Trine Haltvik
Trine Haltvik is a Norwegian handball coach and former player. Currently she is coach for the |handball team|Norwegian girls' under-17 team]. She was voted World Player of the Year 1998 by the International Handball Federation. Her loyalty to Byåsen IL and relative old age for a professional athlete, has given her the nickname "Mor" or Mother.
Career
Haltvik started her handball career at just 16 for Byåsen IL. Here she won the Norwegian Championship 5 times. She played for Byåsen her entire career with the exception of a year playing for Remudas Gran Canaria in Spain. she retired in 2006 after she had become a mother for a third time.In October 2010 she made a comeback for Selbu IL, where she played with her oldest daughter Katinka. In March 2011 she retired again, but for the 2011-12 season she made a second comeback at the age of 46.
She has played in 241 games for the Norwegian national team, scoring 834 goals. She won gold medals at the 1998 European Women's Handball Championship and the 1999 World Women's Handball Championship. She represented Norway at three Olympics, in 1988, 1996 and 2000, winning a silver medal in 1988 and a bronze medal in 2000.