Line Haugsted

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

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 2024 Paris Team World Championship 2021 Spain 2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden IHF Junior World Championship 2014 Croatia IHF Youth World Championship 2012 Montenegro European Junior Championship 2013 Denmark

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

• Hungarian Championship
  • Winner: 2023
• Danish Championship:
  • Silver Medalist: 2021
  • Bronze Medalist: 2018, 2020
• EHF Champions League:
  • Winner: 2024
• Women's EHF European League:
  • Finalist: 2022

Individual awards

• All-Star Best Defense Player of the European Championship: 2020^[13]
• Youth player of the Year in Damehåndboldligaen: 2012/13^[14]

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.

External links

• Line Haugsted at the European Handball Federation
• Line Haugsted at Olympics.com