Gøril Snorroeggen

Gøril Snorroeggen

Personal information
Born	15 February 1985 (1985-02-15) (age 26) Trondheim, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Height	1.77 m (5.8 ft)
Club information
Current club	Byåsen Håndball Elite
Number	5
Youth clubs
1998–2002	Kattem IL Byåsen HE
Senior clubs
Since 2002	Byåsen HE
National team 1
Since 2004	Norway		68 (161)
Medal record Women'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 2008

Gøril 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

1. ^ National Team Profile, Handball.no (Norwegian)

Persondata
Name	Snorroeggen, Goeril
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	15 February 1985
Place of birth	Trondheim, Norway
Date of death
Place of death