Trine Haltvik (born March 23, 1965) is a

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handball coach and former player. Currently she is coach for the Norwegian girls' under-17 team. Haltvik started her handball career at just 16 for

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, with the exception of a year playing for Remudas Gran Canaria in

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, she remained at the club. Her loyalty and relative old age for a professional athlete, has given her the nickname ''"Mor"'' or ''Mother''. She has played in 241 games for the

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, scoring 834 goals. She was voted World Player of the Year 1998 by the

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1965 births Living people Norwegian female handball players Olympic handball players of Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Trondheim Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Expatriate handball players Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Norwegian handball coaches Female sports coaches {{Norway-handball-bio-stub