Ole Gustav Gjekstad (born 29 November 1967) is a Norwegian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player and coach. As player he won the Norwegian league and cup with Sandefjord HK, and he scored more than five hundred goals for the

Norway men's national handball team The Norway men's national handball team represents Norway at international handball competitions, and is governed by the Norges Håndballforbund (NHF). As of 2022, Norway has been in 2 finals. Honours In 2016, they were honored with a ...

. His achievements as coach include winning national titles, the EHF cup and the

Women's EHF Champions League The Women's EHF Champions League is the competition for the top women's handball clubs in Europe, organised annually by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the most prestigious tournament for clubs, with the champions of Europe's top na ...

with

Larvik HK Larvik Håndballklubb, is a women's handball club from Larvik, Norway. History Larvik HK was founded in 1990 as a merger of the handball departments in the two clubs Larvik Turn and Halsen. They played in the top division since 1992/93. During ...

, and leading the Women's club

Vipers Kristiansand Vipers Kristiansand is a handball club from Kristiansand, Norway. They currently compete in REMA 1000-ligaen, the top division in the country, since its promotion in 2001. They claimed there first Norwegian Championship in 2018, defeating 18 tim ...

to national titles and victories in the Women's EHF Champions League.

Playing career

Born on 29 November 1967, Gjekstad spent most of his playing career with Sandefjord HK, and won the Norwegian league and the cup with this club. From 1994 to 1996 he played for the Swiss club . He played 149 matches and scored 548 goals for the

between 1986 and 1995. He participated at the

1993 World Men's Handball Championship The 1993 World Men's Handball Championship was the 13th handball World Championship. It was held in Sweden 10–20 March. Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental count ...

Coaching career

Gjekstad coached women's club

1999–2005. and again from 2011–2015. Larvik HK won the 2004–05 EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup and the

2010–11 EHF Women's Champions League The EHF Women's Champions League 2010–11 is the 18th edition of the EHF Women's Champions League, a handball competition for top women's clubs of Europe managed by the European Handball Federation. Larvik HK won the title for the first time aft ...

with Gjekstad. With Gjekstad, Larvik HK won the Norwegian League ten times, and won eight national titles. The club placed second in the

EHF Women's Champions League The Women's EHF Champions League is the competition for the top women's handball clubs in Europe, organised annually by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the most prestigious tournament for clubs, with the champions of Europe's top na ...

in 2013 and 2015, and reached the semi final in 2002, 2004 and 2012. From 2005 to 2008 he coached the men’s club

Drammen HK Drammen HK is a team handball club from Drammen, Norway. Currently, Drammen HK competes in the Norwegian First League of Handball. The club was founded on March 3, 1992. The foundation was the result of a long going project where handball cl ...

. During this period Drammen HK won the Norwegian league twice and once the Norwegian cup. From 2018 to 2023 he was coaching

. With Vipers he won the Norwegian women's league in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, and the

in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Since 2023 he will be coaching

Odense Håndbold Odense Håndbold (in its first season: Odense GOG and after that Handball Club Odense) is a Danish women's handball team, that plays in Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's premier women's handball league. It was created in August 2009 and took over G ...

Honours

EHF Champions League The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...

Best coach:

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gjekstad, Ole Gustav 1967 births Living people Norwegian male handball players Norwegian handball coaches