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. She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 2019 by the

International Handball Federation The International Handball Federation (IHF) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball. IHF is responsible for the organisation of handball's major international tournaments, notably the IHF World Men's Handball ...

. She hails from

Nittedal Nittedal is a municipality and city in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rotnes. The parish of ''Nitedal'' was established as a m ...

and started her career in Nit/Hak HK. She then continued to Fjellhammer IL before continuing to Helset IF. 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. She studied at

BI Norwegian Business School BI Norwegian Business School () is the largest business school in Norway and the second largest in all of Europe. BI has in total four campuses with the main one located in Oslo. The university has 845 employees consisting of an academic staff o ...

. Previously she competed for Nittedal IL in the

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, throwing 32.08 m at the age 13.

Achievements

National team

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ...

: **''Bronze Medalist'':

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2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

: **''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 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 men ...

: **''Winner'': 2018, 2019 **''Finalist'': 2022 **''Bronze medalist:'' 2021

Domestic

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, "National Championship"), also known as NB I, is the top level of the Hungarian football league system. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga after its title sponsor OTP Bank. UEFA currently ranks the league 28th ...

**''Winner'': 2018, 2019,

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Hungarian Cup The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...

: **''Winner'': 2018, 2019, 2021 *Norwegian Cup: **''Finalist'': 2011, 2012

Individual awards

IHF World Player of the Year The IHF World Player of the Year is a handball award given annually to the player who is considered to have performed the best in the previous season, both at club and international competitions. It is awarded based on votes from experts, media a ...

: 2019 * 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 The French rugby league championship (french: Le Championnat de France de Rugby à XIII) has been the major rugby league tournament for semi-professional and professional clubs in France since the sport was introduced to the country in the 1930s. ...

MVP: 2014 * All-Star Centre Back of the World Championship: 2015Stine Bredal Oftedal
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Best Playmaker: 2014, 2016 * Most Valuable Player of the World Championship: 2017 * All-Star Centre Back of the European Championship:

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* All-Star Centre Back of the

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

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* Handball-Planet.com All-Star Centre Back of the Year: 2019 * Foreign Handballer of the Year in Hungary: 2019

Personal life

She is the older sister of fellow handball player Hanna Bredal Oftedal. She is in a relationship with fellow handballer,

Rune Dahmke Rune Dahmke (born 10 April 1993) is a German professional handball player for THW Kiel and the Germany national team. He participated at the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship. Personal life Dahmke's father, Frank Dahmke, also played ...

References

External links

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Stine Bredal Oftedal
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