Ragnhild Aamodt

Ragnhild Aamodt
Personal information
Full name	Ragnhild Margrethe Aamodt
Born	(1980-09-09) 9 September 1980 (age 44) Sarpsborg, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Playing position	Right wing[1]
Club information
Current club	Sarpsborg
Number	14
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000–2003	Skjeberg HK
2003–2005	GOG Svendborg
2005–2009	FC Midtjylland
2009–2012	Sarpsborg
National team ^1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2009	Norway	133	(314)
Medal record Women's handball Representing  Norway Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team World Championship 2007 France Team European Championship 2004 Hungary Team 2006 Sweden Team 2008 Macedonia Team
^1 National team caps and goals correct as of 10 January 2009

Ragnhild Margrethe Aamodt (born 9 September 1980) is a Norwegian former handball player. She retired in 2012, while playing for the Norwegian 2nd tier club Sarpsborg.^[2] Until March 2009 she also played for the Norwegian national team.^[3]

Life and career

Born in Sarpsborg on 9 September 1980,^[4] Aamodt made her debut on the Norwegian national team in 2002, and played 133 matches and scored 314 goals until her retirement in March 2009.^[1] She is a 3 time European champion, from 2004 to 2008. She received a silver medal at the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship and a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.^[5]

References

1. "Landslagsprofiler – Ragnhild Margrethe Aamodt" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 16 February 2008.
2. "FCM Håndbold – Spiller nr. 8 – Ragnhild Aamodt" (in Danish). FC Midtjylland Håndbold. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
3. Søderstrøm, Per (3 March 2009). "Gir seg på landslaget" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
4. Bryhn, Rolf. "Ragnhild Aamodt". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
5. "Norway Handball at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". sports.reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2009.