Susann Goksør Bjerkrheim (born 7 July 1970, in

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) is a

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former

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player. She played in the clubs

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and

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. She has played in 296 games for the Norwegian National team, scoring 844 goals. Between 1993 and 2000 she was the captain of the team. She is a graduate of the

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. She is married to teacher and handball player Svein Erik Bjerkrheim.

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* 1970 births Living people Norwegian female handball players Olympic handball players of Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Handball players from Oslo Norwegian School of Sport Sciences alumni Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics {{Norway-handball-bio-stub