Trine Østergaard Jensen (born 17 October 1991) is a Danish handball player for CSM București and the Danish national team.[1]

Trine Østergaard
Personal information
Full name Trine Østergaard Jensen
Born (1991-10-17) 17 October 1991 (age 33)
Skanderborg, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position Right wing
Club information
Current club CSM București
Number 25
Senior clubs
Years Team
2008–2017
FCM Håndbold
2017–2020
Odense Håndbold
2020–2023
SG BBM Bietigheim
2023–
CSM București
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–
Denmark 192 (389)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Team
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Serbia
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Spain
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2022 Slovenia/North Macedonia/Montenegro

She represented Denmark at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship,[2] at the 2014 European Women's Handball Championship and at the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship.

Career

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Club career

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Trine Østergaard started playing handball at the local club Galten FS, before switching to Team Ikasts youth team. Her league debut was with Ikast-Brande EH in 2008. With Ikast-Brande (later FC Midtjylland) she won several trophies, including the 2015 Danish League.

In 2017 she switched to league rivals Odense Håndbold, where she played for three years before switching to the German club SG BBM Bietigheim in the summer of 2020. Here she played three season as the first choice right wing. She won the Bundesliga twice in 2022 and 2023 and the 2021–22 Women's EHF European League.

In the summer of 2023 she switched to Romanian top club CSM București.

National team

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Østergaard debuted for the Danish national team in 2011 against Russia. She was part of the brutto squad for the 2012 European Women's Handball Championship but in the end, she did not make the final squad. She made her first major international tournament at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship, where she played the most minutes of any Danish player.[3]

Since then she has won 3 World cup bronze medals and a European Championship silver medal.

Achievements

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International competitions

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Domestic competitions

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Individual awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Jensen Østergaard, Trine: Career & Statistics". EHF. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  2. ^ "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. ^ "LIVE: Stor dansk triumf! Danmark vinder VM-bronze". BT (in Danish). 22 December 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
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