Linda Medalen
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1996 Atlanta | Team Competition |
Linda Medalen (born 17 June 1965 in Sandnes) is a former Norwegian footballer.
She was one of Norway's most celebrated women footballers, finishing her international career with 152 caps, scoring 64 goals.[1] She was on the Norwegian team that won the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup.
She played most of her career in Norway with Asker Fotball, and retired in 2006, at age 41. She also spent seven seasons in Japan with Nikko. She started her career as a striker, but as her career progressed, she moved further back on the field, and was playing toward the end of her career in central defence.
Apart from playing football, Medalen works as a police officer. In 2007, she was elected to serve as a local politician in Asker municipality council for the Conservative Party.[2] Medalen is openly lesbian, coming out in a Se og Hør article in June 1999.[3] On 16 June 2012, Medalen married Trude Flan.[4] She stands at 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in).
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ Brevik, Christian (11 September 2007). "Disse er klare for Asker kommunestyre". Asker og Bærums Budstikke (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 17 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
- ^ Langholm, Dag (30 June 1999). "Linda står frem som lesbisk". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2007-09-20.
- ^ Hagen, Per Erik (16 June 2012). "Giftet seg borgerlig på kirketrappen". Budstikka (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- 1965 births
- Living people
- 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Asker politicians
- Conservative Party (Norway) politicians
- Women police officers
- FIFA Century Club
- Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Lesbian sportswomen
- LGBT association football players
- LGBT law enforcement workers
- LGBT sportspeople from Norway
- Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
- Olympic footballers of Norway
- Olympic medalists in football
- Norway women's international footballers
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- Norwegian expatriate footballers
- Norwegian footballers
- Norwegian police officers
- Norwegian sportsperson-politicians
- Norwegian women's footballers
- FIFA Women's World Cup-winning players
- Nikko Securities Dream Ladies players
- Expatriate women's footballers in Japan
- Nadeshiko League players
- Asker Fotball (women) players
- Klepp IL players
- Toppserien players
- People from Sandnes
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Women's association football forwards
- UEFA Women's Championship-winning players
- Norwegian women's football biography stubs
- Norwegian football forward stubs
- Norwegian Olympic medalist stubs