Heidi Elin Støre (born 4 July 1963) is a Norwegian former

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who played as a

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. As captain for the Norway national team, she won the

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup The 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, the second edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was held in Sweden and won by Norway women's national football team, Norway, who became the first European nation to win the Women's World Cup. The tournament fea ...

Personal life

Born in

Sarpsborg Sarpsborg ( or ), historically Borg, is a List of cities in Norway, city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Østfold Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg. Sarpsbor ...

on 4 July 1963, Støre is a daughter of Harald Magne Støre and Henny Josefine Støre. Her registered partner since 1999 is Agnete Synnøve Carlsen.

Career

Støre played for the clubs Sprint-Jeløy (Norway),

Trollhättan Trollhättan () is the 23rd-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland County. It is situated by Göta älv, near the lake Vänern, and has a population of approximately 50,000 in the city proper. It is loc ...

(Sweden),

Kolbotn Kolbotn is an Urban areas in the Nordic countries#Urban areas in Norway, urban area in Norway's Nordre Follo municipality in Akershus county. Kolbotn is in the centre of the traditional district, Oppegård. The population is about 6,000. Kolbotn ...

(Norway), Nikko (Japan) and

Athene Moss FK Athene Moss was a Norwegian women's football club from Moss. It is named after Athena in Greek mythology. It was founded in 1996, replacing SK Sprint-Jeløy which was a former successful club from Moss. Athene Moss played in the Toppserien un ...

(Norway). She made her debut for the Norway national team in 1980, and played 151 matches for the national team. She was world champion with the Norwegian team in 1995, received a silver medal in 1991, and won the unofficial world championship tournament in 1988. She was European champion from 1987 and 1993, and received silver medals in 1989 and 1991. She won an Olympic bronze medal with the Norwegian team in 1996. Støre ended her active career in 1997, but returned as administrator of women's football in 2005. She was appointed leader of the department ''Toppfotball kvinner'' of the

Football Association of Norway The Norwegian Football Federation (, ; NFF) is the governing body of football (soccer), football in Norway. It was formed in 1902 and organises the Norway national football team, men's and Norway women's national football team, women's national te ...

from 2013.

Honours

Norway *

FIFA Women's World Cup The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior list of women's national association football teams, women's national teams of the members of the FIFA, Fédération Internationale de Footb ...

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

; runner-up

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

Individual *

Kniksen Award The Kniksen Award (), established in 1990, honors the best players in the Norwegian football premiership. The award is named after the legendary Norwegian football player Roald Jensen, nicknamed "Kniksen". Categories Category A A jury comp ...

: 1993 with Norway

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* 1963 births Living people Footballers from Sarpsborg Norwegian women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Norway women's international footballers 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics FIFA Women's World Cup–winning players UEFA Women's Championship–winning players Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Toppserien players Athene Moss players Nadeshiko League players SK Sprint-Jeløy (women) players Kolbotn Fotball players Nikko Securities Dream Ladies players FIFA Women's Century Club Norwegian expatriate women's footballers Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate women's footballers in Japan 20th-century Norwegian sportswomen {{Norway-women-footy-bio-stub