Hege Kvitsand
Norwegian handball player (born 1973)
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Hege Kristine Kvitsand (born 14 June 1973) is a Norwegian handball player who played for the club Bækkelagets SK and the Norwegian national team in the 1990s. She was born in Trondheim. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where the Norwegian team finished fourth.[2]
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| Born |
14 June 1973[1] Trondheim, Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Norwegian | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Pivot | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
-1993 | Sjetne IL | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1993-1998 | Bækkelagets SK | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1998-1999 | GOG | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1999-? | Byåsen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1997 | Norway | 145 | (197) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She won a bronze medal with the Norwegian team at the 1993 World Women's Handball Championship, a bronze medal at the 1994 European Women's Handball Championship, and a silver medal at the 1997 World Women's Handball Championship.[1]
Kvitsand was awarded the Håndballstatuetten trophy from the Norwegian Handball Federation in 2013.[3]
