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Heidi Støre
Personal information
Full name	Heidi Elin Støre
Date of birth	4 July 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth	Sarpsborg, Norway
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1979–1984	Sprint-Jeløy
1985–1988	Trollhättan
1995	Kolbotn
1995–1999	Nikko
1997	Athene Moss
International career
1980–1997	Norway
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Heidi Elin Støre (born 4 July 1963) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a midfielder. As captain for the Norway national team, she won the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Personal life

Born in Sarpsborg on 4 July 1963, Støre is a daughter of Harald Magne Støre and Henny Josefine Støre. Her registered partner since 1999 is Agnete Synnøve Carlsen.^[2]

Career

Støre played for the clubs Sprint-Jeløy (Norway), Trollhättan (Sweden), Kolbotn (Norway), Nikko (Japan) and Athene Moss (Norway).^[3] She made her debut for the Norway national team in 1980, and played 151 matches for the national team.^[2]

She was world champion with the Norwegian team in 1995, received a silver medal in 1991, and won the unofficial world championship tournament in 1988. She was European champion from 1987 and 1993, and received silver medals in 1989 and 1991.^[3] She won an Olympic bronze medal with the Norwegian team in 1996.^[4]

Støre ended her active career in 1997, but returned as administrator of women's football in 2005.^[2] She was appointed leader of the department Toppfotball kvinner of the Football Association of Norway from 2013.^[5]^[6]

Honours

Norway

FIFA Women's World Cup: 1995; runner-up 1991

Individual

Kniksen Award: 1993 with Norway^[3]

References

^ Heidi Støre at Olympedia (archive)
^ ^a ^b ^c Bolme, Magne; Holm, Jan. "Heidi Støre". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c Pedersen, Ole Petter; Holm, Jan. "Heidi Støre". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Heidi Støre". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^ Haavik, Yngve (26 November 2012). "Heidi Støre leder av kvinneavdelingen". Norges Fotballforbund. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^ Aas, Erlend Marius (12 April 2013). "Heidi Støre: – Produktet Toppserien har tatt store steg". Norges Fotballforbund. Retrieved 6 February 2016.