Career
She also qualified and competed in the women"s middleweight (67 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She lost in the quarterfinals against Luo Wei of China after injuring her knee. Solheim is a well known athlete in Norway.
She also qualified and competed in the women"s middleweight (67 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She lost in the quarterfinals against Luo Wei of China after injuring her knee. Solheim is a well known athlete in Norway.
She won a silver medal in the women"s heavyweight (+67 kg) division at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, beaten by Mexican Maria Espinosa in the final. In addition to a bronze medal from the 2001 World Taekwondo Championships in Jeju, South of Korea, Solheim won the gold medal in middleweight (72 kg) at the 2006 World Cup in Bangkok, Thailand.
