Kari Mette Johansen (born 11 January 1979) 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 ...

player, a two time Olympic champion, once a world champion and four times European champion. She was voted into the ''All star team'' at the

2006 European Women's Handball Championship The 2006 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in Sweden from 7 to 17 December. It was won by Norway after beating Russia 27–24 in the final match. This championship was also the European qualifying event for 2008 Olympics, and No ...

, where she won gold medal with the Norwegian national team.

Career

Born in

Fredrikstad Fredrikstad (; previously ''Frederiksstad''; literally "Fredrik's Town") is a List of cities in Norway, city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Viken (county), Viken Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the ...

, Kari Mette Johansen played for the Norwegian club

Larvik HK Larvik Håndballklubb, is a women's handball club from Larvik, Norway. History Larvik HK was founded in 1990 as a merger of the handball departments in the two clubs Larvik Turn and Halsen. They played in the top division since 1992/93. During ...

. She made her debut on the national team in 2004, where she played 203 matches and scored 493 goals. She is now retired. She won Olympic gold medals in 2008 and 2012.

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* 1979 births Living people Norwegian female handball players Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in handball Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Fredrikstad 21st-century Norwegian women 21st-century Norwegian people {{Norway-handball-bio-stub