Kristin Bekkevold
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Full name
Kristin Bekkevold Sørum
Date of birth
19 April 1977
Place of birth
Hamar, Norway
Height
1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kristin Bekkevold Sørum | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 April 1977 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hamar, Norway | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| FL Fart | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | Brumunddal | ||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2002 | Asker | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2008 | FL Fart | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Brumunddal | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Norway | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:16, 14 September 2014 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14:16, 14 September 2014 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Kristin Bekkevold Sørum (born 19 April 1977) is a former Norwegian footballer and Olympic champion.
She received a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[1]
In January 2001 Bekkevold underwent surgery for a knee injury.[2] She left Asker in 2002 and returned to playing for FL Fart. When Fart won the 1. divisjon in 2007, they were promoted and Bekkevold made a Toppserien comeback in 2008.[3] She signed for Brumunddal, who she had previously represented between 1994 and 1996, in February 2009.[4] Bekkevold left Brumunddal and retired from football at the age of 34 after suffering another knee injury.[5]
