Rune Dahmke (born 10 April 1993) is a German 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

THW Kiel THW Kiel is a professional handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and are the record champion with 23 titles. 2007 and 2012 were the most successful years in the club's history, as THW completed t ...

and the Germany national team. He was a part of the German team, that won gold medals at the

2016 European Men's Handball Championship The 2016 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the twelfth edition and was held for the first time in Poland from 15–31 January 2016. Croatia and Norway were the other applicants in the bidding process. Poland was awarded the champions ...

. He was also on the German team that won silver medals at the

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Career

Dahmke started playing handball at SV Mönkeberg and joined

in 2008. In 2012 to 2014 he played for the 3. Liga side

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, while also playing for

in the

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 ...

. He made his debut in a 28:25 win over Romanian

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, where he played for 2.5 minutes. With

he was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga in the 2013-14 season. The following season he became fully a part of the senior team at THW Kiel, where he signed a two year deal, replacing

Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (born 8 August 1979) is an Icelandic retired handball player and current coach of VfL Gummersbach. A captain of the Iceland men's national handball team, Guðjón Valur broke the world record for most goals scored in ...

, who had left for

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. With Kiel he has won the DHB Supercup 6 times, the German Championship 4 times, the

DHB-Pokal The DHB-Pokal (English: German Handball Federation Cup) is an elimination handball tournament held annually in Germany. It is the second most important handball national title in the country after the Handball-Bundesliga championship. DHB-Pokal ...

3 times, as well as the

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and

Season statistics

Source: Spielerprofil bei der Handball-Bundesliga

National team

In November 2015 he was included in the German national team for the first time under

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for the Super Cup against Brazil, Serbia and Slovenia. He would make his debut against Brazil in a 29:20 win. Jannik Kohlbacher made his debut in the same match. In 2016 he won gold medals at the 2016 European Championship, beating Spain in the final 24:17. At the 2018 European Championship he was not initially part of Christian Prokop's team, but was included later in the main round. At the 2022 European Championship he was once again included in the German team during the tournament, this time being included after the second game. In 2024 he was part of the team that finished 4th at the 2024 European Championship. At the

in Paris he was part of the German reserves, and entered the team after the first match, when Tim Hornke was injured. At this tournament he won Silver medals, losing to Denmark in the final. For this he was awarded the

Silbernes Lorbeerblatt Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (, ), the highest sports award in Germany, was endowed on 23 June 1950 by the German President Theodor Heuss. It is awarded to athletes and teams of exemplary character that have won medals at Olympic and Paralympic Games ...

. At the 2025 World Championship he finished 6th with the German team, once again going out against Denmark.

Personal life

Dahmke's father, Frank Dahmke, also played for THW Kiel, between 1981 and 1991. Since February 2014 he has been a member of the THW Kiel supervisory board. He is married to fellow handballer,

Stine Bredal Oftedal Stine Oftedal Dahmke (, born 25 September 1991) is a former Norwegian professional handball player for the Norwegian national team, where she was the team captain for nine years and who last played for Győri ETO KC. She is one time Olympic cha ...

. Their daughter, Amelie was born in July 2025.

Honours

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, then part of the King ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

Handball-Bundesliga The Handball-Bundesliga (HBL) is the top German professional handball league. From 2007 to 2012, the league was sponsored by Toyota and was officially called the ''Toyota Handball-Bundesliga''. In 2012 the Deutsche Kreditbank AG (DKB) became t ...

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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 ...

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2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

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 ...

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 ...

DHB-Supercup The DHB-Supercup (English: German Handball Supercup) is an handball tournament held annually between the Handball-Bundesliga champions and the DHB-Pokal champion. Results Total titles won See also * Handball-Bundesliga * DHB-Pokal The DHB- ...

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References

External links

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dahmke, Rune 1993 births Living people German male handball players Sportspeople from Kiel Handball players from Schleswig-Holstein THW Kiel players Handball-Bundesliga players Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Germany Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in handball 21st-century German sportsmen