Monica Sandve (born 3 December 1973 in

Vigrestad Vigrestad is a village in Hå municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located about northeast of the southwestern coast of Norway, facing the North Sea. The village sits about southeast of the village of Varhaug and about nor ...

) 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 g ...

player and Olympic medalist. 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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with the Norwegian national team."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 11, 2008) She played 94 matches and scored 245 goals for the Norwegian national handball team between 1995 and 2003. In addition to the bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics, Sandve represented Norway when the team won a silver medal 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, as well as winning a silver medal at the

2002 European Women's Handball Championship The 2002 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in Denmark from 6–15 December. It was won by Denmark after beating Norway 25–22 in the final match. Venues The European Championships was held in the following cities: *Helsinge (Pr ...

in Denmark.

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* 1973 births Living people Norwegian female handball players Olympic bronze medalists for Norway People from Hå Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Rogaland {{Norway-handball-bio-stub