Delaila Amega (born 21 September 1997) is a Dutch former

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

player for

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund () or by its initialism BVB (), or just Dortmund by International fans, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is ...

and the Dutch national team. She was part of the Netherlands that surprisingly won gold medals at the

2019 World Women's Handball Championship The 2019 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 24th event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Japan from 30 November to 15 December 2019. The Netherlands won their first title after defeating Spain in the final. Th ...

. She was however not initially part of the team, but was called up to replace the injured

Inger Smits Inger Smits (born 17 September 1994) is a Dutch handball player for Romanian club CSM București (women's handball), CSM București and the Netherlands women's national handball team, Dutch national team. She was a part the Netherlands team tha ...

. Since 2022 she has been the coach of the

VOC Amsterdam OTTO Work Force/VOC Amsterdam is a women's handball club from Amsterdam-Noord in Netherlands that competes in the AFAB Eredivisie. They play their home matches in Sportshal Elzenhagen, which have capacity for 750 spectators. They usually play i ...

second team.

International honours

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previo ...

: **''Semi-finalist'': 2017

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* 1997 births Living people Dutch sportspeople of Ghanaian descent Sportspeople from Heerhugowaard Dutch female handball players Dutch expatriate handball players in Germany 21st-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-handball-bio-stub