Nina Nymark Andersen
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Nina Nymark Jakobsen) (née Andersen) (born 28 September 1972) is a former Norwegian
footballer
, world champion and Olympic medalist.
She debuted for the Norwegian national team
in 1993, and played 50 matches for the national team. She received a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics
in Atlanta. Her twin sister Anne Nymark Andersen
is also a football player, and the two sisters played simultaneously for the national football team. They both became world champions in 1995.
Her clubs include IL Sandviken
.
After retiring as a player, she has spent four years as assistant coach at IF Fløya, leaving the club after the 2005 season
. In the 2008 season, Nymark Jacobsen coached the club Fløya, first together with Rune Repvik, and later with coach Rune Brustad.
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...
, world champion and Olympic medalist.
She debuted for the Norwegian national team
Norway women's national football team
The Norway women's national football team represents Norway in international women's football. The team, controlled by the Football Association of Norway, are former European, World and Olympic champions and thus one of the most successful national teams...
in 1993, and played 50 matches for the national team. She received a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
in Atlanta. Her twin sister Anne Nymark Andersen
Anne Nymark Andersen
Anne Nymark Andersen is a former Norwegian footballer, world champion and Olympic medalist. Her twin sister Nina Nymark Andersen is also a football player....
is also a football player, and the two sisters played simultaneously for the national football team. They both became world champions in 1995.
Her clubs include IL Sandviken
IL Sandviken
IL Sandviken is a Norwegian sports club from the neighborhood Sandviken in Bergenhus borough, Bergen. It has sections for football and handball.The women's football team currently resides in the Toppserien, having played there since the 2004 season...
.
After retiring as a player, she has spent four years as assistant coach at IF Fløya, leaving the club after the 2005 season
Toppserien 2005
The 2005 season of the Toppserien, the highest women's football league in Norway, began on 16 April 2005 and ended on 22 October 2005....
. In the 2008 season, Nymark Jacobsen coached the club Fløya, first together with Rune Repvik, and later with coach Rune Brustad.