Kjerstin Andersen
{{short description|Norwegian handball player (born 1958)}}
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| nationality = Norwegian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|11|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Porsgrunn, Norway
| height = 179 cm
| position = Goalkeeper
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| clubs1 = Skien BK
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| clubs2 = Gjerpen IF
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| nationalyears1 = 1984–1990
| nationalteam1 = Norway
| nationalcaps1 = 106
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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalSilver | 1988 Seoul | Team }}
{{MedalCompetition|World championship}}
{{MedalBronze | 1986 Netherlands | Team }}
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Kjerstin Andersen (born 23 November 1958) is a Norwegian former team handball goalkeeper and Olympic medalist. She won a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul with the Norwegian national team.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/kjerstin-andersen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034752/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/kjerstin-andersen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Kjerstin Andersen |accessdate=2 May 2015 |work=sports-reference.com}}[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=22&sp=HAN "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Handball"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531095221/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=22&sp=HAN |date=31 May 2008 }} databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 12 February 2008)
Handball career
=Club career=
Andersen played for the clubs Skien BK and Gjerpen IF. She won national titles with Gjerpen in 1985 and 1986.
=International career=
Andersen played 106 games for the national team during her career, between 1984 and 1990. She won a bronze medal with the national team at the 1986 World Women's Handball Championship, and a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.{{cite book |title=Gode som gull. 30 år med håndballjentene |chapter=De 25 medaljemesterskapene |first=Stian |last=Haraldsen |year=2016 |publisher=Aschehoug |location=Oslo |language=Norwegian |isbn=978-82-03-29618-5 |pages=144–159 }}
=Awards=
Personal life
Andersen was born in Porsgrunn on 23 November 1958.
References
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Category:People from Porsgrunn
Category:Norwegian female handball players
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Norway
Category:Olympic medalists in handball
Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:20th-century Norwegian sportswomen
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