Handball - HERGEIRSSON Thorir

He led the Norwegian women's team to gold at the 2011 and 2015 world championships, silver in 2017 and bronze in 2009. (snl.no, 23 Dec 2020; handball.no, 15 Mar 2012; romania-insider.com, 18 Dec 2015)

He coached the Norwegian women's team to gold at the 2012 Olympic Games in London and bronze at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (ihf.info, 20 Dec 2020; aftenbladet.no, 22 Dec 2014)

Under his guidance the Norwegian women's team won gold at the 2010, 2014 and 2016 and 2020 European championships, and silver at the 2012 edition in Serbia. (snl.no, 23 Dec 2020; handball-planet.com, 23 Dec 2020; handball.no, 15 Mar 2012; aftenbladet.no, 22 Dec 2014)

In 2017 he became a Knight First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit. (sidelinesports.com, 21 Mar 2017)

He was named Coach of the Year by the International Handball Federation [IHF] in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016. (insidethegames.biz, 19 Mar 2017; ihf.info, 01 Dec 2012; dagbladet.no, 07 Apr 2016)

2009

He served as assistant coach of the Norwegian women's team from 2001-08. He has extensive experience coaching in Norway. From 1989-94 he was coach of Elverum men's team. He spent two years as head coach of the Gjerpen women's team before taking up the helm at Naerbo.