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Anne Tønnessen
Personal information
Full name	Anne Tønnessen
Date of birth	18 March 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Sokndal, Norway
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Sokndal
	Eigersund
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Klepp IL
	Kolbotn IL
International career
1996–2004	Norway
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Norway
Olympic Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anne Tønnessen (born 18 March 1974) is a Norwegian footballer and Olympic champion.

Biography

Tønnessen was born in Sokndal on 18 March 1974.^[1]

She received a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, playing for the Norwegian team.^[2] 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.^[3]

References

^ Holm, Jan. "Anne Tønnessen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anne Tønnessen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
^ "Anne Tønnessen reiser hjem" (in Norwegian). VG. 19 September 2000. Retrieved 11 October 2008.

External links

Anne Tønnessen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
"Anne Tønnessen at the Norwegian Football Federation" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
Anne Tønnessen at FBref.com
Anne Tønnessen at the Norway Football Association (in Norwegian)
Anne Tønnessen at Olympedia

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[snl-1] Holm, Jan. "Anne Tønnessen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

[sport-ref-tonnessen-2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anne Tønnessen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2008.

[vg-at-3] "Anne Tønnessen reiser hjem" (in Norwegian). VG. 19 September 2000. Retrieved 11 October 2008.

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