Line Haugsted

Line Haugsted
Personal information
Born (1994-11-11) 11 November 1994 (age 29)
Skive, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club Team Esbjerg
Number 2
Youth career
Years Team
2009–2011
Skive fH
Senior clubs
Years Team
2011–2012
FC Midtjylland
2012–2015
Skive fH
2015–2016
Odense Håndbold
2016–2022
Viborg HK
2022–2024
Győri ETO KC
2024–
Team Esbjerg
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–
Denmark 108 (138)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Team
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Spain
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden
IHF Junior World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Croatia
IHF Youth World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2012 Montenegro
European Junior Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Denmark

Line Haugsted (born 11 November 1994) is a Danish professional handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Danish national team.[1][2][3][4]

Career

Haugsted started playing handball at the age of 10 at Skive fH. In 2010 she switched to FC Midtjylland Håndbold, where she played for two years before returning to Skive fH. In 2012 she won the Danish youth League with FC Midtjyllands U-18 team. After three seasons where she broke through to the first team at Skive fH, she signed a three-year contract with Odense HC.[5] She would end up playing only one season at Odense, but in that season she was the club top scorer with 57. After a season at Odense she transferred to Viborg HK.[6][7] Here she won her first senior medals, when the club won silver in the 2020–21 Damehåndboldligaen.[8] On 30 January 2022, it was announced that Haugsted had signed a 2-year contract with Hungarian top club Győri ETO KC.[9] Here she won the Hungarian league title in her first year. After a little more than a year, she returned to Danish handball to join Team Esbjerg.[10]

She made her debut on the Danish national team on 28 November 2014, against Norway.[11] She participated at the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship in Sweden.[12]

Achievements

Individual awards

References

  1. ^ "Danmarks 16 mot OL-guldvinderne". dhf.dk. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Line Haugsted". vhk.dk. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  3. ^ 2017 World Women's Handball Championship roster
  4. ^ EHF profile
  5. ^ "Nyt talent til HCO". TV2 Fyn. 14 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Ung profil forlader HC Odense". TV3 Sport. 27 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Familien lokker Odense-topscorer til Viborg". TV3 Sport. 11 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Viborg HK går fra finalen med sølvmedaljer". Viborg HK. 29 May 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Officielt: Line Haugsted skifter til Europas største klub". TV2 Denmark. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Dansk landsholdsprofil vender hjem" [Danish national team player returns home] (in Danish). DR (broadcaster).
  11. ^ "Line Haugsted - Statistik - Håndbold.dk" (in Danish). Danish Handball Federation. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  12. ^ 2016 European Championship roster
  13. ^ "EHF EURO 2020 All-star Team unveiled". fra2018.ehf-euro.com. European Handball Federation. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  14. ^ "Årets Kvindelige Talent". tophaandbold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 13 September 2021.