Ragnhild Aamodt
Appearance
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Full name | Ragnhild Margrethe Aamodt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Sarpsborg, Norway | 9 September 1980||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Norwegian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Right wing[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current club | Sarpsborg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior clubs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
–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
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b c "Landslagsprofiler – Ragnhild Margrethe Aamodt" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 16 February 2008.
- ^ "FCM Håndbold – Spiller nr. 8 – Ragnhild Aamodt" (in Danish). FC Midtjylland Håndbold. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
- ^ Søderstrøm, Per (3 March 2009). "Gir seg på landslaget" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
- ^ Bryhn, Rolf. "Ragnhild Aamodt". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ "Norway Handball at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". sports.reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
Categories:
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Norwegian expatriate handball players in Denmark
- Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players for Norway
- Norwegian female handball players
- Olympic gold medalists for Norway
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Norwegian handball biography stubs