Hanne Hogness (born 16 February 1967) is a

Norwegian 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 ...

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 ...

player and Olympic medalist. She was born in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

, and represented the club

Sverresborg IF Sverresborg Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag. It has sections for association football, team handball and basketball ("Sverresborg Hoops"). It was founded on 30 October 1931, named after the fortress Sve ...

. She received silver medals at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...

with the Norwegian national team,"1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Handball"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 12 February 2008) and at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

."1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Handball"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 12 February 2008) Hogness played 186 matches and scored 378 goals for the Norwegian national handball team between 1986 and 1994.

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* 1967 births Living people Norwegian female handball players Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Handball players from Trondheim 20th-century Norwegian women 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-handball-bio-stub