Unni Nyhamar Hinkel

{{short description|Norwegian handball player}}

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| nationality = Norwegian

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| years1 = 1995-2007

| clubs1 = Nordstrand IF

| nationalyears1 = 2001–2003

| nationalteam1 = Norway

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{{MedalCompetition | World Championship}}

{{MedalSilver | 2001 Italy | Team}}

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Unni Nyhamar Hinkel is a Norwegian former handball player. She played fifty matches for the Norway women's national handball team between 2001 and 2003.{{cite web|url=http://www.handball.no/Statistikk_Landskamper.asp?LagId=6014&SpillerId=95486 |title=Landslagstatistikk. Hinkel, Unni Nyhamar : Landslag kvinner senior |publisher=Norwegian Handball Federation |language=Norwegian |accessdate=16 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908040802/http://www.handball.no/Statistikk_Landskamper.asp?LagId=6014&SpillerId=95486&VS= |archivedate=8 September 2012 }} Hinkel was part of the Norwegian team which won a silver medal at the 2001 World Women's Handball Championship in Italy.{{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 }} Norway lost the final 25-30 to Russia. She retired from the Norwegian national team in 2003.

She played her entire career at Nordstrand IF. She retired in 2007 after multiple years with injuries.

She missed the 2001 EHF Cup Winners' Cup final, where Nordstrand lost to Ukrainian Motor Zaporizhzhia.