Linda Medalen
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| Olympic medal record | |||
Competitor for  Norway |
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| Bronze | 1996 Atlanta | Team Competition | |
Linda Medalen (born June 17, 1965) is a Norwegian footballer. She is 167 cm tall.
She is one of Norways most celebrated women footballers, finishing her international career with 152 Caps, scoring 64 goals. She was on the Norwegian team that won the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup. She has played most of her career in Norway with Asker Football, and is still active as of 2006, at age 41.
She also spent 7 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 is now playing in central defence.
Apart from playing football, Linda Medalen works as a police officer.
Linda is openly lesbian, coming out in a magazine article in June 1999"VG article.
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