Elsa Katrine Hattestad (née Solberg; born 18 April 1966) is a retired Norwegian

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athlete who competed in the

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. During her career, she was a European, World, and Olympic Champion, and broke the

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twice. Her personal best, set in 2000, of 69.48 m is the Norwegian record. It also ranks her fifth on the overall list.

Career

Hattestad made her international debut at the 1981 European Junior Championships, finishing fifth. The following year, at the age of just 16, she competed in the European Championships for seniors. By the beginning of the 1990s, Hattestad was one of the best female javelin throwers in the world. In 1993, she won her first major international title, the

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as well as the

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Golden Four. To that, she added the 1994 European title. At the 1996

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, she won the bronze medal. The following year, she regained the

. At the 1999 World Championships, she lost the title again, finishing third, but in 2000 she won the only title missing in her career with a gold medal at the Olympic Games in

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Personal life

In her youth, she was a promising

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player in her country, playing for a club in the second tier of the Norwegian league system. She has four children with her former husband Anders Hattestad. They divorced in 2017.Trine Hattestad: Den tidligere OL-stjerna bekrefter bruddet. Skilles etter 28 år som mann og kone
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Competition record

*All results with the old model javelin unless noted.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hattestad, Trine 1966 births Living people Olympic athletes of Norway Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway People from Lørenskog Norwegian female javelin throwers World Athletics Championships athletes for Norway World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics IAAF Golden League winners European Athlete of the Year winners World Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games Sportspeople from Viken (county)