Trine Hattestad

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Elsa Katrine Hattestad (née Solberg; born 18 April 1966) is a retired Norwegian track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. During her career, she was a European, World, and Olympic Champion, and broke the world record twice.<ref name=":1">Template:Citation</ref> Her personal best, set in 2000, of 69.48 m is the Norwegian record. It also ranks her sixth on the overall list.

Career

Hattestad made her international debut at a match between Norway, Sweden, and Finland.<ref name=":1" /> She competed at the 1981 European Junior Championships, finishing fifth.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The following year, at the age of just 16, she competed in the European Championships for seniors, though she did not qualify for the final.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She won her first national title in 1983 and would go on to win a total of 14.<ref name=":1" />

She participated in both the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

In 1989, she was suspended after a positive doping test; however, her suspension was overturned, and she was cleared of doping.<ref name=":1" /> She argued that her hormonal contraception had caused the positive test and sued the Norwegian Athletics Association for loss of earnings during her suspension.<ref name=":2" />

At the 1992 Summer Olympics, she came in fifth. In 1993, she won her first major international title, the World Championships in Stuttgart as well as the IAAF Golden Four. The next year, she added the 1994 European title.<ref name=":1" />

After giving birth to her second child in 1995, she competed at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, where she won the bronze medal. The following year, she won a second World title at the 1997 World Championships.<ref name=":1" />

At the 1999 World Championships, she lost the title again, finishing third, but in 2000 she won the only title missing in her career with a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Sydney.<ref name=":2">Template:Cite web</ref>

During her career, Hattestad had many injuries; she experienced fractures in both arms and required seven elbow surgeries.<ref name=":1" />

Personal life

Hattestad's parents were both handball players, and she took up the sport herself at age 6 and played for a 2nd division team.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref> She began athletics when she was twelve; initially she competed in shot put, but she found javelin throwing more interesting.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />

She has four children with her former husband Anders Hattestad. They divorced in 2017.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Competition record

*All results with the old model javelin unless noted.

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1983	European Junior Championships	Schwechat, Austria	2nd	61.40 m
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	5th	64.52 m
1986	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	9th	59.52 m
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	24th (q)	55.30 m
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	18th (q)	58.82 m
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	5th	63.36 m
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	5th	63.54 m
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	1st	69.18 m
1994	Goodwill Games	St. Petersburg, Russia	1st	65.74 m
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	68.00 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	3rd	64.98 m
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	1st	68.78 m
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	4th	63.16 m
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	3rd	66.06 m<ref name=model>New model</ref>
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	1st	68.91 m<ref name=model/>

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