano Merano (, , ) or Meran () is a city and ''comune'' in South Tyrol, northern ...

in Italy. She played for

Bækkelagets SK Bækkelagets Sportsklub is a Norwegian sports club from Bekkelaget in southern Oslo, founded in 1909. The club has sections for skiing (including ski jumping and biathlon), orienteering, handball, football, floorball and track and field athle ...

and

Nordstrand IF Nordstrand Idrettsforening is a sports club in Nordstrand, Oslo, Norway. The club has sections for alpine skiing, association football and handball. It formerly had sections for orienteering, track and field and Nordic skiing. The club colors ...

in Norway, Spanish Mislata, Danish Ikast-Bording Elite Håndbold . She retired in 2009. After her playing career she has needed surgeries due to injuries sustained during her playing years.https://jyllands-posten.dk/sport/ECE9054693/sportens-skraekeksempel-alt-gik-galt-efter-finten-i-viborg/

References

Living people Norwegian female handball players Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Norwegian women 21st-century Norwegian people {{Norway-handball-bio-stub