Hanne Hegh (born 27 April 1960) is a Norwegian

team handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a Handball goalkeeper, goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands ...

player and Olympic medalist.

Playing career

Club career

From 1981 to 1993 she played for

Gjerpen IF Gjerpen Idrettsforening is a sports club in Skien, Norway. It was founded in 1918. Among the club's activities are handball, skiing and athletics. In handball the club's women's team has won the National championships several times. Notable player ...

, where she won 9 Norwegian championships.

National team

She made her debut for the Norwegian national team in 1979 against the Soviet Union. Hanne Hegh was captain on the first Norway national team winning a medal in an international championship, the bronze medal at the 1986 World Women's Handball Championship. She received a silver medal at the

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with the Norwegian national team."1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Handball"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 12 February 2008) Hanne Hegh played 202 games for the national team between 1979 and 1990, scoring 361 goals.

Awards and recognitions

Hegh was awarded the

Håndballstatuetten Håndballstatuetten is a Norwegian Handball award given to Norwegian players who has represented the Norwegian national team. The awardee must have played at least 200 matches and played at least 60% of matches in a 6-year period. It is awarded a ...

trophy from the

Norwegian Handball Federation The Norwegian Handball Federation (, NHF) is the national handball association in Norway. The Norwegian Handball Federation was founded in 1937, and is a member of the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF) ...

in 1998.

Coach

She was educated at

Norges idrettshøgskole The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (, NIH) is a public university located at Sognsvann in Oslo, Norway. It has the national responsibility for education and research related within sport sciences. It provides education at the Bachelor, Master ...

. From 1997 to 2010 Hanne Hegh was on the coaching squad of the

Norway men's national handball team The Norway men's national handball team represents Norway at international handball competitions, and is governed by the Norges Håndballforbund (NHF). As of 2024, Norway has been in two finals and won three medals. Honours In 2016, they w ...

. Today she is a teacher at Grenland Folkehøgskole in Porsgrunn, Norway.

Personal life

Hegh was born in

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

on 27 April 1960. She is the mother of international handball player Emilie Hegh Arntzen.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hegh, Hanne 1960 births Living people Norwegian female handball players Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic handball players for Norway Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Norwegian handball coaches Handball players from Oslo Norwegian School of Sport Sciences alumni Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics 20th-century Norwegian sportswomen