| Kjerstin Andersen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1958-11-23) 23 November 1958 (age 66) Porsgrunn, Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skien BK | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gjerpen IF | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1990 | Norway | 106 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kjerstin Andersen (born 23 November 1958) is a Norwegian former team handball goalkeeper and Olympic medalist. She won a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul with the Norwegian national team.
Handball career
Club career
Andersen played for the clubs Skien BK and Gjerpen IF. She won national titles with Gjerpen in 1985 and 1986.
International career
Andersen played 106 games for the national team during her career, between 1984 and 1990. She won a bronze medal with the national team at the 1986 World Women's Handball Championship, and a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Personal life
Andersen was born in Porsgrunn on 23 November 1958.
References
- "Kjerstin Andersen". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Handball" Archived 31 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 12 February 2008)
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Kjerstin Andersen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- 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.
- "Kjerstin Andersen". olympedia.org. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
External links
- Kjerstin Andersen at the Norwegian Handball Federation (in Norwegian)
- Kjerstin Andersen at Olympedia
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- 1958 births
- People from Porsgrunn
- Living people
- Norwegian female handball players
- Olympic silver medalists for Norway
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Norwegian sportswomen
- Norwegian Olympic medalist stubs
- Norwegian handball biography stubs