Trine Haltvik

Trine Haltvik (born March 23, 1965 in Trondheim) is a Norwegian handball coach and former player. Currently she is coach for the Norwegian girls' under-17 team.

Trine Haltvik
Personal information
Born (1965-03-23) 23 March 1965
Trondheim, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Senior clubs
Years Team
1981–1999
 Byåsen IL
1999–2000
 Remudas Gran Canaria
2000–2006
 Byåsen IL
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984-2000
 Norway 241 (834)
Medal record
Olympic Games
1988 SeoulTeam
2000 SydneyTeam
World Championship
1999 Denmark/Norway
1997 Germany
1986 Netherlands
European Championship
1998 Netherlands
1996 Denmark

Haltvik started her handball career at just 16 for Byåsen IL, with the exception of a year playing for Remudas Gran Canaria in Spain, 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 Norwegian national team, scoring 834 goals.[1]

She was voted World Player of the Year 1998 by the International Handball Federation.[2]

References
  1. "Landskampstatistikk – Trine Haltvik" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  2. "Previous World Handball Players". International Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 2007-05-20. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
Awards
Preceded by
Anja Andersen		 IHF World Player of the Year – Women
1998		 Succeeded by
Ausra Fridrikas


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