Marit Breivik is a former Norwegian team handball player, and former head coach for the Norwegian women's national handball team. As coach, she has led the team to victory in the 2008 Olympic tournament, the World Women's Handball Championship in 1999, and four European Women's Handball Championships, in 1998 (Netherlands), 2004 (Hungary), 2006 (Sweden) and 2008 (Macedonia).
Kristina Vestveit is a Norwegian rifle shooter. She was selected to represent Norway during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The Norwegian Shooting Federation had suggested to select Ingrid Stubsjøen, but Olympiatoppen selected Vestveit instead after good performances in the final World Cup event of the 2008 season.
Anu Elisa Koivisto is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Finland. She swam for Finland at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. During her swimming career, she swam to multiple Finnish championships and national records.
The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports is the umbrella organization for sport in Norway. It is the largest volunteering organization in Norway, with more than 2 million members and 12,000 sports clubs in 19 region confederations and 54 national federations. The current president is Børre Rognlien.
In 2017, Norway's immigrant population consisted of 883,751 people, making up 16.8% of the country's total population. This includes both foreign-born and Norwegian-born with two foreign-born parents, and four foreign-born grandparents. In this population, 724,987 are foreign-born immigrants, while 158,764 are norwegian-born with foreign-born parents. The ten most common countries of origin of immigrants residing in Norway are Poland (97,196), Lithuania (37,638), Sweden (36,315), Somalia (28,696), Germany (24,601), Iraq (22,493), Syria (20,823), Philippines (20,537), Iran (21,364) and Pakistan (19,973). The immigration population comprises people from a total of 221 countries and autonomous regions.
Jarle Alex Aambø is a Norwegian sports official. In 2013 NRK published the claim by Adresseavisen's sport commentator that Aambø had been forced to resign as leader of Olympiatoppen.
Norway participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Norway sent 99 competitors to the games and ended up with the 4th largest amount of gold medals among participating nations.
Jorunn Kaiander Sundgot-Borgen is a Norwegian professor of sports medicine.
Norway competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's debut in 1900, Norwegian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for two occasions: the sparsely attended 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its partial support of the United States-led boycott.
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the women's handball tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Sondre Nordstad Moen is a Norwegian long-distance runner. He qualified for competing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Tina Røe Skaar is a Norwegian taekwondo practitioner.
Susann Bjørnsen is a Norwegian swimmer.
Maria Mollestad is a Norwegian windsurfer.
Maia Agerup is a Norwegian Olympic Sailor. She represents the Royal Norwegian Yacht Club in Oslo.
Ragna Agerup is a Norwegian Olympic Sailor and a Junior World Champion. She represents the Royal Norwegian Yacht Club in Oslo.
Anders Pedersen is a Norwegian competitive sailor.
Signe Marie Store is a Norwegian freestyle wrestler.
Norway competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. It was represented by 109 competitors in 11 sports.
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo is a Norwegian cross-country skier who represents Byåsen IL. He won three gold medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics, in his debut Olympic appearance. He also holds multiple records for being the youngest male in history to win the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, the Tour de Ski, and a World Championship event and an Olympic event in cross-country skiing.
