Birgitte Sættem

Birgitte Sættem is a retired Norwegian handball player and Olympic medalist and World Champion. She received a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney with the Norwegian national team. At the 1999 World Championship at home soil she won a gold medal.

Playing career

She started playing handball at her hometown club Sportsklubben Rival. In 1997 she joined the Norwegian top league team Larvik HK. Here she won the Norwegian championship and Norwegian cup 5 times each, as well as the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 2005. In 2003 she missed the World Championship due to a shoulder injury. The shoulder injury would continued to affect her for the rest of her career. She retired in 2006, partly due to injuries and partly due to pregnancy.

Coaching

In 2009 she became a youth coach at Flint Tønsberg. After 4 months she took over the first team, which played in the 2. Division.

Private life

She is married to former Norwegian handball player Geir Jomaas, and they have three kids together.