Jeanette Nilsen (born 27 June 1972) 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 World Champion from 1999. She was born in

Skien Skien () is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the Norsjø area and Bø. The administrative ...

. She received a bronze medal at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 3 February 2008) She currently played for Njård IL, Stabæk, Nordstrand IF, Seibu IL,

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 ...

, Larvik, Gulset and Skotfoss in Norway and

Horsens HK Horsens Håndboldklub Elite, also known as Horsens Håndboldklubis a Danish handball club. For the 2018/19 season, the team promoted to the Damehåndboldligaen, after its relegation in 2010. The team plays at home in Forum Horsens. At elite l ...

in Denmark. She is also a teacher for physical education at Ullern Vgs in Oslo.

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* 1972 births Living people Norwegian female handball players Olympic handball players for Norway Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Sportspeople from Skien Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics 21st-century Norwegian sportswomen Norwegian expatriate handball players in Denmark {{Norway-Olympic-medalist-stub