Jeanette Nilsen

Jeanette Nilsen
Personal information
Born	(1972-06-27) 27 June 1972 (age 53) Skien, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs
Years	Team
	Skotfoss
	Gulset
	Larvik HK
	Gjerpen IF
1998-2003	Nordstrand IF
2003-2007	Horsens HK
2007-2008	Stabæk Håndball
2008-2009	Njård IL
2009-2010	Nordstrand IF
2010-2011	Selbu IL
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–2000	Norway	91	(2)
Medal record Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team World Championship 1999 Denmark/Norway Team 1997 Germany Team European Championship 1998 Netherlands Team 1996 Denmark Team

Jeanette Nilsen (born 27 June 1972) is a Norwegian team handball player and World Champion from 1999. ^[1] She was born in Skien. She received a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. ^[2] She became European champion with the Norwegian team in 1998. ^[3] This was the first time Norway won that title. ^[4]

She played for Njård IL, Stabæk, Nordstrand IF, Seibu IL, Gjerpen IF, Larvik HK, Gulset and Skotfoss in Norway and Horsens HK in Denmark. She is also a teacher for physical education at Ullern Vgs in Oslo.

References

1. "Håndballjentene" (in Norwegian). 18 November 2004. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
2. "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 3 February 2008)
3. Haraldsen, Stian (2016). "De 25 medaljemesterskapene". Gode som gull. 30 år med håndballjentene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 144–159. ISBN   978-82-03-29618-5.
4. "Women's EHF Euro 1998". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation . Retrieved 27 February 2025.

External links

• Jeanette Nilsen at the European Handball Federation
• Jeanette Nilsen at the Norwegian Handball Federation (in Norwegian)
• Jeanette Nilsen at Olympedia