Ingunn Rise Kirkeby

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Ingunn Rise Kirkeby
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Nationality Norwegian
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1980–1983
Norway 64 [1] (49)

Ingunn Ragnhild Rise Kirkeby (born 27 May 1961), formerly Ingunn R. Rise, is a Norwegian neurosurgeon and former handball player.

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Handball

She played 64 matches and scored 49 goals for the Norwegian national team between 1980 and 1983. [1] She participated at the 1982 World Women's Handball Championship, where the Norwegian team placed seventh. She currently coaches a girls handball team.

Neurosurgery

She is a medical doctor and works as a consultant neurosurgeon at Oslo University Hospital. She is a specialist in neurosurgery and earned her PhD degree in neurosurgery in 1999. [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Landskampstatistikk. Totaloversikt for Kirkeby, Ingunn Rise" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  2. Doktorgrader ved Det medisinske fakultet august 1989–juni 2014, Michael
  3. Doktorgrader, Universitas, 1999