Ragnhild Margrethe Aamodt (born 9 September 1980, in

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) is a

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player. She currently plays for the

club

. Until March 2009 she also played for the Norwegian national team. She made her debut on the Norwegian national team in 2002, and played 133 matches and scored 314 goals until her retirement on March 2009. She is a 3 time European champion, from 2004 to 2008. She received a silver medal at the

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and a gold medal at the

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References

1980 births Living people Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate handball players Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players of Norway Norwegian female handball players Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics {{Norway-handball-bio-stub