- Gøril Snorroeggen
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Gøril Snorroeggen Personal information Born 15 February 1985
Trondheim, NorwayNationality Norwegian Height 1.77 m (5.8 ft) Club information Current club Byåsen Håndball Elite Number 5 Youth clubs
1998–2002Kattem IL
Byåsen HESenior clubs Since 2002 Byåsen HE National team 1 Since 2004 Norway 68 (161) Medal recordWomen's handball Competitor for Norway
Olympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing Team World Championship Silver 2007 France Team European Championship Gold 2004 Hungary Team Gold 2006 Sweden Team 1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 23 August 2008Gøril Snorroeggen (born February 15, 1985) is a Norwegian handball player, who plays for Esbjerg. She comes from an athletic family; her father was active in orienteering and her mother has played for Byåsen I.L., the team in which her elder sister, Marthe Snorroeggen are currently playing for.
She began her career at the youth sports club Kattem IL, where she then played both football and handball. At age 13, she switched handball clubs to the Byåsen youth team, but continued to play football for Kattem. She proved to be successful in both sports, and represented Norway in the respective National Youth Teams. At age 16, she made a decision to focus her career on handball and left Kattem. Snorroeggen made her debut on the senior national handball team on 22 October 2004, and has since played 68 games, scoring 161 goals.[1] Amongst her accomplishments with the national team is an Olympic gold medal that she received at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
References
- ^ National Team Profile, Handball.no (Norwegian)
Categories:- 1985 births
- Norwegian handball players
- Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players of Norway
- Olympic gold medalists for Norway
- Living people
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Norwegian handball biography stubs
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