Jeanette Nilsen (born 27 June 1972) 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 ...

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 World Champion from 1999. She was born in

Skien Skien () is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county in Norway. In modern times it is regarded as part of the traditional region of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the Norsj ...

. She received a bronze medal at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

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."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 3, 2008) She currently plays for Njård IL, having joined the team in 2008 from Stabæk. She is also a teacher for physical education at Ullern Vgs in Oslo.

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* 1972 births Living people Norwegian female handball players Olympic handball players of Norway Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Sportspeople from Skien Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics 21st-century Norwegian women {{Norway-Olympic-medalist-stub