Live Rushfeldt Deila
{{short description|Norwegian handball player (born 2000)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Live Rushfeldt Deila
| fullname = Live Rushfeldt Deila
| image =
| nationality = Norwegian
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|1|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Porsgrunn, Norway
| height = 1.76 m
| position = Centre back
| currentclub = Team Esbjerg
| clubnumber = 8
| youthyears1 = 2016–2017
| youthclubs1 = Reistad IL
| years1 = 2017–2018
| clubs1 = Glassverket IF
| years2 = 2018–2019
| clubs2 = Skrim Kongsberg
| years3 = 2019–2021
| clubs3 = Fredrikstad BK
| years4 = 2021–12/2023
| clubs4 = Sola HK
| years5 = 12/2023–
| clubs5 = Team Esbjerg
| nationalyears1 = 2023–
| nationalteam1 = Norway
| nationalcaps1 = 19
| nationalgoals1 = 22
| ntupdate = 4 January 2025
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}
{{MedalGold|2024 Austria/Hungary/Switzerland|}}
{{MedalCompetition|Junior European Championship}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Hungary|}}
{{MedalCompetition|Youth European Championship}}
{{MedalSilver|2017 Slovakia|}}
}}
Live Rushfeldt Deila (born 15 January 2000){{cite web|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/player/570754|title=EHF Profile|publisher=European Handball Federation|accessdate=23 May 2018}} is a Norwegian handball player who plays for Team Esbjerg{{cite web|url=https://fredrikstadbk.no/spiller/live-rushfeldt-deila/|title= 20: Live Rushfeldt Deila|publisher=fredrikstadbk.no|access-date=23 May 2020|language=Norwegian}} and the Norwegian national team.{{cite web|url=https://www.handball.no/regioner/nhf-sentralt/kampaktivitet/landslag/handballjentene/profiler/|title=Profiler Håndballjentene|publisher=NHF|accessdate=16 December 2024}}
Career
Live Deila started playing handball at Reistad IL together with her twin sister, Thale Deila.
In 2017 she transferred to first league team Glassverket IF.{{cite web|last=Sørøy|first=Trond|title=Thale og Live – tvillinger med suksess|url=https://topphandball.no/artikkel/thale-og-live-tvillinger-med-suksess/|publisher=Norsk Topphåndball|date=2020-05-16|accessdate=2023-10-13|language=no|trans-title=Thale and Live - twins with success}}
After a year she joined Skrim Kongsberg, where she also played for a single season before joining Fredrikstad BK, where she was reunited with her twin sister.{{cite web|title=Live Rushfeldt Deila klar for FBK|url=https://www.dagsavisen.no/demokraten/nyheter/2019/05/13/live-rushfeldt-deila-klar-for-fbk/|publisher=Dagsavisen|date=2019-05-13|accessdate=2023-10-13|language=no|trans-title=Live Rushfeldt Deila ready for FBK}}
In 2021 she joined Sola HK in search of a club, where she could be the first choice. Here she won silver medals in the Norwegian cup once.{{cite web|title=En av søstrene Deila forlater FBK|url=https://www.f-b.no/en-av-sostrene-deila-forlater-fbk/s/5-59-2175766|publisher=Fredriksstad Blad|date=2021-02-19|accessdate=2023-10-13|language=no|trans-title=One of the Deila sisters leaves FBK}}{{cite web|last=Sørøy|first=Trond|title=Live R. Deila: – Det har føltes godt å få muligheten til å bli et førstevalg|url=https://topphandball.no/artikkel/live-r-deila-det-har-foltes-godt-a-fa-muligheten-til-a-bli-et-forstevalg/|publisher=Norsk Topphåndball|date=2022-02-02|accessdate=2023-10-13|language=no|trans-title=Live R. Deila: Feeling good to get the possibility to be first choice}}
Halfway through the season in 2023 she joined Danish side Team Esbjerg.{{cite web|url=https://www.teamesbjerg.dk/2023/12/15/norsk-allroundspiller-med-stort-potentiale-kommer-nu/ |publisher=Team Esbjerg|website=teamesbjerg.dk|title=Norsk allroundspiller med stort potentiale kommer nu|accessdate=24 February 2024|language=da|trans-title=Norwegian all round player with great potential arrives now}} With Esbjerg she won the Danish championship in 2024.
She also represented Norway at the 2017 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship, placing 2nd, at the 2018 Women's Youth World Handball Championship, placing 11th{{cite web|url=https://archive.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/c56bb144-e1ae-4540-8a65-43d9f56f768c/pdf/NOR.pdf|title=NOR - Norway|publisher=IHF|accessdate=14 February 2021|language=English}} and at the 2019 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship, placing 2nd.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/ech/19/women/2019/round/1/Final+Tournament|title=2019 Women's European Championship 19 – Final Tournament|publisher=EHF|accessdate=23 May 2020|language=English}}
In 2023 she debuted for the Norwegian national team. In 2024 she won the European championship.{{cite web |url=https://www.handball.no/nyheter/2024/12/handballjentene-er-europamestere/ |publisher=Norwegian Handball Federation|website=handball.no|title=Håndballjentene er europamestere!|accessdate=4 January 2025|language=no|trans-title=The handball ladies are European Champions}}
Achievements
- European Championship:
- Winner: 2024
- Junior European Championship:
- Silver Medalist: 2019
- Youth European Championship:
- Silver Medalist: 2017
- EHF Champions League:
- Bronze medalist: 2023/2024
- Norwegian League
- 16px Bronze: 2021/2022, 2022/2023
- Norwegian Cup
- 16px Silver: 2022/2023
- Danish League:
- Winner: 2024
- Danish Cup:
- Winner: 2024
Personal life
She is the twin sister of Thale Rushfeldt Deila{{cite web|url=http://dhdb.hyldgaard-jensen.dk/spiller.php?id=9790|website=dhdb.hyldgaard-jensen.dk|title=DHDb > Live Rushfeldt Deila |accessdate=23 May 2020}} and daughter of former international footballer Ronny Deila. Her uncle Sigurd Rushfeldt was also a professional football player.
References
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{{Norway squad 2024 European Women's Handball Championship}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rushfeldt Deila, Live}}
Category:Norwegian female handball players
Category:21st-century Norwegian sportswomen
Category:Sportspeople from Porsgrunn
Category:Norwegian expatriate handball players in Denmark
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