Nina Solheim

Nina Solheim is a Norwegian taekwondo practitioner. She won a silver medal in the Taekwondo at the [2008 Summer Olympics – Women's +67 kg|women's heavyweight] division at the 2008 [Summer Olympics] in Beijing, beaten by Mexican María del Rosario Espinoza in the final. She also qualified and competed in the Taekwondo at the [2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 67 kg|women's middleweight] division at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She lost in the quarterfinals against Luo Wei of China after injuring her knee.
In addition to a bronze medal from the 2001 [World Taekwondo Championships] in Jeju, South Korea, Solheim won the gold medal in middleweight at the 2006 World Cup in Bangkok, Thailand.
Solheim is a well known athlete in Norway. She was born in South Korea, and at the age of seven months, she and her twin sister Mona were adopted by Norwegian parents, growing up in Namsos Municipality.