Grethe Werner Evjenth | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Grethe Irene Werner (-Evjenth) | ||
Born |
Oslo, Norway | 28 May 1928||
Died |
30 October 2014[1] Oslo [1] | (aged 86)
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Nationality | Norwegian | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
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National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | |
1946–1960 | Norway | 35 [2] |
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). [3]
Werner played 35 matches for the Norwegian women's national handball team between 1946 and 1960, [2] 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 Grefsen IL , with which she won the national cup six times, [1] (five times the outdoor cup, and once the indoor cup). [3]
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. [3]
She was awarded the trophy Håndballstatuetten from the Norwegian Handball Federation in 1999. [3]
She died in Oslo on 30 October 2014. [1]