Geir Oustorp

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Geir Oustorp
Personal information
Born (1972-06-03) June 3, 1972 (age 53)
Sandefjord, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Left wing
Club information
Current club Larvik HK
Norway U19
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
1989-1995
 Sandefjord Håndball
1995-1997
 Drammen Håndballklubb
1997-1998
 TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
1998-1999
 Sandefjord Håndball
1999-2007
 Drammen Håndballklubb
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–2004
 Norway 91 (317)
Teams managed
2007–2010
 Byåsen HE
2010–2011
 Glassverket IF
2011–2013
 Drammen HK
2016–2017
 Glassverket IF
2017
 Larvik HK (assistant)
12/2017–2/2019
 Larvik HK
2017–2018
 Norway U19
3/2019–2021
 Reistad IL
2022-2024
 Czech Republic Women (assistant)
2022–2023
 Glassverket IF

Geir Oustorp is a former Norwegian handball player and current coach.

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He made his debut on the Norwegian national team in 1992, and played 91 matches for the national team between 1992 and 2004. [1] He participated at the 1999 World Men's Handball Championship, where Norway finished 13th.

Playing career

He played 17 seasons at top level, 4 for Sandefjord Håndball, 12 for Drammen Håndballklubb and a single season for German club TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke. [2] As a player he won 5 Norwegian championships and 2 EHF Cups. [2]

He broke his leg in a match on 6 December 2006 against Sandefjord Håndball, which forced him to retire a year earlier than he'd planned. [3] [4]

Coaching career

On 12 March 2007 he became the head coach of Byåsen HE on a three year deal. [2] In 2010 he became the head coach of Glassverket IF, where he stayed for a single season. [5]

From 2011 to 2013 he was the head coach of his former club Drammen HK. [5] He was fired after the 2012-13 season, a year before the contract's initial expiry date, for poor results, when the team finished 7th despite hopes of silverware. [5]

In 2016 he returned to Glassverket IF to coach the women's team. A year later he left because of the club's poor economic situation. [6]

In December 2017 he became the head coach of Larvik HK, replacing Tor Odvar Moen. [7] In February 2019 he announced his intention to leave the team after the 2018-19 season. This prompted the club to fire him with immidiate effect, as they did not wish to have a head coach, that was not a permanent solution. [8] In March the same season he became the head coach at the Reistad IL women's team. [9]

In 2022 he became the assistant coach of Czech women's national team under fellow Norwegian Bent Dahl. [10] In this position, he was part of the team that reached a quarterfinal of a World Championship for the first in Czech history at the 2023 World Championship. [11]

In 2022 he returned as the head coach of Glassverket IF's women's team, which played in the 1st Division at the time. [12] However already in March 2023 he left team. [13] He was in this position until 2021, when he was replaced by Goran Rajkovic. [14]

He ceased to be the assistant coach of the Czech women's national team after the 2024 European Championship, when both he and Bent Dahl left. They were replaced by Tomáš Hlavatý and Daniel Čurda. [15]

Post playing career

In addition to coaching, Oustorp have also acted as a Handball expert on Norwegian television. [7] He also works as a police officer. [16]

References

  1. ↑ "Landskampstatistikk. Totaloversikt for Oustorp, Geir" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 23 December 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Midtbø, Mia Kristin (2007-03-12). "Oustorp blir Byåsen-trener" (in Norwegian). Adresseavisen . Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  3. ↑ Kvatningen, Roy (2006-12-07). "- Så ikke beinbruddet" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen . Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  4. ↑ Nilsen, Magne J. (2006-12-07). "Oustorp operert i natt" (in Norwegian). Drammens Tidende . Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  5. 1 2 3 Erli Berg Daneshmand (27 May 2013). "Oustorp ferdig i Drammen" (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "Oustorp gir seg i Glassverket" (in Norwegian). NRK. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Oustorp blir ny hovedtrener i Larvik" (in Norwegian). TV2 Norway. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  8. ↑ "Oustorp takker for seg" (in Norwegian). Larvik HK. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  9. ↑ "Oustorp og Gabrielsen nye trenere i Reistad" (in Norwegian). Drammens Tidende. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  10. ↑ “A new impulse” for the Czech Republic women's national team. International Handball Federation, 2022-09-02
  11. ↑ "VM-sjokket: – Dette er amatørenes landslag" (in Norwegian). TV2 Norway. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  12. ↑ "Oustorp tilbake i Glassverket" (in Norwegian). NRK. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  13. ↑ Henrik Emil Brekke Larsen (3 March 2023). "Geir Oustorp gir seg som trener i Glassverket" (in Norwegian). Drammens Tidende. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  14. ↑ "Sander mister treneren – Goran blir Reistad-trener" (in Norwegian). Drammen HK. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  15. ↑ "Hlavatý and Čurda take over Czech women's national team". International Handball Federation. 19 February 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  16. ↑ "Geir er politimann i Drammen og landslagstrener i Tsjekkia, nå har han fått jobb i Sandefjord også: –⁠ Jeg jobber mindre nå enn i fjor" (in Norwegian). Sandefjords Blad. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
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