Hanne Hegh

Hanne Hegh
Hanne Hegh 2008
Born	(1960-04-27) 27 April 1960 (age 65) Oslo, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Alma mater	Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Children	Emilie Hegh Arntzen [1]
Handball career Personal information Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) Playing position Back 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 1988 Seoul Team World championship 1986 Netherlands Team

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

Playing career

From 1981 to 1993 she played for Gjerpen IF, where she won 9 Norwegian championships. ^[3]

National team

She made her debut for the Norwegian national team in 1979 against the Soviet Union. ^[3] 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. ^[4] Hanne Hegh played 202 games for the national team between 1979 and 1990, scoring 361 goals. ^[5]

Coach

She was educated at Norges idrettshøgskole. ^[6] From 1997 to 2010 Hanne Hegh was on the coaching squad of the Norway men's national handball team. Today she is a teacher at Grenland Folkehøgskole in Porsgrunn, Norway. ^[3]

Personal life

Hegh was born in Oslo on 27 April 1960. She is the mother of international handball player Emilie Hegh Arntzen. ^{[2] [7]}

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. "Hanne Hegh fyller 50 år" (in Norwegian). ta.no. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
4. "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Handball" Archived 31 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 12 February 2008)
5. "Landskampstatistikk – Totaloversikt for Hegh, Hanne" (in Norwegian). Norges Håndballforbund. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
6. Bugge, Mette (5 September 2008). "40 år og fortsatt full fart". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 20.
7. "Hanne Hegh". olympedia.org. Retrieved 9 March 2023.

External links

• Hanne Hegh at the Norwegian Handball Federation (in Norwegian)
• Hanne Hegh at Olympics.com
• Hanne Hegh at Olympedia