Anne Tønnessen
Encyclopedia
Anne Tønnessen is a Norwegian
footballer
and Olympic champion.
She received a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
in Sydney
, playing for the Norwegian team. She played only the two first matches in the Olympics, as she became injured early in the second game against Nigeria, and was replaced by Bente Kvitland
for the rest of the Olympics.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
footballer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
and Olympic champion.
She received a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, playing for the Norwegian team. She played only the two first matches in the Olympics, as she became injured early in the second game against Nigeria, and was replaced by Bente Kvitland
Bente Kvitland
Bente Kvitland is a former Norwegian footballer and olympic champion.She debuted for the Norwegian national team in 1999, and played 37 matches for the national team.She received a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney....
for the rest of the Olympics.