Hanne Hegh (born 27 April 1960 in

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) is a

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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 ...

player and Olympic medalist.

Playing career

Hanne Hegh was captain on the first Norway national team wimming a medal in an international championship, the bronze medal at the

1986 World Women's Handball Championship The 1986 World Women's Handball Championship took place in the Netherlands between 4–14 December 1986. Qualification ;Host nation * ;Qualified from the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olymp ...

. She received a silver medal 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 ...

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with the Norwegian national team."1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Handball"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 12, 2008) Hanne Hegh played 202 games for the national team between 1979 and 1990, scoring 361 goals.

Trainer

She was educated at Norges idrettshøgskole. From 1997 to 2010 Hanne Hegh was on the training squad of the

Norway men's national handball team The Norway men'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 2 finals. Honours In 2016, they were honored with a ...

. Today she is a teacher at Grenland Folkehøgskole in Porsgrunn, Norway.

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* 1960 births Living people Norwegian female handball players Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic handball players of Norway Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Norwegian handball coaches Handball players from Oslo Norwegian School of Sport Sciences alumni Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics {{Norway-handball-bio-stub