Trine Østergaard
| Trine Østergaard | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Østergaard in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Trine Østergaard Jensen | ||
| Born |
17 October 1991 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 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011– | Denmark | 214 | (442) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 6 December 2025 | |||
Trine Østergaard Jensen (born 17 October 1991) is a Danish handball player for CSM București and the Danish national team.[1] Østergaard is the 4th most capped player ever on the Danish national team with 214 caps (as of December 2025).[2]
She represented Denmark at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship,[3] at the 2014 European Women's Handball Championship and at the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship.
Career
Club career
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.[4] 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.[5] In her first two seasons she won the domestic treble both years.
National team
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.[6] The Danish team won bronze medals, breaking a 9 year streak without medals for the Danish team. They beat Poland 30-26 in the third place play off.[7]
Since then she has won 3 World cup bronze medals and a European Championship silver medal. At the 2024 Olympics she won another bronze medals.[8] Later the same year, she won silver medals at the 2024 European Championship, losing to Norway in the final.[9]
At the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship Denmark went out in the quarterfinal to France after winning all matches in the group stages. The Danish team was affected by a lot of players missing the tournament including goalkeepers Sandra Toft and Althea Reinhardt and pivots Sarah Iversen and Rikke Iversen. This was the first time since 2019 that Denmark left a major internatonal tournament without any medals.[10]
Achievements
International competitions
- EHF European League:
- Winner: 2011, 2022
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
- Winner: 2015
Domestic competitions
- Danish Championship:
- Winner: 2011, 2013, 2015
- Danish Cup:
- Winner: 2012, 2014, 2020
- Bundesliga:
- Winner: 2022, 2023
- Romanian League
- Winner: 2023–24, 2024–25
- Cupa României
- Winner: 2024, 2025
- Supercupa României
- Winner: 2024, 2025
Individual awards
- Danish League Best Right Wing: 2015
References
- ^ "Jensen Østergaard, Trine: Career & Statistics". EHF. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "Dansk profil hyldes før milepæl, som kun fire andre har nået" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 5 December 2025. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
- ^ "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ "Dansk landsholdsspiller skifter til tysk topklub". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ "Landsholdsfløj skifter til rumænsk storklub". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ "LIVE: Stor dansk triumf! Danmark vinder VM-bronze". BT (in Danish). 22 December 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "Forbandelsen er brudt: Danmark vinder bronze". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
- ^ "Paris 2024: Medallists" (PDF). olympics.com. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Håndboldkvinderne vinder EM-sølv" (in Danish). Dansk Håndbold. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ "Thomsen gentager pointe om dansk niveau – ekspert køber den ikke helt" (in Danish). TV2. 12 December 2025. Retrieved 12 December 2025.