Line Haugsted

Line Haugsted (born 11 November 1994) is a Danish professional handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Danish national team.

Career
Haugsted started playing handball at the age of 10 at Skive fH. In 2010 she switched to FC Midtjylland Håndbold, 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. Here she won her first senior medals, when the club won silver in the 2020–21 Damehåndboldligaen. On 30 January 2022, it was announced that Haugsted had signed a 2-year contract with Hungarian top club Győri ETO KC. 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 Team Esbjerg.

She made her debut on the Danish national team on 28 November 2014, against Norway. She participated at the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship in Sweden.

Achievements

 * Hungarian Championship
 * Winner: 2023
 * Danish Championship:
 * Silver Medalist: 2021
 * Bronze Medalist: 2018, 2020
 * EHF Champions League:
 * Winner: 2024
 * Women's EHF European League:
 * Finalist: 2022

Individual awards

 * All-Star Best Defense Player of the European Championship: 2020
 * Youth player of the Year in Damehåndboldligaen: 2012/13