Torstein Sverre Hansen (27 October 1943 – 12 May 2018)Torstein Hansen's obituary
was a Norwegian

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 goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player who competed in the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...

. He 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 ...

and represented the club

Oppsal IF Oppsal Idrettsforening (founded on 4 August 1912 as ''Bryn Atletklubb'') is a multi-sports club from Oslo, Norway. The club has sections for basketball, football, handball, ice hockey, cross-country skiing, athletics and orienteering. The club's ...

. In 1972 he was part of the Norwegian team which finished ninth in the Olympic tournament. He played all five matches and scored 22 goals.

References

1943 births 2018 deaths Norwegian male handball players Olympic handball players for Norway Handball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Handball players from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-handball-bio-stub