Editing Trine Hattestad (section)

==Career==
Hattestad made her international debut at a match between Norway, Sweden, and Finland.<ref name=":1" /> She competed at the [[1981 European Athletics Junior Championships|1981 European Junior Championships]], finishing fifth.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-08-21 |title=World Junior Athletics History |url=http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/EUJC/EUJC1981.html#21093 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912153753/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/EUJC/EUJC1981.html#21093 |archive-date=2011-09-12 |website=World Junior Athletics History}}</ref> The following year, at the age of just 16, she competed in the [[1982 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw|European Championships]] for seniors, though she did not qualify for the final.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Women Javelin Throw European Championships 1982 Athens, Greece |url=http://todor66.com/athletics/europe/1982/Women_Javelin_Throw.html |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=todor66.com}}</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 Summer Olympics|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 [[1993 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] in [[Stuttgart]] as well as the [[IAAF]] Golden Four. The next year, she added the [[1994 European Championships in Athletics#Field 2|1994 European title]].<ref name=":1" />

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

At the [[1999 World Championships in Athletics|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">{{Cite web |date=2000-09-30 |title=Hattestad finally wins javelin gold |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/xArchive/Archive/Hattestad-finally-wins-javelin-gold-20000930 |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}</ref>

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