Trine Hattestad
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's athletics | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 2000 Sydney | Javelin throw | |
| Bronze | 1996 Atlanta | Javelin throw | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1993 Stuttgart | Javelin throw | |
| Gold | 1997 Athens | Javelin throw | |
| Bronze | 1999 Seville | Javelin throw | |
| European Championships | |||
| Gold | 1994 Helsinki | Javelin throw | |
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.
| Olympic champions in women's javelin throw |
|---|
| 1932: Babe Didrikson | 1936: Tilly Fleischer | 1948: Herma Bauma | 1952: Dana Zátopková | 1956: Inese Jaunzeme | 1960: Elvīra Ozoliņa | 1964: Mihaela Peneş | 1968: Angéla Németh | 1972: Ruth Fuchs | 1976: Ruth Fuchs | 1980: María Colón | 1984: Tessa Sanderson | 1988: Petra Felke | 1992: Silke Renk | 1996: Heli Rantanen | 2000: Trine Hattestad | 2004: Osleidys Menéndez |
| Preceded by Gabriela Szabo |
Women's European Athlete of the Year 2000 |
Succeeded by Stephanie Graf |
Categories: 1966 births | Living people | Javelin throwers | Norwegian athletes | Olympic competitors for Norway | Athletes at the 1984 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 1988 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 1992 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 1996 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Olympic gold medalists for Norway | Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
