Mia Hundvin

Mia Hundvin

Personal information
Full name	Mia Terese Hundvin
Born	(1977-03-07) 7 March 1977 Bergen, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	63 kilograms (139 lb)
Playing position	Left wing
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs
1986-1989 1989-1996 1996-1997 1997-2000 2000-2001 2001-2003 2003-2004 2004-2008	Løv-Ham Tretnes IL Gjerpen IF Tertnes IL FIF Slagelse DT Aalborg DH Nordstrand IF
National team
1998-2002	Norway	72 (174)
Medal record Women's handball Representing  Norway Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team competition

Mia Terese Hundvin (born 7 March 1977 in Bergen, Norway) is a former Norwegian handball player.

Career

Hundvin played 73 matches for Norway's national handball team in addition to playing for professional clubs. She was part of national teams that won the European Women's Handball Championship in 1998, the World Women's Handball Championship in 1999, and Olympic bronze in 2000. Hundvin scored the game-winner as Norway beat South Korea, 22-21.^[1]

She became pregnant by partner Terje Haakonsen in 2003, which interrupted her playing for the Danish team Aalborg DH.^[2] In addition to her handball career, Hundvin has been training to be a photographer and works for Danish television.

In 2002 she starred in an episode in the Danish sit-com Langt fra Las Vegas. The episode is called "Mia Hundvin".

Personal life

In 2000 she entered a registered partnership with Danish handball player Camilla Andersen, but the couple split three years later. Sports Illustrated ran a lengthy feature on the two, who are much-discussed celebrities in their countries. According to Sports Illustrated, Andersen had been the lover of handball legend Anja Andersen after they won the gold for Denmark in 1996.^[3]

After her split from Andersen, Hundvin moved in with Norwegian snowboarder Terje Haakonsen, the world's top snowboarder in the 1990s. The couple have two children.

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