Trine Hattestad
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 Trine Hattestad |
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| Women’s Athletics | |||
Competitor for  Norway |
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 2000 Sydney | Javelin | |
| Bronze | 1996 Atlanta | Javelin | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1993 Stuttgart | Javelin | |
| Gold | 1997 Athens | Javelin | |
| Bronze | 1999 Seville | Javelin | |
| European Championships | |||
| Gold | 1994 Helsinki | Javelin | |
Trine Hattestad is a former Norwegian javelin thrower, born on April 18, 1966 in Lørenskog, Norway, as Elsa Katrine Solberg.
As a junior, Hattestad made her international debut at the European Junior Championships in 1981 with a fifth place. The follow year she also competed in the European Championships for seniors. At the beginning of the 1990s, Hattestad could measure with the world top. In 1993, she won her first major international title, the World Championships in Stuttgart as well as the IAAF Golden Four. To that, she added the 1994 European title. At the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, she won the bronze medal. The following year, she regained the World Championships. At the |1999 World Championships, she lost the title again, finishing third, but in 2000 she won the only title missing in her career as she won the Olympic Games in Sydney.
During her career, Hattestad has broken the world record three times. In her youth, she was also a promising handball player in her country, playing for a club in the second league of the Norwegian league system.
Trine Solberg-Hattestad is married with Anders Hattestad and has four children.
| Awards | ||
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Preceded by Gabriela Szabo |
Women's European Athlete of the Year 2000 |
Succeeded by Stephanie Graf |
| Sporting positions | ||
Preceded by Petra Felke |
Women's Javelin Best Year Performance 1991 |
Succeeded by Natalya Shikolenko |
| Preceded by Natalya Shikolenko |
Women's Javelin Best Year Performance 1993 |
Succeeded by Natalya Shikolenko |
Preceded by Steffi Nerius |
Women's Javelin Best Year Performance 1997 |
Succeeded by Tanja Damaske |
| Preceded by Tanja Damaske |
Women's Javelin Best Year Performance 1999 – 2000 |
Succeeded by Osleidys Menéndez |
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