Stine Bredal Oftedal

Stine Bredal Oftedal (born 25 September 1991) is a Norwegian professional handball player for the Norwegian national team, where she is the team captain and who last played for Győri ETO KC. She is three times world champion and five times European champion with the Norwegian national team. Oftedal has several times announced her retiring from international handball after the Summer Olympics of 2024.

She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 2019 by the International Handball Federation.

Early and personal life
Oftedal was born in Nittedal on 25 September 1991. She is the older sister of fellow handball player Hanna Oftedal Sagosen.

She studied at BI Norwegian Business School. Previously she competed for Nittedal IL in the javelin throw, throwing 32.08 m at the age 13.

She is in a relationship with fellow handballer, Rune Dahmke. They got engaged 23 June 2023.

Club career
Ofredal hails from Nittedal and started her career in Nit/Hak HK. She then continued to Fjellhammer IL before continuing to Helset IF. Helset is a feeder team for Stabæk Håndball, and so she played for Stabæk from the 2008–09 season while still being registered in Helset.

From 2013 to 2017 she played for the French club Issy-Paris Hand. During this period she was selected player of the year in the French top league three times, in 2014, 2016 and 2017. From 2017 she played for the Hungarian club Győri ETO KC, and won the Women's EHF Champions League with this club in 2018,2019 and 2024.

International career
Playing for the Norwegian national team, Oftedal has been the team captain since 2015. Her achievements with the Norwegian team include winning the IHF World Women's Handball Championship in 2011, 2015 and 2021, and winning the European Women's Handball Championship in 2010, 2014, 2016, 2020, and 2022. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and again a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

National team

 * Olympic Games:
 * Bronze Medalist: 2016, 2020
 * World Championship:
 * Winner: 2011, 2015, 2021
 * Silver Medalist: 2017
 * European Championship:
 * Winner: 2010, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022
 * Silver Medalist: 2012
 * Junior World Championship:
 * Winner: 2010
 * Junior European Championship:
 * Winner: 2009

European

 * EHF Champions League:
 * Winner: 2018, 2019, 2024
 * Finalist: 2022
 * Bronze medalist: 2021, 2023

Domestic

 * Nemzeti Bajnokság I
 * Winner: 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
 * Hungarian Cup:
 * Winner: 2018, 2019, 2021
 * Norwegian Cup:
 * Finalist: 2011, 2012

Individual awards

 * IHF World Player of the Year: 2019
 * All-Star Left Wing of the U18 European Open: 2008
 * All-Star Centre Back of the Junior World Championship: 2010
 * All-Star Centre Back of Postenligaen: 2010/2011
 * French Championship MVP: 2014
 * All-Star Centre Back of the World Championship: 2015, 2023
 * French Championship Best Playmaker: 2014, 2016
 * Most Valuable Player of the World Championship: 2017
 * All-Star Centre Back of the European Championship: 2018, 2020, 2022
 * All-Star Centre Back of the EHF Champions League: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
 * MVP EHF Champions League Final4: 2024
 * Handball-Planet.com All-Star Centre Back of the Year: 2019
 * Foreign Handballer of the Year in Hungary: 2019