Hanne Hegh (born 27 April 1960) is a Norwegian team handball player and Olympic medalist.
Playing career Club career From 1981 to 1993 she played for Gjerpen IF, where she won 9 Norwegian championships. In 1987 she was top scorer in Eliteserien, and was named player of the year in Norway.
National team She made her debut for the Norwegian national team in 1979 against the Soviet Union. Hanne Hegh was captain on the first Norway national team winning a medal in an international championship, the bronze medal at the 1986 World Women's Handball Championship. She won a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul with the Norwegian national team."1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Handball" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 12 February 2008) Hanne Hegh played 202 games for the national team between 1979 and 1990, scoring 361 goals.
Awards and recognitions Hegh was awarded the Håndballstatuetten trophy from the Norwegian Handball Federation in 1998.
Coach She was educated at Norges idrettshøgskole. From 1997 to 2010 Hanne Hegh was on the coaching squad of the Norway men's national handball team. As of 2010 she was a teacher at Grenland Folkehøgskole in Porsgrunn, Norway.
Personal life Hegh was born in Oslo on 27 April 1960. She is the mother of international handball player Emilie Hegh Arntzen.
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