Hanne Hegh

Hanne Hegh (born 27 April 1960) is a Norwegian team handball player and Olympic medalist.[1][2]

Hanne Hegh
Hanne Hegh 2008
Born (1960-04-27) 27 April 1960
Oslo, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Alma materNorwegian School of Sport Sciences
ChildrenEmilie Hegh Arntzen[1]
Handball career
Senior clubs
Years Team
?–
 Oppsal
1981–1993
 Gjerpen IF
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1990
 Norway 202 (361)
Medal record
Representing  Norway
Women's handball
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul Team
World championship
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Netherlands Team

Playing career

Hanne Hegh was captain on the first Norway national team winning a medal in an international championship, the bronze medal at the 1986 World Women's Handball Championship. She received a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul with the Norwegian national team.[3] Hanne Hegh played 202 games for the national team between 1979 and 1990, scoring 361 goals.[4]

Trainer

She was educated at Norges idrettshøgskole.[5] From 1997 to 2010 Hanne Hegh was on the training squad of the Norway men's national handball team. Today she is a teacher at Grenland Folkehøgskole in Porsgrunn, Norway.

Personal life

Hegh was born in Oslo on 27 April 1960. She is the mother of international handball player Emilie Hegh Arntzen.[2][6]

References
  1. "Hanne Hegh". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  2. Bryhn, Rolf. "Hanne Hegh". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  3. "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Handball" Archived 31 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 12 February 2008)
  4. "Landskampstatistikk – Totaloversikt for Hegh, Hanne" (in Norwegian). Norges Håndballforbund. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  5. Bugge, Mette (5 September 2008). "40 år og fortsatt full fart". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 20.
  6. "Hanne Hegh". olympedia.org. Retrieved 9 March 2023.


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