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As coach, she has led the team to victory in the 2008 Olympic tournament, the World Women"s Handball Championship in 1999, and four European Women"s Handball Championships, in 1998 (Netherlands), 2004 (Hungary), 2006 (Sweden) and 2008 (Macedonia). As a player she played 140 games with the Norwegian national team from 1975 to 1983. She has her education from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.
Breivik has been coach for clubs such as Byåsen Illinois and Larvik Hong Kong, and from 1994 head coach for the Norwegian national female team
She is appointed at the Olympiatoppen where she is responsible coach for team sports. Breivik is known for her calm, controlled coaching style, for solid knowledge and for constantly trying to develop the sport.
As an example of the latter, Norway often swaps the goalkeeper for an extra player in five-to-six penalty play, in order to be able to keep up a normal attack (at the expense of greatly increased vulnerability during a counter-attack if the ball should be lost). In January 2009 Breivik announced that she had decided to step down as national coach after 15 years on the job.