Stine Bredal Oftedal
Stine Bredal Oftedal (born 25 September 1991) is a Norwegian handball player for Győri ETO KC and the Norwegian national team, where she is the team captain.[1]
Stine Bredal Oftedal | |||
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![]() Stine Bredal Oftedal in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
Born |
Oslo, Norway | 25 September 1991||
Nationality | Norwegian | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Győri ETO KC | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
2007–2008 | Helset IF | ||
2008–2013 | Stabæk IF | ||
2013–2017 | Issy-Paris Hand | ||
2017– | Győri ETO KC | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010– | Norway | 237 | (659) |
Medal record |
She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 2019 by the International Handball Federation.
She hails from Nittedal and started her career in Nit/Hak HK.[2] She then continued to Fjellhammer IL before continuing to Helset IF.[3] Helset is a feeder team for Stabæk Håndball, and so she has played for Stabæk since the 2008–09 season while still being registered in Helset.[2]
She studied at BI Norwegian Business School.[2] Previously she competed for Nittedal IL in the javelin throw, throwing 32.08 m at the age 13.[4]
Achievements
National team
- Olympic Games:
- World Championship:
- Winner: 2011, 2015, 2021
- Silver Medalist: 2017
- European Championship:
- Winner: 2010, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022
- Silver Medalist: 2012
- Junior World Championship:
- Winner: 2010
- Junior European Championship:
- Winner: 2009
European
- EHF Champions League:
- Winner: 2018, 2019
- Finalist: 2022
- Bronze medalist: 2021
Domestic
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I
- Winner: 2018, 2019, 2022
- Hungarian Cup:
- Winner: 2018, 2019, 2021
- Norwegian Cup:
- Finalist: 2011, 2012
Individual awards
- IHF World Player of the Year: 2019[5]
- All-Star Left Wing of the U18 European Open: 2008
- All-Star Centre Back of the Junior World Championship: 2010
- All-Star Centre Back of Postenligaen: 2010/2011
- French Championship MVP: 2014
- All-Star Centre Back of the World Championship: 2015[6]
- French Championship Best Playmaker: 2014, 2016
- Most Valuable Player of the World Championship: 2017
- All-Star Centre Back of the European Championship: 2018,[7] 2020,[8] 2022[9]
- All-Star Centre Back of the EHF Champions League: 2019, 2020,[10] 2021,[11] 2022[12]
- Handball-Planet.com All-Star Centre Back of the Year: 2019[13]
- Foreign Handballer of the Year in Hungary: 2019
Personal life
She is the older sister of fellow handball player Hanna Bredal Oftedal.[14]
She is in a relationship with fellow handballer, Rune Dahmke.[15]
References
- EHF profile
- Birkeland, Kirsten (17 November 2010). "Her er Stine!" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- "Landslagsprofiler – Stine Bredal Oftedal" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- "Spyd/Javelin Thro". Norwegian Athletics. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- "Oftedal and Landin named 2019 IHF World Players of the Year". IHF. 18 July 2020.
- Stine Bredal Oftedal. nbcolympics.com
- "Stalwarts of nine teams make the EHF Euro 2018 All-Star Team". fra2018.ehf-euro.com. 16 December 2018.
- "EHF EURO 2020 All-star Team unveiled". fra2018.ehf-euro.com. European Handball Federation. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- "MVP REISTAD LEADS EHF EURO 2022 ALL-STAR TEAM". EHF. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- "New All-Star Team features three fresh names and returning Neagu". eurohandball.com. 5 June 2020.
- "Fan Favourite Oftedal leads Győr quartet in All-Star Team". eurohandball.com. 28 May 2021.
- "Györ quintet headline EHF Champions League All-star Team". European Handball Federation. 3 June 2022.
- "World Female Best 8 in 2019!". handball-planet.com. 20 January 2020.
- "Hanna har slitt med skade – nå legger Stines lillesøster opp". Varingen. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- "Dette er den nye kjæresten til Stine Bredal Oftedal (26)". TV 2. Retrieved 16 January 2020.