# IL Vestar

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{{Short description|Sports club from Oslo, Norway}}
'''Idrettslaget Vestar''' was a [Norwegian](/source/Norway) sports club from [Oslo](/source/Oslo) established in 1953, with sections for [team handball](/source/team_handball) and [athletics](/source/athletics_(sport)).

It was founded as '''Vestlendingenes IL''', indicating its status as a club for people from [Western Norway](/source/Western_Norway) who had moved to Oslo. It took the name IL Vestar in 1960.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Idrettslaget Vestar|encyclopedia=[Store norske leksikon](/source/Store_norske_leksikon)|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Idrettslaget_Vestar|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 August 2012}}</ref>

It is best known for its women's [handball](/source/team_handball) team, which dominated the [First Division](/source/Postenligaen_(women)) for much of the 1970s, winning seven titles in a row between 1972 and 1978. This makes it the championship's second most successful club after [Larvik HK](/source/Larvik_HK).<ref>[http://www.bundesligainfo.de/Saison/Ausland/Meister/FNOR.php List of champions] in bundesligainfo.de</ref> Its major international success was reaching the semifinals of the 1977 [European Cup](/source/EHF_Women's_Champions_League), where it was defeated by [SC Leipzig](/source/SC_Leipzig).<ref>[http://todor66.com/handball/Euro_Cups/Women_CC_1977.html Results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013180400/http://www.todor66.com/handball/Euro_Cups/Women_CC_1977.html |date=2013-10-13 }} in todor66.com</ref> Its best known players were [Karen Fladset](/source/Karen_Fladset), [Kristin Midthun](/source/Kristin_Midthun), [Linn Siri Jensen](/source/Linn_Siri_Jensen), [Ingrid Steen](/source/Ingrid_Steen) and [Cathrine Svendsen](/source/Cathrine_Svendsen).<ref name=snl/>

In athletics, their best known athlete was sprinter [Richard Simonsen](/source/Richard_Simonsen).<ref name=snl/> One other sprinter won national gold medals; Kåre Magne Åmot in the [100 metres](/source/100_metres) in 1980 and 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/m100.htm |title=100 meter |publisher=Norwegian Athletics |accessdate=10 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509032516/http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/m100.htm |archivedate=9 May 2012 }}</ref> Handball player Karen Fladset was also a good [discus throw](/source/discus_throw)er with two Norwegian championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/kdt.htm|title=Diskos/Discus Throw|publisher=Norwegian Athletics|accessdate=10 August 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215121755/http://friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/kdt.htm|archivedate=15 December 2011}}</ref> Leif Rise won national silver and bronze medals in the discus throw and [shot put](/source/shot_put),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/mdt.htm|title=Diskos/Discus Throw|publisher=Norwegian Athletics|accessdate=10 August 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215154846/http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/mdt.htm|archivedate=15 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/msp.htm|title=Kule/Shot Put|publisher=Norwegian Athletics|accessdate=10 August 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509031645/http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/msp.htm|archivedate=9 May 2012}}</ref> Astrid Skei won one silver medal in the [javelin throw](/source/javelin_throw),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/kjt.htm|title=Spyd/Javelin Throw|publisher=Norwegian Athletics|accessdate=10 August 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215155242/http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/kjt.htm|archivedate=15 December 2011}}</ref> and John Kristian Johnsen and Oddvin Moland won silver and bronze medals in the [triple jump](/source/triple_jump).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/mtj.htm|title=Tresteg/Triple Jump|publisher=Norwegian Athletics|accessdate=10 August 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509031040/http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/mtj.htm|archivedate=9 May 2012}}</ref>

==Titles==
* '''[First Division](/source/Postenligaen_(women))'''
** 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
* '''[Norwegian Cup](/source/Norwegian_Women's_Handball_Cup)'''
** 1976, 1977

==References==
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Category:Defunct handball clubs in Norway
Category:Defunct athletics clubs in Norway
Category:Sport in Oslo
Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 1953
Category:1953 establishments in Norway

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