Stine Oftedal Dahmke

Stine Oftedal Dahmke (née Bredal Oftedal, born 25

Stine Oftedal Dahmke
September 1991) is a former Norwegian professional
handball player for the Norwegian national team,
where she was the team captain for nine years and who
last played for Győri ETO KC.[1] She is one time
Olympic champion, three times World champion and
five times European champion with the Norwegian
national team. On club level, she won 3 Champions
League titles.

She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 2019

by the International Handball Federation.[2]

Early and personal life

Oftedal was born in Nittedal on 25 September 1991.[2]
She is the older sister of fellow handball player Hanna
Bredal Oftedal in 2017
Bredal Oftedal.[3]
Personal information
She studied at BI Norwegian Business School.[4] Born Stine Bredal Oftedal
Previously she competed for Nittedal IL in the javelin 25 September 1991
Oslo, Norway
throw, throwing 32.08 m at the age 13.[5]
Nationality Norwegian
She is in a relationship with fellow handballer, Rune Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Dahmke.[6] They got engaged 23 June 2023, and Playing position Centre back
married on 16 August 2024.[7] Youth career
Team
Nit/Hak HK
Club career Senior clubs
Years Team
Ofredal hails from Nittedal and started her career in 2007–2008 Helset IF
Nit/Hak HK.[4] She then continued to Fjellhammer IL 2008–2013 Stabæk IF
before continuing to Helset IF.[8] Helset is a feeder 2013–2017 Issy-Paris Hand
team for Stabæk Håndball, and so she played for 2017–2024 Győri ETO KC
Stabæk from the 2008–09 season while still being National team
registered in Helset.[4] Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2024 Norway 269 (757)
From 2013 to 2017 she played for the French club
Medal record
Issy-Paris Hand. During this period she was selected
Olympic Games
player of the year in the French top league three times,
2024 Paris Team
in 2014, 2016 and 2017. From 2017 she played for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Hungarian club Győri ETO KC, and won the Women's 2020 Tokyo Team
EHF Champions League with this club in 2018, 2019 World Championship
and 2024.[2] 2011 Brazil
2015 Denmark
2021 Spain
International career 2017 Germany
2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden
Playing for the Norwegian national team, Oftedal has European Championship
been the team captain since 2015 until here retirement 2010 Denmark/Norway
after winning the European championship 2024. Her 2014 Croatia/Hungary
achievements with the Norwegian team include 2016 Sweden
winning the IHF World Women's Handball 2020 Denmark
Championship in 2011, 2015 and 2021, and winning 2022 Slovenia/North Macedonia
the European Women's Handball Championship in /Montenegro
2010, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022 and 2024. She won three 2024 Austria/Hungary/Switzerland
Olympic medals, a gold medal at the 2024 Summer 2012 Serbia
Junior World Championship
Olympics, and two bronze medals at the 2016 and
2020 Summer Olympics.[2] 2010 South Korea
Junior European Championship
2009 Hungary

Achievements

National team
Olympic Games:
Winner: 2024
Bronze Medalist: 2016, 2020
World Championship:
Winner: 2011, 2015, 2021
Silver Medalist: 2017, 2023
European Championship:
Winner: 2010, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022, 2024
Silver Medalist: 2012
Junior World Championship:
Winner: 2010
Junior European Championship:
Winner: 2009

European
EHF Champions League:
Winner: 2018, 2019, 2024
 Finalist: 2022
Bronze medalist: 2021, 2023

Domestic
Nemzeti Bajnokság I
Winner: 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
Hungarian Cup:
Winner: 2018, 2019, 2021
Norwegian Cup:
Finalist: 2011, 2012

Individual awards
IHF World Player of the Year: 2019,[9] 2024
All-Star centre back of the Summer Olympics: 2024[10]
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,[11] 2023[12]
French Championship Best Playmaker: 2014, 2016
Most Valuable Player of the World Championship: 2017
All-Star Centre Back of the European Championship: 2018,[13] 2020,[14] 2022[15]
All-Star Centre Back of the EHF Champions League: 2019, 2020,[16] 2021,[17] 2022[18]
MVP EHF Champions League Final4: 2024[19]
Handball-Planet.com All-Star Centre Back of the Year: 2019[20]
Foreign Handballer of the Year in Hungary: 2019

References
1. EHF profile (https://ehfmarketing.eurohandball.com/en/player/mum4FuJaeVGgYAg2vvmTl
w/stine-bredal-oftedal/)
2. Aune, Thomas; Bryhn, Rolf; Askheim, Svein. "Stine Bredal Oftedal" (https://snl.no/Stine_Bre
dal_Oftedal). In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk
nettleksikon. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
3. "Hanna har slitt med skade – nå legger Stines lillesøster opp" (https://www.varingen.no/han
na-bredal-oftedal/stine-bredal-oftedal/handball/hanna-har-slitt-med-skade-na-legger-stines-li
llesoster-opp/s/5-92-133332). Varingen. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
4. Birkeland, Kirsten (17 November 2010). "Her er Stine!" (http://www.handball.no/p1.asp?p=2
9768) (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
 5. "Spyd/Javelin Thro" (https://web.archive.org/web/20120509114651/http://www.friidrett.no/ste
vner/statistikk/alletider/Documents/sen/KJT.htm). Norwegian Athletics. Archived from the
original (http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/alletider/Documents/sen/KJT.htm) on 9 May
2012. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
6. "Dette er den nye kjæresten til Stine Bredal Oftedal (26)" (http://www.tv2.no/a/9387411/). TV
2. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
7. "Stine Bredal Oftedal har giftet seg" (https://www.vg.no/sport/haandball/i/ny9l3a/stine-bredal
-oftedal-har-giftet-seg). VG. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
8. "Landslagsprofiler – Stine Bredal Oftedal" (http://www.handball.no/Lprofiler.asp?LagId=6014
&ProfilId=50533) (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 5 December
2010.
9. "Oftedal and Landin named 2019 IHF World Players of the Year" (https://www.ihf.info/media-
center/news/oftedal-and-landin-named-2019-ihf-world-players-year). IHF. 18 July 2020.
10. "Paris 2024 Women's All-Star team revealed" (https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/paris-
2024-womens-all-star-team-revealed). ihf.info. IHF. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August
2024.
11. Stine Bredal Oftedal (http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=oftedal-stine-bredal-11
11347/index.html). nbcolympics.com
12. "2023 IHF Women's World Championship: All-Star Team Revealed" (https://www.ihf.info/co
mpetitions/women/307/26th-ihf-womens-world-championship-2023-denmarknorwaysweden/
128037/news/162193). ihf.info. IHF. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
13. "Stalwarts of nine teams make the EHF Euro 2018 All-Star Team" (https://fra2018.ehf-euro.c
om/newsdetail/stalwarts-of-nine-teams-make-the-ehf-euro-2018-all-star-team/). fra2018.ehf-
euro.com. 16 December 2018.
14. "EHF EURO 2020 All-star Team unveiled" (https://women2020.ehf-euro.com/news/news/ehf
-euro-2020-all-star-team-unveiled/). fra2018.ehf-euro.com. European Handball Federation.
20 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
15. "MVP REISTAD LEADS EHF EURO 2022 ALL-STAR TEAM" (https://ehfeuro.eurohandball.c
om/women/2022/news/en/mvp-reistad-leads-ehf-euro-2022-all-star-team/). EHF. Retrieved
20 November 2022.
16. "New All-Star Team features three fresh names and returning Neagu" (http://www.eurohandb
all.com/article/35489). eurohandball.com. 5 June 2020.
17. "Fan Favourite Oftedal leads Győr quartet in All-Star Team" (https://www.eurohandball.com/
en/news/en/fan-favourite-oftedal-leads-gyor-quartet-in-all-star-team/). eurohandball.com. 28
May 2021.
18. "Györ quintet headline EHF Champions League All-star Team" (https://www.eurohandball.co
m/en/news/en/gyor-quintet-headline-ehf-champions-league-women-all-star-team/).
European Handball Federation. 3 June 2022.
19. "Györ seal sixth title in emphatic fashion" (https://ehfcl.eurohandball.com/news/en/gyor-seal-
sixth-title-in-emphatic-fashion/). EHF. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
20. "World Female Best 8 in 2019!" (https://www.handball-planet.com/world-female-handball-be
st-8-in-2019/). handball-planet.com. 20 January 2020.

External links
Stine Bredal Oftedal (https://www.ihf.info/about/players/profiles/18591) at the International
Handball Federation
Stine Bredal Oftedal (https://history.eurohandball.com/player/530479) at the European
Handball Federation
 Stine Bredal Oftedal (https://handballold.nif.no/Statistikk_Landskamper.asp?SpillerId=19213
2) at the Norwegian Handball Federation (in Norwegian)
Stine Bredal Oftedal (https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/stine-bredal-oftedal) at
Olympics.com
Stine Bredal Oftedal (https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/131252) at Olympedia
Stine Bredal Oftedal (https://www.olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/stine-bredal-oftedal_1
878515) at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
"Stine Oftedal Dahmke" (https://snl.no/Stine_Oftedal_Dahmke). Store norske leksikon (in
Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.

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