Marianne Rokne

Marianne Rokne
Personal information
Born (1978-03-09) 9 March 1978
Bergen, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club Retired
Senior clubs
Years Team
1988-2003
 Tertnes IL
2003-2005
 SK Århus
2005-2006
 Aalborg DH
2006-2009
 GOG Svendborg TGI
2009-2012
 Tertnes IL
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2007
 Norway 101 (294)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Team Competition
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1999 Denmark/Norway Team Competition
Silver medal – second place 2001 Italy Team Competition
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2006 Sweden Team Competition

Marianne Rokne (born 9 March 1978) is a Norwegian team handball player and World champion from 1999.[1] She received a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[2]

She won a gold medal at the 1999 World Championship at home.[3] and a silver medal at the 2001 World Championship in Italy, and a gold medal at the 2006 European Women's Handball Championship in Sweden.[1]

Career

She started playing handball at the age of 10 in Tertnes IL, where she debuted for the senior team at the age of 16 in 1994.[4] In 2003 she moved to Denmark to join Danish side SK Århus.[5] Here she played for 2 years before joining league rivalsAalborg DH.[6] She left Aalborg after having her contract cancelled, due to a disagreement over a wage increase for the participation in the 2005 World Championship.[7] Then case was eventually settled in court.[8] She then signed for GOG Svendborg TGI.[8] She played 3 seasons for GOG, where she was injured a lot.[9] In 2010 she returned to Tertnes IL.[10] In October 2010 she took a break from handball due to maternity leave.[11] She left Tertnes after the 2011-12 season.[12]

National team

She debuted for the Norwegian national team on July 2nd 1998 in a match against Denmark.

References

  1. ^ a b Haraldsen, Stian (2016). "De 25 medaljemesterskapene". Gode som gull. 30 år med håndballjentene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 144–159. ISBN 978-82-03-29618-5.
  2. ^ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball" Archived 7 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 4 February 2008)
  3. ^ "Kvinnelandslaget i håndball" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Marianne Rokne" (in Norwegian). vg.no. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  5. ^ "SK Århus" (in Danish). dhdb.hyldgaard-jensen.dk. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Profil forlader SK Aarhus" [Profile leaves SK Aarhus] (in Danish). tv2ostjylland.dk. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Chaos in Aalborg - Verwirrungen um Marianne Rokne" [Chaos in Aalborg - Confussion over Marianne Rokne] (in German). hbf-info.de. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Marianne Rokne gewinnt Prozess gegen Ex-Club Aalborg DH und wechselt zu GOG". handball-world.news. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Marianne Rokne stopper i GOG" [Marianne Rokne stops in GOG]. sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Rokne tilbake i Tertnes" [Rokne back in Tertnes] (in Norwegian). aasanetidende.no. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Marianne Rokne gravid" [Marianne Rokne pregnant] (in Norwegian). Bergensavisen. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Rieber-Mohn ferdig i Tertnes" [Rieber-Mohn finished in Tertnes] (in Norwegian). aftenposten.no. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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