Hanne Haugland is a former Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 high jump

High jump

The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....

er. She represented the clubs Haugesund IL

Haugesund IL

Haugesund Idrettslag is a Norwegian athletics club from Haugesund, founded in 1906.Its most prominent members are long-distance runners Susanne Wigene, Karl Johan Rasmussen and Bente Landøy as well as jumpers Eugen Haugland, Terje Haugland and Hanne Haugland. The latter are all related....

, IL i BUL

IL i BUL

Idrottslaget i Bondeungdomslaget i Oslo is a sports club in Oslo, Norway, founded on 8 January 1913. It is one of several branches of Bondeungdomslaget i Oslo, a local chapter of Noregs Mållag and Noregs Ungdomslag....

, SK Vidar

SK Vidar

Sportsklubben Vidar is a Norwegian sports club from Oslo. It has sections for track and field, triathlon and archery.-Organization:The club was founded in 1919. It was later a member of the Workers' Sports Federation before the war....

 and IF Minerva during her senior career.

In her early international career she finished eleventh at the 1987 European Indoor Championships

1987 European Indoor Championships in Athletics

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 and the 1987 World Indoor Championships

1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships

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 and thirteenth at the 1988 European Indoor Championships

1988 European Indoor Championships in Athletics

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. Her first international medal came at the 1989 European Indoor Championships

1989 European Indoor Championships in Athletics

The 20th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in The Hague, Netherlands, in 1989.-Track:-Field:-Medal table:-External links:* at GBRathletics.com* at GBRathletics.com*...

 where she won a silver with a jump of 1.96 metres.

She then finished fourth at the 1990 European Indoor Championships

1990 European Indoor Championships in Athletics

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, eighth at the 1990 European Championships

1990 European Championships in Athletics

The 15th European Athletics Championships were held from 26 August to 2 September 1990 in Split, a city in Croatia .It was the last participation of East Germany ....

, twelfth at the 1991 World Indoor Championships

1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 3rd IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo in Seville, Spain from March 8 to March 10, 1991. It was the first Indoor Championships to include women's triple jump, albeit as a non-championship event...

 and the 1992 European Indoor Championships

1992 European Indoor Championships in Athletics

The 22nd European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Genoa, a city in Italy, in 1992. This was the first indoor championship which was the start of the new two year cycle for the games.-Track:-Field:-Medal table:-External links:...

, ninth at the 1993 World Championships

1993 World Championships in Athletics

The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, Stuttgart, Germany between August 13 and August 22 with the participation of 187 nations....

, sixth at the 1994 European Indoor Championships

1994 European Indoor Championships in Athletics

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, fifth at the 1994 European Championships

1994 European Championships in Athletics

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 ninth at the 1995 World Indoor Championships

1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 5th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain from 10 March to 12 March 1995. There were a total number of 602 participating athletes from 130 countries.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:...

, sixth at the 1995 World Championships

1995 World Championships in Athletics

The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden between August 5 and August 13.This edition featured 1804 athletes from 191 nations....

 and eighth at the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

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In 1997 she won the bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships

1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 6th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from March 7 to March 9, 1997. It was the first athletic championships to introduce women's pole vault...

 with 2.00 metres and the gold medal at the World Championships

1997 World Championships in Athletics

The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997. In this event participated 1882 athletes from 198 participant nations...

 with 1.99 metres. Her personal best jump of 2.01 metres was achieved in August 1997 at the Weltklasse Zürich

Weltklasse Zürich

Weltklasse Zürich is an annual track and field meeting at the Letzigrund in Zurich, Switzerland. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it is now part of the IAAF Diamond League. One of the first large-scale international athletics events , it is sometimes referred to as the one day...

 meet. This is the current Norwegian record. Furthermore she cleared 1.95 metres or more 21 times.

She became Norwegian high jump champion in the years 1986-1987, 1989–1990, 1992–1997 and 1999-2000. In addition she took the national title in long jump

Long jump

The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

 in 1989, 1990 and 1995 and triple jump

Triple jump

The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...

 in 1994.

Today Haugland coaches Norwegian high jumpers, Anne Gerd Eieland

Anne Gerd Eieland

Anne Gerd Eieland from Iveland, Aust-Agder is Norway's second best female high jumper of all time, behind Hanne Haugland. Eieland was undefeated in Norwegian competition from 2001 to 2005....

 among others. She is married to fellow former high jumper Håkon Särnblom

Håkon Särnblom

Håkon Särnblom is a retired Norwegian high jumper. He represented IK Tjalve and IF Minerva during his active career.He finished tenth at the 1988 European Indoor Championships, fourteenth at the 1990 European Indoor Championships, sixth at the 1994 European Indoor Championships, fourth at the 1994...

. Her grandfather Eugen Haugland

Eugen Haugland

Eugen Haugland was a Norwegian triple jumper. He represented Haugesund IL.He was a brother of Jens Edv. Haugland, father of Terje Haugland and grandfather of Hanne Haugland....

 and father Terje Haugland

Terje Haugland

Terje Haugland is a former Norwegian long jumper.He was a nephew of Jens Edv. Haugland, son of Eugen Haugland and father of Hanne Haugland....

competed in international athletics as well.