Trine Østergaard Jensen (born 17 October 1991) 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

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and the Danish national team. Østergaard is the 4th most capped player ever on the Danish national team with 205 caps (as of January 2025). She represented Denmark at the

2013 World Women's Handball Championship The 2013 World Women's Handball Championship, the 21st event hosted by the International Handball Federation (IHF), was held in Serbia from 6 to 22 December 2013.2014 European Women's Handball Championship The 2014 European Women's Handball Championship was the eleventh continental tournament for women's national teams, organized by the European Handball Federation. The second jointly hosted edition in the competition's history took place in Hunga ...

and at the

2015 World Women's Handball Championship The 2015 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 22nd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Denmark. The decision to select Denmark as the host was announced on 27 January 2011. In the final Norway won 31–23 ag ...

Career

Club career

Østergaard started playing handball at the local club Galten FS, before switching to Team Ikasts youth team. Her league debut was with Ikast-Brande EH in 2008. With Ikast-Brande (later FC Midtjylland) she won several trophies, including the 2015 Danish League. In 2017, she switched to league rivals

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, where she played for three years before switching to the German club

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in the summer of 2020. Here she played three season as the first choice right wing. She won the

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twice in 2022 and 2023 and the

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. In the summer of 2023, she switched to

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n top club

National team

Østergaard debuted for the Danish national team in 2011 against Russia. She was part of the brutto squad for the

2012 European Women's Handball Championship The 2012 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Serbia from 4 to 16 December. Originally the tournament was scheduled to be held in the Netherlands but on 4 June 2012 the Dutch Handball Federation withdrew from the organization. Subse ...

but in the end, she did not make the final squad. She made her first major international tournament at the

2013 World Women's Handball Championship The 2013 World Women's Handball Championship, the 21st event hosted by the International Handball Federation (IHF), was held in Serbia from 6 to 22 December 2013.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 ...

: **''Winner'': 2011,

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EHF Cup Winners' Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocea ...

: **''Winner'': 2015

Domestic competitions

* Danish Championship: **''Winner'': 2011, 2013, 2015 *

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'': 2012, 2014, 2020 *

: **''Winner'': 2022, 2023

Individual awards

* Danish League Best Right Wing: 2015

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ostergaard, Trine Danish female handball players 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Skanderborg Municipality FCM Håndbold players Danish expatriate handball players in Germany Handball players from the Central Denmark Region Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Denmark Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in handball Danish expatriate handball players in Romania 21st-century Danish sportswomen Odense Håndbold players