Arne Senstad (born 8 August 1969) is a professional
Norwegian
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handball coach for the
Polish women's national team.
Playing career
Between 1989 and 1999 he played professional handball in Norway and Switzerland.
He transferred from
Fredensborg/Ski to
TV Möhlin in 1996 on the basis of a tip from fellow player
Stig Rasch.
Coaching career
Between 2006 and 2013 he was coach of the Norwegian
Storhamar HE women's team. 2007/08, 2009/10 and 2011/12 they became third at the
Eliteserien
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. He received trainer of the year title in the 2011/2012 season.
2013 he started to coach
Oppsal and reached the fourth place in his second season.
For the 2015/16 season he went back to Storhamar. Because of financial trouble Storhamar was relegated to the Division 1. They achieve the direct promotion in the following year. In the season 2017/18 they became again third and at following year they were runner-up in the league. 2018 they were also runner-up at the Norwegian cup. He received again the honor of coach of the year in 2019.
He also reached the quarterfinal of the
2018–19 Women's EHF Cup.
On 19 August 2019 the
Poland Handball Federation announced that Senstad will be the coach of the
women's national team.
References
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1969 births
Living people
People from Østre Toten
Norwegian male handball players
Expatriate handball players
Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Norwegian handball coaches
Handball coaches of international teams
Sportspeople from Innlandet