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Ragnhild Aamodt
Personal information
Full name Ragnhild Margrethe Aamodt
Born (1980-09-09) 9 September 1980 (age 43)
Sarpsborg, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) [1]
Playing position Right wing [1]
Club information
Current club Sarpsborg
Number 14
Senior clubs
Years Team
0000–2003
Skjeberg HK
2003–2005
GOG Svendborg
2005–2009
FC Midtjylland
2009–2012
Sarpsborg
National team 1
Years Team Apps ( Gls)
2002–2009
  Norway 133 (314)
Medal record
Women's handball
Representing   Norway
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2007 France Team
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2004 Hungary Team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Sweden Team
Gold medal – first place 2008 Macedonia Team
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 10 January 2009

Ragnhild Margrethe Aamodt (born 9 September 1980) is a Norwegian former handball player. She retired in 2012, while playing for the Norwegian 2nd tier club Sarpsborg. [2] Until March 2009 she also played for the Norwegian national team. [3]

Life and career

Born in Sarpsborg on 9 September 1980, [4] Aamodt made her debut on the Norwegian national team in 2002, and played 133 matches and scored 314 goals until her retirement in March 2009. [1] She is a 3 time European champion, from 2004 to 2008. She received a silver medal at the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship and a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. [5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Landslagsprofiler – Ragnhild Margrethe Aamodt" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 16 February 2008.
  2. ^ "FCM Håndbold – Spiller nr. 8 – Ragnhild Aamodt" (in Danish). FC Midtjylland Håndbold. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
  3. ^ Søderstrøm, Per (3 March 2009). "Gir seg på landslaget" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
  4. ^ Bryhn, Rolf. "Ragnhild Aamodt". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Norway Handball at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". sports.reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2009.