Thale Rushfeldt Deila
Thale Rushfeldt Deila | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born |
Porsgrunn, Norway | 15 January 2000||
Nationality | Norwegian | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Odense Håndbold | ||
Number | 33 | ||
Youth career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2015–2016 | Reistad IL | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
2016–2018 | Glassverket IF | ||
2018–2021 | Fredrikstad BK | ||
2021–2023 | Molde Elite | ||
2023– | Odense Håndbold | ||
National team 1 | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Norway | 61 | (133) |
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 4 January 2025 |
Thale Rushfeldt Deila (born 15 January 2000)[1] is a Norwegian handball player for Odense Håndbold[2][3] and the Norwegian national team.
Career
[edit]Thale Deila started playing handball at Reistad IL together with her twin sister, Live Deila.
In 2016 she transferred to first league team Glassverket IF.[4] She made her senior debut on October 8th 2017 at the age of 17. [5] She played at Glassverket for two seasons, the last of them with her sister.
In 2018 she joined Fredrikstad BK.[6] In 2019 her sister also joined the club, and they were thus reunited once again.[7]
In 2021 she joined league rivals Molde HK.[6] In 2023 she moved to Denmark to join Odense Håndbold.[8]
National Team
[edit]Thale Deila played 34 junior national team matches, scoring 110 goals. She also represented Norway at the 2017 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship, where she received silver[9] and at the 2018 Women's Youth World Handball Championship, placing 11th.[10]
She debuted for the senior team in April 2022. The same year she won the European Championship.
The year after she won the 2023 World Championship at home.[11]
At the 2024 Olympics she won Gold medals with the Norwegian team.[12] Later the same year she won the European championship.[13]
Achievements
[edit]- Olympic Games:
- Winner: 2024
- World Championship:
- Silver Medalist: 2023
- European Championship:
- Winner: 2022, 2024
- Youth European Championship:
- Silver Medalist: 2017
- Norwegian Cup:
- Finalist: 2021
Individual awards
[edit]- All-Star Left Back of Eliteserien: 2019/2020
Personal life
[edit]She is the twin sister of fellow handballer Live Rushfeldt Deila, daughter of former international footballer Ronny Deila and niece of former international footballer Sigurd Rushfeldt.
References
[edit]- ^ "EHF Profile". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ "DHDb > Thale Rushfeldt Deila". dhdb.hyldgaard-jensen.dk. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "20: Thale Rushfeldt Deila" (in Norwegian). fredrikstadbk.no. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ Sørøy, Trond (16 May 2020). "Thale og Live – tvillinger med suksess" [Thale and Live - twins with success] (in Norwegian). Norsk Topphåndball. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ^ "Thale (17) fikk debut i Glassverket-målfest" [Thale (17) made her debut in Glassverket goal galore] (in Norwegian). dt.no. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ a b "«Årets venstre bakspiller» i fjor – nå blir Thale MHK-spiller" (in Norwegian). handballjentan.no. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Live Rushfeldt Deila klar for FBK" [Live Rushfeldt Deila ready for FBK] (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ^ "Odense Håndbold skriver under med norsk EM-guldvinder..." [Odense Håndbold signs Norwegian European Champion]. odensehaandbold.dk (in Danish). Odense Håndbold. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "2017 Women's European Championship 17 – Final Tournament". EHF. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "NOR - Norway" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ "Frankrike verdensmester - sølv til Håndballjentene" [France World Championships - Silver to the 'handball girls']. handball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ "Paris 2024: Medallists" (PDF). olympics.com. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "Håndballjentene er europamestere!" [The handball ladies are European Champions]. handball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
External links
[edit]- Thale Rushfeldt Deila at the International Handball Federation
- Thale Rushfeldt Deila at the European Handball Federation (also at EHF Archive)
- Thale Rushfeldt Deila at Olympics.com
- Thale Rushfeldt Deila at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Thale Rushfeldt Deila on Instagram
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Norwegian female handball players
- 21st-century Norwegian sportswomen
- Olympic handball players for Norway
- Olympic gold medalists for Norway
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Norwegian expatriate handball players in Denmark
- Norwegian twins
- Sportspeople from Porsgrunn
- Norwegian handball biography stubs