Line Haugsted (born 11 November 1994) is a Danish professional

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

Haugsted started playing handball at the age of 10 at

Skive fH Skive fH (Skive forenede Håndboldklubber) is a Danish handball club from Skive. The club has a team in the men's 1st Division. They play their home matches in Freja Arena. The Club is a fusion between Skive KFUM and Skive Håndboldklub and i ...

. In 2010 she switched to

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, 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. 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 Viborg HK (Viborg Håndbold Klub) is a Danish professional handball club from Viborg, Denmark, Viborg. The club has many teams for both women and men, but especially the professional women's team is one of the most successful in Danish and Euro ...

. Here she won her first senior medals, when the club won silver in the

2020–21 Damehåndboldligaen The 2020–21 Damehåndboldligaen (known as ''Bambusa Kvindeligaen'' for sponsorship reasons) was the 85th season of Danish Women's Handball League, Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's premier handball league. Team Esbjerg were the defending champions, ...

. On 30 January 2022, it was announced that Haugsted had signed a 2-year contract with Hungarian top club

Győri ETO KC Győri ETO KC (, lit. Concordance Gymnastics Department of Győr Handball Club) is a Hungary, Hungarian professional women's handball club from Győr. Since they are sponsored by Audi, the official name for the team is Győri Audi ETO KC. On dome ...

. 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

. She made her debut on the Danish national team on 28 November 2014, against

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. 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. She represented Denmark at the

2021 World Women's Handball Championship The 2021 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 25th event by the International Handball Federation, was held in Spain from 1 to 19 December 2021. On 18 October 2018, at a congress in Doha, Qatar, the IHF announced that the World Championsh ...

in Spain and at the

2023 World Women's Handball Championship The 2023 IHF World Women's Handball Championship was the 26th edition of the championship, organised by the International Handball Federation (IHF) from 29 November to 17 December 2023 and jointly hosted by Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It was the ...

at home, where Denmark won bronze medals on both occasions. At the

2024 Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

she won a bronze medal. Later the same year, she won silver medals at the 2024 European Championship, losing to Norway in the final.

Achievements

* Hungarian Championship **''Winner'':

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

* Danish Championship: **''Silver Medalist'': 2021, 2025 **''Bronze Medalist'': 2018, 2020 *

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 ...

: **''Winner:''

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

**''Bronze Medalist'':

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

Women's EHF European League The Women's EHF European League is an annual competition for women's handball clubs of Europe. It is organized by the European Handball Federation, EHF. It is currently the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the ...

: **''Finalist'':

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

Individual awards

* All-Star Best Defense Player of the European Championship:

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

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, ...

: Pivot of the Season 2023/24 * Youth player of the Year in

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 ...

: 2012/13

References

External links

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Line Haugsted
at the

Paris 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haugsted, Line 1994 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 FCM Håndbold players Győri Audi ETO KC players Viborg HK players Team Esbjerg players Odense Håndbold players Sportspeople from Skive Municipality Handball players from the Central Denmark Region Danish expatriate handball players in Hungary 21st-century Danish sportswomen