Trude Gundersen is a retired Norwegian taekwondo

Taekwondo

Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...

 athlete. She was Norway

Norway at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Norway was represented at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney by the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports.- Gold:* Trine Hattestad — Athletics, Women's javelin throw* Knut Holmann — Canoeing, Men's K1 500 m kayak singles...

's only taekwondo competitor during the 2000 Summer Olympics

Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Taekwondo was contested as an official sport at the Olympic Games for the first time at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. It had previously been a demonstration sport in 1988 and 1992. Medals were awarded in four weight classes each for men and women...

 in Sydney, and won a silver medal in the -67 kg weight class.

After the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

 she tried to continue the hard training in combination with her ambition to become a doctor. But one and a half years later she quit professional taekwondo

Taekwondo

Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...

 and focused instead on her medical studies. Today she's a doctor in her hometown Bergen, Norway.