Gro Hammerseng
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| Date of birth | April 10, 1980 | |
| Place of birth | Gjøvik, Norway  |
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| Current Team | Ikast-Bording Elite Håndbold | |
| Specialty | Team Handball | |
| Previous Teams | Vardal IF Raufoss IL Gjøvik og Vardal HK |
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| Personal best | Gold in 2004 Hungary and 2006 Sweden, Silver in 2007 France |
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| Career | Athlete | |
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| Competitor for Norway |
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| Silver | 2007 France | Team competition | |
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| Gold | 2004 Hungary | Team competition | |
| Gold | 2006 Sweden | Team competition | |
Gro Hammerseng (born April 10, 1980 in Gjøvik) is a Norwegian handball player. She is currently the captain of the Norway women's national handball team, and plays club handball for Danish club Ikast-Bording.
She started her club career in now-defunct Vardal, and later played for Raufoss and Gjøvik og Vardal.
She made her national team debut in 2000. She has led Norway to two consecutive victories in the European Women's Handball Championship, in 2004 and 2006, being voted the tournament's most valuable player both times. As of 30 March 2008, she has played 135 games for Norway, scoring 540 goals.[1]
She is in a long-time relationship with fellow Ikast and Norway player Katja Nyberg.[2]
In the lead-up to the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics Hammerseng has joined other Norwegian athletes in an Amnesty International campaign for human rights in the People's Republic of China.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Handball.no: Gro Hammerseng (Norwegian)
- ^ Gro, Strømsheim; Sigve Kvamme. "- Ja, vi er kjærester", Dagbladet, 23 October 2005. Retrieved on 2008-02-13. (Norwegian)
- ^ Norwegian athletes get legal advice on protest rights, Aftenposten, 17 April 2008
