Anne Tønnessen (born 18 March 1974) is a Norwegian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

and Olympic champion.

Biography

Tønnessen was born in

Sokndal Sokndal is the southernmost List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Dalane. The administrative centre of the municipality is the vil ...

on 18 March 1974. She received a gold medal at the

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, playing for the Norwegian team. She played only the two first matches in the Olympics, as she became injured early in the second game against Nigeria, and was replaced by

Bente Kvitland Bente Kvitland (born 23 June 1974) is a Norwegian former footballer who was an Olympic champion with the Norway women's national football team. She played club football in the Toppserien for Trondheims-Ørn and Asker. Kvitland grew up in Skaug ...

for the rest of the Olympics.

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* * * * 1974 births Living people Norwegian women's footballers 21st-century Norwegian sportswomen Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway Toppserien players Klepp IL players Kolbotn Fotball players People from Vest-Agder People from Flekkefjord Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Norway women's international footballers Women's association football players not categorized by position 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic medalists in football Footballers from Agder {{Norway-Olympic-medalist-stub