Thale Rushfeldt Deila

Thale Rushfeldt Deila
Personal information
Born (2000-01-15) 15 January 2000
Porsgrunn, Norway
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
2023–2026
 Odense Håndbold
2026–
 Győri ETO KC
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–
 Norway 80 (193)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2024 Paris Team
World Championship
2025 Germany/Netherlands
2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden
European Championship
2022 Slovenia/North Macedonia/Montenegro
2024 Austria/Hungary/Switzerland
Youth European Championship
2017 Slovakia

Thale Rushfeldt Deila (born 15 January 2000)[1] is a Norwegian handball player for Odense Håndbold[2][3] and the Norwegian national team.

Career

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] In the 2024-25 season, she achieved a perfect regular season with Odense Håndbold, winning 26 of 26 games.[9] Later the same season she won the Danish Championship, when Odense beat Team Esbjerg in the final 2-1 in matches.[10]

National team

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[11] and at the 2018 Women's Youth World Handball Championship, placing 11th.[12]

She debuted for the senior team in April 2022. The same year she won gold medal at the European Championship.[13]

The year after she won silver medal at the 2023 World Championship on home soil.[14]

At the 2024 Summer Olympics she won a gold medal.[15] Later the same year she won gold medal at the European championship.[16] At the 2025 World Championship she won her first World Championship gold medal.[17][18]

Achievements

National team

Club

Individual awards

  • All-Star Left Back of Eliteserien: 2019/2020

Personal life

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

  1. ^ "EHF Profile". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  2. ^ "DHDb > Thale Rushfeldt Deila". dhdb.hyldgaard-jensen.dk. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  3. ^ "20: Thale Rushfeldt Deila" (in Norwegian). fredrikstadbk.no. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Thale (17) fikk debut i Glassverket-målfest" [Thale (17) made her debut in Glassverket goal galore] (in Norwegian). dt.no. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  6. ^ a b "«Årets venstre bakspiller» i fjor – nå blir Thale MHK-spiller" (in Norwegian). handballjentan.no. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Live Rushfeldt Deila klar for FBK" [Live Rushfeldt Deila ready for FBK] (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Odense Håndbold skriver under med norsk EM-guldvinder..." [Odense Håndbold signs Norwegian European Champion]. odensehaandbold.dk (in Danish). Odense Håndbold. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  9. ^ Morten Mølby (5 April 2025). "Odense napper rub og stub og vinder grundspillet med lutter sejre" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  10. ^ "Odense vinder DM-guld efter vanvittig afgørelse". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  11. ^ "2017 Women's European Championship 17 – Final Tournament". EHF. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  12. ^ "NOR - Norway" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  13. ^ "Norway". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  14. ^ "Frankrike verdensmester - sølv til Håndballjentene" [France World Championships - Silver to the 'handball girls']. handball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  15. ^ "Paris 2024: Medallists" (PDF). olympics.com. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  16. ^ "Håndballjentene er europamestere!" [The handball ladies are European Champions]. handball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  17. ^ "To debutanter i Gjekstads VM-tropp". NHF (in Norwegian). 5 November 2025. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  18. ^ "Norge vinder VM-guld efter dramatisk finale" (in Danish). TV2 Danmar. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
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