Monica Sandve

{{short description|Norwegian handball player (born 1973)}}

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| nationality = Norwegian

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| nationalyears1 = 1995–2003

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| nationalcaps1 = 94

| nationalgoals1 = 245

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{{MedalSport | Women's handball}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze | 2000 Sydney | Team }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championship}}

{{MedalSilver | 2001 Italy | Team }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championship}}

{{MedalSilver | 2002 Denmark | Team }}

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Monica Sandve (born 3 December 1973) is a Norwegian team handball player and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney with the Norwegian national team.[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=HAN "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407003620/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=HAN |date=7 April 2008}} databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 11 February 2008) She played 94 matches and scored 245 goals for the Norwegian national handball team between 1995 and 2003.{{cite web|url=http://www.handball.no/Statistikk_Landskamper.asp?LagId=6014&SpillerId=56347&VS=

|title=Landskampstatistikk. Totaloversikt for Sandve, Monica |publisher=Norwegian Handball Federation |language=Norwegian |accessdate=20 June 2019 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919211823/http://www.handball.no/Statistikk_Landskamper.asp?LagId=6014&SpillerId=56347&VS= |archivedate=19 September 2012 }} In addition to the bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics, Sandve represented Norway when the team won a silver medal at the 2001 World Women's Handball Championship in Italy, as well as winning a silver medal at the 2002 European Women's Handball Championship in Denmark.{{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 }}