Turid Smedsgård Explained

Turid Smedsgård
Nationality:Norwegian
Position:Goalkeeper
Clubs1:Glassverket IF
Clubs2:Nordstrand IF
Years3:2001
Clubs3:Bækkelagets SK
Nationalyears1:1978–1989
Nationalteam1:Norway
Nationalcaps1:113
Nationalgoals1:0

Turid Smedsgård is a Norwegian former handball goalkeeper. She played 113 matches for the Norway women's national handball team from 1978 onwards.[1] She participated at the 1982 World Women's Handball Championship, where the Norwegian team placed seventh. Smedsgård was voted best goalkeeper of the tournament.

She represented Glassverket IF and Nordstrand IF. She retired from club handball in 1994, but made a brief comeback for Bækkelagets SK in 2001.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Landskampstatistikk. Totaloversikt for Smedsgård, Turid . . Norwegian . 21 December 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120913040355/http://www.handball.no/Statistikk_Landskamper.asp?LagId=6014&SpillerId=23387&VS= . 13 September 2012 .