Stine Bredal Oftedal

Stine Bredal Oftedal (born 25 September 1991) is a Norwegian professional handball player for Győri ETO KC and the Norwegian national team, where she is the team captain. She is three times world champion and five times European champion with the Norwegian national team.
She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 2019 by the International Handball Federation.
Early and personal life
Oftedal was born in Nittedal on 25 September 1991. She is the older sister of fellow handball player Hanna Oftedal Sagosen.
She studied at BI Norwegian Business School. Previously she competed for Nittedal IL in the javelin throw, throwing 32.08 m at the age 13.
She is in a relationship with fellow handballer, Rune Dahmke. They got engaged 23 June 2023.
Club career
Ofredal hails from Nittedal 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 played for Stabæk from the 2008–09 season while still being registered in Helset.
From 2013 to 2017 she played for the French club Issy-Paris Hand. During this period she was selected player of the year in the French top league three times, in 2014, 2016 and 2017. From 2017 she played for the Hungarian club Győri ETO KC, and won the Women's EHF Champions League with this club in 2018 and 2019.
International career
Playing for the Norwegian national team, Oftedal has been the team captain since 2015. Her achievements with the Norwegian team include winning the IHF World Women's Handball Championship in 2011, 2015 and 2021, and winning the European Women's Handball Championship in 2010, 2014, 2016, 2020, and 2022. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and again a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Achievements
National team
Olympic Games:
Bronze Medalist: 2016, 2020
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, 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
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
French Championship Best Playmaker: 2014, 2016
Most Valuable Player of the World Championship: 2017
All-Star Centre Back of the European Championship: 2018, 2020, 2022
All-Star Centre Back of the EHF Champions League: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Handball-Planet.com All-Star Centre Back of the Year: 2019
Foreign Handballer of the Year in Hungary: 2019
References
External links
Stine Bredal Oftedal at the Norwegian Handball Federation
1991 births
Living people
People from Nittedal
Norwegian female handball players
Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in France
Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
Expatriate handball players
Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic handball players for Norway
Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in handball
Győri Audi ETO KC players
Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
21st-century Norwegian women
21st-century Norwegian people