Marianne Rokne

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Marianne Rokne
Personal information
Born (1978-03-09) 9 March 1978 (age 46)
Bergen, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current clubRetired
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
1988-2003
 Tertnes IL
2003-2005
 SK Århus
2005-2006
 Aalborg DH
2006-2009
 GOG Svendborg TGI
2009-2012
 Tertnes IL
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2007
 Norway 101 (294)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Sydney Team Competition
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Denmark/Norway Team Competition
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Italy Team Competition
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Sweden Team Competition

Marianne Rokne (born 9 March 1978) is a Norwegian team handball player and World champion from 1999. [1] She received a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. [2]

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She won a gold medal at the 1999 World Championship at home. [3] and a silver medal at the 2001 World Championship in Italy, and a gold medal at the 2006 European Women's Handball Championship in Sweden. [1]

Career

She started playing handball at the age of 10 in Tertnes IL, where she debuted for the senior team at the age of 16 in 1994. [4] In 2003 she moved to Denmark to join Danish side SK Århus. [5] Here she played for 2 years before joining league rivalsAalborg DH. [6] She left Aalborg after having her contract cancelled, due to a disagreement over a wage increase for the participation in the 2005 World Championship. [7] Then case was eventually settled in court. [8] She then signed for GOG Svendborg TGI. [8] She played 3 seasons for GOG, where she was injured a lot. [9] In 2010 she returned to Tertnes IL. [10] In October 2010 she took a break from handball due to maternity leave. [11] She left Tertnes after the 2011-12 season. [12]

National team

She debuted for the Norwegian national team on July 2nd 1998 in a match against Denmark.

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball" Archived 7 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 4 February 2008)
  3. ↑ "Kvinnelandslaget i håndball" (in Norwegian). NRK . Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Marianne Rokne" (in Norwegian). vg.no. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "SK Århus" (in Danish). dhdb.hyldgaard-jensen.dk. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Profil forlader SK Aarhus" [Profile leaves SK Aarhus] (in Danish). tv2ostjylland.dk. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "Chaos in Aalborg - Verwirrungen um Marianne Rokne" [Chaos in Aalborg - Confussion over Marianne Rokne] (in German). hbf-info.de. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  8. 1 2 "Marianne Rokne gewinnt Prozess gegen Ex-Club Aalborg DH und wechselt zu GOG". handball-world.news. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "Marianne Rokne stopper i GOG" [Marianne Rokne stops in GOG]. sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark . Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  10. ↑ "Rokne tilbake i Tertnes" [Rokne back in Tertnes] (in Norwegian). aasanetidende.no. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  11. ↑ "Marianne Rokne gravid" [Marianne Rokne pregnant] (in Norwegian). Bergensavisen. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  12. ↑ "Rieber-Mohn ferdig i Tertnes" [Rieber-Mohn finished in Tertnes] (in Norwegian). aftenposten.no. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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