Heidi Støre

Heidi Støre (born 4 July 1963, Sarpsborg) is a former Norwegian footballer and world champion as captain for the national team.

Heidi Støre
Born (1963-07-04) 4 July 1963
Sarpsborg, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationFootball player and administrator
Known forWorld champion 1995
Olympic bronze medalist 1996

Career

Støre played for the clubs Sprint-Jeløy (Norway), Trollhättan (Sweden), Kolbotn (Norway), Nikko (Japan) and Athene Moss (Norway).[1] She made her debut for the Norwegian national team in 1980, and played 151 matches for the national team.[2]

She was world champion with the Norwegian team in 1995, received a silver medal in 1991, and won the unofficial world championship tournament in 1988. She was European champion from 1987 and 1993, and received silver medals in 1989 and 1991.[1] She won an Olympic bronze medal with the Norwegian team in 1996.[3]

Støre ended her active career in 1997, but returned as administrator of women's football in 2005.[2] She was appointed leader of the department Toppfotball kvinner of the Football Association of Norway from 2013.[4] [5]

Honours

FIFA Women's World Cup

Awards
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References
  1. Pedersen, Ole Petter; Holm, Jan. "Heidi Støre". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  2. Bolme, Magne; Holm, Jan. "Heidi Støre". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Heidi Støre". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  4. Haavik, Yngve (26 November 2012). "Heidi Støre leder av kvinneavdelingen". Norges Fotballforbund. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  5. Aas, Erlend Marius (12 April 2013). "Heidi Støre: - Produktet Toppserien har tatt store steg". Norges Fotballforbund. Retrieved 6 February 2016.


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