Turid Smedsgård is a Norwegian former
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...
goalkeeper. She played 113 matches for the
Norway women's national handball team
The Norway women's national handball team represents Norway at international handball competitions, and is governed by the Norges Håndballforbund (NHF). As of December 2024, Norway has been in 27 finals an ...
from 1978 onwards.
She participated at the
1982 World Women's Handball Championship, where the Norwegian team placed seventh. Smedsgård was voted best goalkeeper of the tournament.
She represented
Glassverket IF and
Nordstrand IF. In 1981 she won the Norwegian championship with
Glassverket IF beating Skogn IL 16:12 in the final. She retired from club handball in 1994, but made a brief comeback for
Bækkelagets SK in 2001.
Smedsgård was awarded the
Håndballstatuetten trophy from the
Norwegian Handball Federation
The Norwegian Handball Federation (, NHF) is the national handball association in Norway.
The Norwegian Handball Federation was founded in 1937, and is a member of the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF) ...
in 2000.
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1961 births
Living people
Norwegian female handball players
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