Editing Trine Hattestad (section)

==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">{{Cite book |last=Kirkebøen |first=Stein Erik |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2009070201083?page=65 |title=Idrettsjenter : veien til topps |publisher=[[Universitetsforlaget]] |year=1986 |isbn=8200357570 |location=Oslo |pages=65-70 |language=no |trans-title=Sports girls: the road to the top |chapter=Trine Solberg: En van lig jente med en uvanlig kastarm |trans-chapter=Trine Solberg: An ordinary girl with an unusual throwing arm}}</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>{{Cite web |last=Solberg |first=Julie |date=2017-06-20 |title=Den tidligere OL-stjerna bekrefter bruddet. Skilles etter 28 år som mann og kone |trans-title=The former Olympic star confirms the breakup. Divorcing after 28 years as husband and wife |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/kjendis/den-tidligere-ol-stjerna-bekrefter-bruddet-skilles-etter-28-ar-som-mann-og-kone/67725080 |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=www.dagbladet.no |language=nb-NO}}</ref>