Trude Gundersen (born 6 June 1977 in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...

) is a retired

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taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean martial arts, Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast k ...

athlete. She was

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

's first and only taekwondo competitor during 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 ...

in Sydney, and won a silver medal in the -67 kg weight class."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Taekwondo"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on August 9, 2010) After the

she tried to continue the hard training in combination with her ambition to become a doctor. But in 2002 she quit professional

and focused instead on her medical studies.

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* 1977 births Living people Norwegian female taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Norway Taekwondo practitioners at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in taekwondo {{Norway-Olympic-medalist-stub Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Norway Sportspeople from Bergen 21st-century Norwegian women