Kathrine Brothmann Heindahl (born 26 March 1992) is a Danish

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

Team Esbjerg Team Esbjerg is a professional women's handball team based in Esbjerg, Denmark, that competes in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen and the 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League. They play their home matches in Blue Water Dokken, which have capacity for ...

and the Danish national team.

Career

Heindahl started playing handball at Nyborg GIF on

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. In 2007 she joined Funen mastodont team GOG, where she played until 2010, when she joined

Team Tvis Holstebro TTH Holstebro is a men's handball club from Holstebro, Denmark. The team is playing in the Danish Primo Tours Ligaen and play their home matches in Gråkjær Arena. History The club was founded on 1 May 2000, when Holstebro Håndbold 90 ...

on a three year deal. Here she won the

EHF European League 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 ...

in 2012/13. She left TTH due to a release clause in her contract. She joined

Randers HK Randers HK is a women's handball club based in Randers, Denmark. They competes in the Danish 1st Division for the 2024/25 season and plays their home matches in Arena Randers. History Randers HK was founded in 1996 as a collaborative effort ...

in 2013, where she played for four years. Then she joined

Odense Håndbold Odense Håndbold (in its first season: Odense GOG and after that Handball Club Odense) is a Danish professional women's handball team, that plays in Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's premier women's handball league. The team's home court is Sydb ...

for three years. On 10 February 2020, it was announced that Heindahl had signed a 1-year contract with

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. Here she won the Russian Championship in 2021. In 2022 she terminated her contract on mutual agreement with the club following the

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. She was not in Russia at the time of invasion, as she was away on duty with the Danish national team. After the international break, she decided not to return to Russia. Afterwards she joined Danish

. Here she won the Danish Championship in

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and the Danish cup in 2022. She has announced that she will leave the club at the end of the 2024/2025 season.

National team

In 2009 she won the U17 European Championship, and in 2011 she won the U19 European Championship. She made her debut on the Danish national team on 24 September 2010 against

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. She played 5 games between September 2010 and April 2011, but would then not be selected for the national team for three years. In 2014 she was once again in the team. She participated at the

2016 European Women's Handball Championship The 2016 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Sweden from 4 to 18 December 2016. It was the second time that Sweden hosts the tournament, after it also hosted the 2006 European Women's Handball Championship. Sweden was awarded the c ...

in Sweden, where Denmark came 4th. A year later she played in the

2017 World Women's Handball Championship The 2017 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 23rd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Germany from 1 to 17 December 2017. Germany was the only applicant for this championship. Germany was host of the World C ...

. At the

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she would once again come in 4th with the Danish national team. At the

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she would win her first international medal with Denmark, when they won Bronze medals. At the

2022 European Women's Handball Championship The 2022 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Slovenia, North Macedonia and Montenegro from 4 to 20 November 2022. The tournament was advanced a month in order not to coincide with the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. This tournament w ...

she won silver medals, and was included in the tournament all-star team.

Achievements

Damehåndboldligaen The Kvindeligaen () is the top professional league for Danish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Danish Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Danish champions. The league was previously called Bambusa Kvindeligaen ...

: **''Winner'':

**''Silver Medalist'': 2013,

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**''Bronze Medalist'': 2014,

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Danish Cup The Danish Cup (; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "single-elimination tournament, knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955. The winner will ...

: **''Winner'': 2016, 2022 **''Finalist'':

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 ...

: **''Winner'':

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

**''Finalist'':

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

EHF Champions League The 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's com ...

**''Bronze Medalist'':

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Individual awards

* Best Defender at the 2022 European Championship *

EHF Excellence Awards The EHF Excellence Awards is an annual handball awards ceremony held by the European Handball Federation. It was first held in 2023 in Vienna, Austria. The best players of the season on each position both on the men's and women's side are awarded, ...

Best defender of the season: 2022/23

References

External links

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Kathrine Heindahl
at the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heindahl, Kathrine 1992 births Living people Danish female handball players Olympic handball players for Denmark Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in handball Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics TTH Holstebro players Danish expatriate handball players Danish expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate handball players in Russia Handball players from the Capital Region of Denmark Sportspeople from Rudersdal Municipality 21st-century Danish sportswomen Team Esbjerg players GOG players Odense Håndbold players