Karin Singstad (born 29 December 1958) 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 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) She was also part of the Norwegian team that won bronze medals 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 * * * ;Qualified from the 1985 World Championship B * * * * ...

in the Netherlands. Singstad played 83 matches and scored 33 goals for the Norwegian national handball team between 1984 and 1989.

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* 1958 births Living people Norwegian female handball players Olympic silver medalists for Norway Handball players from Trondheim Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics {{Norway-handball-bio-stub