Tonje Nøstvold

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Tonje Nøstvold

| image =

| nationality = Norwegian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|5|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Stavanger, Norway

| height = {{height|m=1.78|precision=0}}

| weight =

| position = Right back

| currentclub = Retired

| clubnumber =

| youthclubs1 = Hundvåg

| years1 = {{0|0000}} - 2005

| clubs1 = Sola HK

| years2 = 2005-2008

| clubs2 = Byåsen IL

| years3 = 2008-2011

| clubs3 = FC Midtjylland Håndbold

| years4 = 2011-2014

| clubs4 = Byåsen IL

| years5 = 2016-2018

| clubs5 = Sola HK

| nationalyears1 = 2005–2014

| nationalteam1 = Norway

| nationalcaps1 = 183

| nationalgoals1 = 408

| medaltemplates =

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Tonje Nøstvold (born 7 May 1985) is a Norwegian handball player. She currently plays for Sola HK. Previous clubs includes Byåsen HE and FC Midtjylland Håndbold.

Life and career

Born in Stavanger on 7 May 1985, Nøstvold started playing handball aged 7 at made Hundvåg.{{cite web|url=http://www.europamester.dk/nostvold3.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827084554/http://www.europamester.dk/nostvold3.htm |title=Tonje Nøstvold profile on europamester|archive-date=27 August 2008 }} Her first senior club was Sola HK, where she played until 2005. She then joined Byåsen IL. Here she reached the final of the 2007 EHF Cup Winners' Cup, where they lost to Romanian CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea.

In 2008 she joined Danish side FC Midtjylland Håndbold, where she won the 2011 EHF Cup and Danish Championship.

In 2011 she returned to Byåsen on a three year deal.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160524224653/http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-1-2-17-11353.html Byåsen verpflichtet Tonje Nøstvold]

She retired in November 2014, when she was pregnant at the time.{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150127085527/http://www.aftenbladet.no/100Sport/handball/Gravid-handballstjerne-gir-seg-i-toppklubb-473773_1.snd |publisher=aftenbladet.no|title=Gravid håndballstjerne gir seg i toppklubb|access-date=17 September 2015|language=no}} In January 2016 she made a comeback for Sola HK.{{cite web|url=http://www.dagsavisen.no/stavanger/spent-etter-14-m%C3%A5neders-pause-1.670272 |publisher=dagsavisen.no|title=Spent etter 14 måneders pause|access-date=3 January 2016|language=no}}

She ultimately retired in 2018, due to a second pregnancy.{{cite web|url=https://www.aftenposten.no/sport/i/0nvd36/Tonje-Nostvold-er-gravid-Na-legger-hun-opp |publisher=aftenposten.no|title=Tonje Nøstvold er gravid. Nå legger hun opp|access-date=1 October 2019|language=no}}

Today she is part of the coaching staff at Sola HK.{{cite web|url=https://sola-hk.no/sesongstart-for-sola-rekrutt-pa-lordag/ |publisher=sola-hk.no|title=Sesongstart for Sola rekrutt på lørdag!|access-date=4 March 2024|language=no}}

=National Team=

She her debut on the Norwegian national team in 2005, and has played 183 matches and scored 408 goals. She was part of the Olympic gold medal-winning teams of 2008 and 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/tonje-nostvold-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235740/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/tonje-nostvold-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Profile: Tonje Nøstvold |publisher=sports.reference.com|accessdate=1 December 2015}} the World Championship winning team of 2011 and the European championship winning teams in 2006, 2008 and 2010.

She also participated in the 2013 World Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/140/pdf/NORTOTAL.PDF |publisher=International Handball Federation|title=Cumulative Statistics|access-date=23 December 2013}}

Private

Since 2018 she has been married to the football player Christoffer Midbøe Lunde.

References

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{{cite encyclopedia|title=Tonje Nøstvold Lunde |first=Rolf |last=Bryhn |first2=Thomas |last2=Aune |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-first=Erik | editor-last=Bolstad |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Tonje_Nøstvold_Lunde |language=no |accessdate=6 March 2024}}

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