(Wenche) Sahra Hausmann (born 6 February 1973) is a Norwegian

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 who played for the club

Bækkelagets SK Bækkelagets Sportsklub is a Norwegian sports club from Bekkelaget in southern Oslo, founded in 1909. The club has sections for skiing (including ski jumping and biathlon), orienteering, handball, football, floorball and track and field athle ...

and on the

Norway women's national handball team The Norway women'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 24 finals and is regard ...

. She became World champion at

World Women's Handball Championship The IHF Women's Handball World Championship has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1957. European teams have won every time except 1995 where South Korea won as the first team outside Europe and 2013 where Brazil won ...

in 1999, won silver medal at the

in 1997, and became European champion in 1998. She competed at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

, where Norway finished 4th.Profile: Sahra Hausmann
''sports.reference.com'' (Retrieved on 20 December 2008) Hausmann made her debut on the national team in 1993. She scored more than 150 goals for the national team during her career.

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* 1973 births Living people Norwegian female handball players Olympic handball players for Norway Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Handball players from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian women Sportspeople from Oslo {{Norway-handball-bio-stub