Line Haugsted

{{short description|Danish handball player (born 1994)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Line Haugsted

| image = Line Haugsted 5008.jpg

| caption = Haugsted in 2016

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|11|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Skive, Denmark

| nationality = Danish

| height = 1.80 m

| position = Left back

| currentclub = Team Esbjerg

| clubnumber = 2

| youthclubs1 = Skive fH

| youthyears1 = 2009–2011

| years1 = 2011–2012

| clubs1 = FC Midtjylland

| years2 = 2012–2015

| clubs2 = Skive fH

| years3 = 2015–2016

| clubs3 = Odense Håndbold

| years4 = 2016–2022

| clubs4 = Viborg HK

| years5 = 2022–2024

| clubs5 = Győri ETO KC

| years6 = 2024–

| clubs6 = Team Esbjerg

| nationalyears1 = 2016–

| nationalteam1 = Denmark

| nationalcaps1 = 118

| nationalgoals1 = 146

| ntupdate = 5 January 2025

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalOlympic}}

{{MedalBronze|2024 Paris|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}

{{MedalBronze|2021 Spain|}}

{{MedalBronze|2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden|}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}

{{MedalSilver|2024 Austria/Hungary/Switzerland|}}

{{MedalCompetition|IHF Junior World Championship}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Croatia|}}

{{MedalCompetition|IHF Youth World Championship}}

{{MedalGold|2012 Montenegro|}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Junior Championship}}

{{MedalBronze|2013 Denmark|}}

}}

Line Haugsted (born 11 November 1994) is a Danish professional handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Danish national team.{{cite web |url=http://www.dhf.dk/Presse/nyheder/2016/Oktober/danmarks_16_mod_ol-guldvinderne |title=Danmarks 16 mot OL-guldvinderne |publisher=dhf.dk |accessdate=7 October 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://vhk.dk/truppen/spillerprofil/line-haugsted-profil/ |title=Line Haugsted |publisher=vhk.dk |accessdate=7 October 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009145022/http://vhk.dk/truppen/spillerprofil/line-haugsted-profil/ |archivedate=9 October 2016 }}[https://archive.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/b7fe36bb-2a18-4340-a6e0-6b148a154448/pdf/DEN.pdf 2017 World Women's Handball Championship roster][https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/pBtU-8728RXOZSm8FZIFDQ/line-haugsted/ EHF profile]

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.tv2fyn.dk/odense/nyt-talent-til-hco|title=Nyt talent til HCO|publisher=TV2 Fyn|date=14 November 2014}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.tv3sport.dk/sport/handbold/nyheder/ung-profil-forlader-hc-odense|title=Ung profil forlader HC Odense|publisher=TV3 Sport|date=27 January 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tv3sport.dk/sport/handbold/nyheder/familien-lokker-odense-topscorer-til-viborg|title=Familien lokker Odense-topscorer til Viborg|publisher=TV3 Sport|date=11 February 2016}} Here she won her first senior medals, when the club won silver in the 2020–21 Damehåndboldligaen.{{cite web|url=https://vhk.dk/nyheder/8684-viborg-hk-gar-fra-finalen-med-solvmedaljer|title=Viborg HK går fra finalen med sølvmedaljer |publisher=Viborg HK |date=29 May 2021|accessdate=27 November 2021 }}

On 30 January 2022, it was announced that Haugsted had signed a 2-year contract with Hungarian top club Győri ETO KC.{{cite web|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2022-01-30-officielt-line-haugsted-skifter-til-europas-stoerste-klub|title=Officielt: Line Haugsted skifter til Europas største klub|publisher=TV2 Denmark|date=30 January 2022|accessdate=16 May 2022}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.dr.dk/sporten/haandbold/dans-landsholdsprofil-vender-snuden-hjem|title=Dansk landsholdsprofil vender hjem|publisher=DR (broadcaster) |language=da|trans-title=Danish national team player returns home}}

She made her debut on the Danish national team on 28 November 2014, against Norway.{{cite web |url=https://dhf.dk/landsholdsinfo/spiller/184526_1 |title=Line Haugsted - Statistik - Håndbold.dk| publisher=Danish Handball Federation |language=Danish|accessdate= 8 May 2020 }} She participated at the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship in Sweden.[http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HB_PROD/HBEC16W/PDF_ROSTER_DEN.PDF 2016 European Championship roster]

Achievements

Individual awards

  • All-Star Best Defense Player of the European Championship: 2020{{cite web|url=https://women2020.ehf-euro.com/news/news/ehf-euro-2020-all-star-team-unveiled/|title=EHF EURO 2020 All-star Team unveiled|publisher=European Handball Federation|work=fra2018.ehf-euro.com|date=20 December 2020|access-date=20 December 2020}}
  • Youth player of the Year in Damehåndboldligaen: 2012/13{{cite web|url=https://tophaandbold.dk/kaaringer/aarets-kvindelige-talent|title=Årets Kvindelige Talent|website=tophaandbold.dk|accessdate=13 September 2021|language=Danish}}

References

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