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Mona Solheim (born 4 August 1979) is a Norwegian taekwondo practitioner.
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| Born | 4 August 1979 | |||||||||||||
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Mona Solheim (born 4 August 1979) is a Norwegian taekwondo practitioner.
Solheim competed at the 1999, 2007, 2009 and 2011 World Taekwondo Championships. She won a bronze medal in lightweight at the 2007 World Taekwondo Championships in Beijing, after being defeated by eventual world champion Karine Sergerie in the semifinal. [1]
She was awarded the Kongepokal (King's Cup) trophy at the national championships in 1998. [2]
She is a sister of Nina Solheim. They were adopted from South Korea and grew up in Namsos. [3] [4]
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Events in the year 1979 in Norway.
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