Trine Hattestad

Trine Hattestad

Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Norway
Olympic Games
	2000 Sydney	Javelin
	1996 Atlanta	Javelin
World Championships
	1993 Stuttgart	Javelin
	1997 Athens	Javelin
	1999 Seville	Javelin
European Championships
	1994 Helsinki	Javelin

Trine Hattestad (née Elsa Katrine Solberg) is a former Norwegian javelin thrower. She was born on 18 April 1966 in Lørenskog, Norway.

Hattestad made her international debut at the European Junior Championships in 1981 with a fifth place. The follow year she also competed in the European Championships for seniors. At the beginning of the 1990s, Hattestad could measure with the world top. In 1993, she won her first major international title, the World Championships in Stuttgart as well as the IAAF Golden Four. To that, she added the 1994 European title. At the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, she won the bronze medal. The following year, she regained the World Championships. 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.

During her career, Hattestad took the world record three times. In her youth, she was also a promising handball player in her country, playing for a club in the second league of the Norwegian league system.

Trine Solberg-Hattestad is married to Anders Hattestad and has four children and a rotweiler.

Competition record

*All results with the old model javelin unless noted.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Norway
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
	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
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	1st	68.91 m

References

• sports-reference

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Gabriela Szabo	Women's European Athlete of the Year 2000	Succeeded by Stephanie Graf
Sporting positions
Preceded by Petra Felke	Women's Javelin Best Year Performance 1991	Succeeded by Natalya Shikolenko
Preceded by Natalya Shikolenko	Women's Javelin Best Year Performance 1993	Succeeded by Natalya Shikolenko
Preceded by Steffi Nerius	Women's Javelin Best Year Performance 1997	Succeeded by Tanja Damaske
Preceded by Tanja Damaske	Women's Javelin Best Year Performance 1999 – 2000	Succeeded by Osleidys Menéndez
Awards
Preceded by Lasse Kjus	Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year 2000	Succeeded by Olaf Tufte