Sigrid Halvorsen

Sigrid Halvorsen
Personal information
Born (1945-05-31)May 31, 1945
Brandval, Norway
Died April 10, 2023(2023-04-10) (aged 77)
Våler
Nationality Norwegian
Senior clubs
Years Team
–
Brandval Idrettslag
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1973
Norway 84[1] (106)

Sigrid Halvorsen (20 May 1941 - 10 April 2023) is a Norwegian handball player. She played 84 matches for the Norway women's national handball team between 1964 and 1973.[1] She participated at the 1971 and 1973 World Women's Handball Championship.

In 1967 and 1970 she won the Norwegian Women's Handball League with Brandval Idrettslag, in 1968 she won a bronze medal and in 1970 she won a silver medal. She also won the Outdoor Norwegian championship in 1969 and 1972.[2]

Halvorsen was awarded the Håndballstatuetten trophy from the Norwegian Handball Federation in 2000.[3]

Her three sisters, Bjørg, Fanny and Randi were also handball players and they played together on the Brandval team. Her brother, Leif Halvorsen, was a coach on the team.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Landskampstatistikk. Totaloversikt for Halvorsen, Sigrid" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Brandvallitten" (PDF) (in Norwegian) (4 ed.). December 2010. p. 7. Retrieved 21 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Utmerkelser". handball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 June 2025.