Merethe Tveiten

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Merethe Tveiten
Personal information
Born (1995-07-10) 10 July 1995 (age 29) [1]
Home town Notodden, Norway
Sport
Sport Para table tennis
Disability class C6
Medal record
Para table tennis
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris Doubles WD14
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 SheffieldDoubles WD14

Merethe Tveiten (born 10 July 1995) is a Norwegian para table tennis player. She represented Norway at the 2024 Summer Paralympics where she won a bronze medal in the women's doubles WD14 event with Aida Dahlen. Tveiten is also a European champion in the doubles class 14 with Dahlen.

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Career

Tveiten won the gold medal in the women's doubles WD 14 event with Aida Dahlen at the European Championships in 2023. [2] She represented Norway at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in the women's doubles WD14 event, where she won a bronze medal together with Dahlen. [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Merethe Tveiten". Paris 2024 Paralympics . Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. "Norsk EM-gull i bordtennis". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). 9 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  3. "Doubles Makes a Comeback In Front of Magnificent Parisian Crowds". ittf.com. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  4. "Tveiten usikker på fremtiden etter bronse: – Jeg skal være mamma også". vg.no (in Norwegian). 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.