Wenche Halvorsen Stensrud

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Wenche Halvorsen Stensrud
Personal information
Born 1954 (age 6869)
Fredrikstad
Nationality Norwegian
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
Skjeberg IF
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1975–1984
Norway 91 [1] (211)

Wenche Halvorsen Stensrud (born 1954) is a Norwegian handball player. She played 91 matches and scored more than 200 goals for the Norwegian national team between 1975 and 1984. [1] She participated at the 1982 World Women's Handball Championship, where the Norwegian team placed seventh.

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Stensrud (then Halvorsen) was top scorer ("skytterdronning") in the Norwegian League in the 1982/83 season (153 goals) and the 1985/86 season (168 goals), playing for the club Skjeberg IF. [2]

After her active career, Stensrud was member of the staff as video analyst for the Norwegian women's national handball team. [3] [4] [5]

Personal life

Stensrud was born in Fredrikstad in 1954. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Landskampstatistikk. Totaloversikt for Stensrud, Wenche Halvorsen" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  2. Schanke, Tom A (2007). "Håndball". Norsk Idrettsleksikon. Aller Forlag. p. 340–341. ISBN   978-82-8156-044-4.
  3. Haraldsen, Stian (2016). Gode som gull. 30 år med håndballjentene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 98. ISBN   978-82-03-29618-5.
  4. "Profiler. Spillerne, trenere og støtteapparat Håndballjentene" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  5. 1 2 "Team and media guide Rio 2016; Handball". olympiatoppen.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 March 2021.