Kristin Bekkevold
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Full name | Kristin Bekkevold Sørum | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 19 April 1977 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Hamar, Norway | |||||||||||||||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
FL Fart | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
1994–1996 | Brumunddal | |||||||||||||||
1997–2002 | Asker | |||||||||||||||
2003–2008 | FL Fart | |||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | Brumunddal | |||||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | Norway | 12 | (1) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:16, 14 September 2014 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:16, 14 September 2014 (UTC) |
Kristin Bekkevold Sørum (born 19 April 1977 in Hamar) is a former Norwegian footballer and Olympic champion.
She received a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[1]
In January 2001 Bekkevold underwent surgery for a knee injury.[2] She left Asker in 2002 and returned to playing for FL Fart. When Fart won the 1. divisjon in 2007, they were promoted and Bekkevold made a Toppserien comeback in 2008.[3] She signed for Brumunddal, who she had previously represented between 1994 and 1996, in February 2009.[4] Bekkevold left Brumunddal and retired from football at the age of 34 after suffering another knee injury.[5]
References[]
- ^ "2000 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Soccer" Archived 2012-08-11 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on May 16, 2008)
- ^ Brenden, Jan Magne (28 February 2001). "Vellykket operasjon for Bekkevold" (in Norwegian). Østlendingen. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ^ Holmlund, John Arne (14 April 2008). "Høyere nivå" (in Norwegian). Hamar Arbeiderblad. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ^ Hagen, Sverre (26 February 2009). "Kristin Bekkevold Sørum til Dala!" (in Norwegian). Brumunddal Fotball. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ^ Fjellstad, Tore (3 May 2011). "Kristin legger opp!" (in Norwegian). Brumunddal Fotball. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
External links[]
- Kristin Bekkevold – FIFA competition record (archived)
- National team statistics (in Norwegian)
- Kristin Bekkevold at FIFA (archived)
- Kristin Bekkevold at Norway Football Association (in Norwegian)
- Kristin Bekkevold at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Norwegian women's footballers
- Norway women's international footballers
- Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Norway
- Olympic gold medalists for Norway
- Olympic medalists in football
- Asker Fotball (women) players
- Toppserien players
- Sportspeople from Hamar
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Women's association football central defenders
- Norwegian women's football biography stubs
- Norwegian Olympic medalist stubs