Trude Gundersen (born 6 June 1977 in

Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...

) is a retired Norwegian

taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

athlete. She was

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

's first and only taekwondo competitor during 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 ...

in Sydney, and won a silver medal in the -67 kg weight class."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Taekwondo"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on August 9, 2010) After the

she tried to continue the hard training in combination with her ambition to become a doctor. But in 2002 she quit professional

and focused instead on her medical studies.

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* 1977 births Living people Norwegian female taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Norway Taekwondo practitioners at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in taekwondo {{Norway-Olympic-medalist-stub Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Norway Sportspeople from Bergen 21st-century Norwegian sportswomen