Английская Википедия:Grethe Werner

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox handball biography Grethe Werner (28 May 1928 – 30 October 2014) was a Norwegian sportswoman, a pioneer in women's sport in Norway, active in handball, gymnastics and track and field athletics. She was born in Oslo, and was married to Olaf Evjenth.[1] She represented the clubs Grefsen IL (handball), Oslo Turnforening (gymnastics), and Torshaug IF (track and field).[2]

Career

Werner played 35 matches for the Norwegian women's national handball team between 1946 and 1960,[3] including the very first handball match for the Norwegian national team, against Sweden at Bislett Stadium in front of 9.000 spectators in September 1946.[4] She represented the handball club Шаблон:Ill, with which she won the national cup six times,[1] (five times the outdoor cup, and once the indoor cup).[2]

She competed in gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.[1]

In track and field athletics, she was Norwegian champion in shot put in 1948 and 1953,[5] and in discus throw in 1949.[6][7] She also competed in javelin throw,[8] swing-ball throw,[9] long jump,[10] and in athletics triathlon.[11] She held the Norwegian record in shot put.[2]

She was awarded the trophy Håndballstatuetten from the Norwegian Handball Federation in 1999.[2]

She died in Oslo on 30 October 2014.[1]

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