Kjerstin Andersen (born 23 November 1958) is a Norwegian former

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 ...

goalkeeper and Olympic medalist. She won a silver medal at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

with the Norwegian national team."1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Handball"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 12 February 2008)

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

Awards

She was awarded the Håndballstatuetten 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 2021.

Personal life

Andersen was born in

Porsgrunn is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Porsgrunn (town), city ...

on 23 November 1958.

References

External links

* 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 {{Norway-handball-bio-stub