Henny Reistad

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Henny Reistad
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Personal information
Full name Henny Ella Reistad
Born (1999-02-09) 9 February 1999 (age 26)
Bærum, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Left/centre back
Club information
Current club Team Esbjerg
Number 25
Youth career
Team
 Helset IF
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2015–2018
 Stabæk IF
2018–2021
 Vipers Kristiansand
2021–
 Team Esbjerg
National team 1
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–
 Norway 104 (454)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Spain
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Denmark
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Slovenia/North Macedonia/Montenegro
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Austria/Hungary/Switzerland
Junior World Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Hungary
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 16 January 2025

Henny Ella Reistad (born 9 February 1999) is a Norwegian professional handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Norwegian national team. [1] [2] She is widely considered one of the best players of her generation. She is famous for her agility and ability to take on defenders in one-on-ones.

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In September 2018, she was included by EHF in a list of the twenty best young handballers to watch for the future. [3]

In 2023 she was named best player in the world by the International Handball Federation. [4] In 2025 she won the award for the second time in a row. [5]

Career

Reistads senior debut came on December 19th 2015 for the Norwegian first division (second tier) team Stabæk Håndbold. [6]

The same season she and the club was promoted to the top division of Norway, Eliteserien. [7]

In 2018 she joined Norwegian top club Vipers Kristiansand. [8] Here she won the Norwegian Championship in 2019, 2020 and 2021 and the Norwegian cup in 2019. She won the EHF Champions League in 2021. In the Final Four she was named the MVP. [9]

In 2021 she joined Danish side Team Esbjerg. [10] Here she won the 2023 and 2024 Danish Championship, and the 2021 and 2022 Danish Cup. In the 2021/2022 season she was named the best centre back in the division all star team. [11] In 2021 and 2022 she was named Danish player of the year. [12]

National team

She represented Norway in the 2017 Women's Junior European Handball Championship, placing 7th, [13] and in the 2016 Women's Youth World Handball Championship, placing 4th. [14] At the U-20 World Championship she won silver medals with the Norwegian team, and was named in the all star team. [15]

She debuted for the Norwegian national team on 22 November 2018. Her first major international tournament was the 2018 European Women's Handball Championship, where she scored 18 goals. [16]

She won the 2020 European Championship with the Norwegian team. In the tournament she scored 29 goals. [17]

Same year she won bronze medals at the 2020 Olympics. [18]

Reistad won a gold medal at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship and was made the All Star team as best left back. [19]

At the 2022 European Championship Norway defended their title, and Reistad was named tournament MVP. [20]

At the 2023 World Championship on home soil she won a silver medal with the Norwegian team, losing to France in the final. [21] In the semifinal against Denmark she scored 15 goals, which is a Norwegian record for most goals scored by a single player in a World cup match and national team match. [22] Reistad was named in the tournament all star team. [23]

At the 2024 Olympics she won a gold medal with the national team, on her second attempt. [24]

In October 2024, Reistad became the team captain for the Norwegian national team. [25]

Two months later she won her third European Championship at the 2022 European Championship, [26] and made the All Star Team as best centre back.

Private life

Henny Reistad is the great granddaughter of Norwegian athlete Ole Reistad, who competed at the 1920 Olympics in modern pentathlon.

In January 2024, Reistad donated an undisclosed amount of money to her former club, Vipers Kristiansand, which were in economic trouble. [27] Ultimately, the club would go bankrupt regardless a year later.

Achievements

Individual awards

MVP

All-Star Team

Others

References

  1. ↑ EHF profile
  2. ↑ "Henny Ella Reistad" (in Norwegian). Stabæk IF. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "20 rising stars to watch for the future". European Handball Federation . Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  4. 1 2 "2023 IHF WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR WINNERS REVEALED". International Handball Federation. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Gidsel, Uscins, Reistad and Simon clinch the 2024 IHF Player of the Year awards". International Handball Federation. 28 March 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Stabæk-damene smalt til med en real jule-kule" (in Norwegian). budstikka.no. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "Stabæk håndball satser på ungt og lokalt krutt i comebacket" [Stabæk gambles on young and local firepower in the comeback] (in Danish). budstikka.no. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "Spennende talenter klar for Vipers!" [Exciting talents ready for Vipers!]. vipers.no (in Norwegian). Vipers Kristiansand . Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  9. ↑ [ "EHF Champions League: Herausragende Henny Reistad führt Vipers Kristiansand zum Titel" [EHF Champions League:Excellent Henny Reistad leads Vipers Kristiansand to the title] (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "Esbjerg henter europamester" [Esbjerg signs Europan Champion]. sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 10 January 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  11. ↑ "Årets Hold Bambusa Kvindeligaen"" [Team of the year in the women's league] (in Danish). tophaandbold.dk. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  12. ↑ "Årets Kvindelige Håndboldspiller" [Women's player of the year] (in Danish). tophaandbold.dk. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  13. ↑ "Final Tournament". European Handball Federation (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  14. ↑ "Korea defeat Norway to win bronze". International Handball Federation (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  15. ↑ "All-Star Team der Juniorinnen-WM mit drei Ungarinnen, MVP-Titel geht nach Korea" [All star team of the junior world cup with three Hungarians, MVP award goes to Korean] (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  16. ↑ "Henny Reistad (EM 2018)". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation . Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  17. ↑ "Women's European Handball Championship" (PDF). livecache.sportresult.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  18. ↑ "Doppel-Gold in Tokio: Frankreich holt sich auch bei den Frauen den Olympiasieg" [Double gold in Tokyo: France also takes the women's olympic victory] (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  19. ↑ "De viktigste fakta fra VM i Spania" [The most important facts from the World Cup in Spain]. handball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation . Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  20. ↑ "LIVE BLOG: ALL-STAR TEAM REVEALED ON FINALS DAY". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  21. ↑ "Frankrike verdensmester - sølv til Håndballjentene" [France World Championships - Silver to the 'handball girls']. handball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation . Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  22. ↑ "Henny Reistad und der Eintrag in die WM-Historie" [Henny Reistad makes World Cup history] (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  23. ↑ "Stine og Henny på VMs All Star Team" [Stine and Henny on World Cup all star team]. handball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation . Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  24. ↑ "Paris 2024: Medallists" (PDF). olympics.com. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  25. ↑ "Nok en Danmark-skalp: – Til tider veldig stille" (in Norwegian). ABC Nyheter. 26 October 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  26. ↑ "Håndballjentene er europamestere!" [The handball ladies are European Champions]. handball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation . Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  27. ↑ "Reistad forsøger at redde kriseramt eksklub" [Reistad tries to save her former club in crisis] (in Danish). TV2 Sporten. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  28. ↑ "MVP Reistad leads EHF EURO 2022 All-Star Team". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  29. ↑ "2023 IHF Women's World Championship: All-Star Team Revealed". ihf.info. IHF. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  30. ↑ "Pokalfightere Kvinder" (PDF) (in Danish). Danish Handball Federation . Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  31. ↑ "Women's EHF EURO 2024 All-star Team revealed". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  32. ↑ "Spain 2021 All-Star Team". International Handball Federation. 19 December 2021.
  33. ↑ "Fan Favourite Oftedal leads Győr quartet in All-Star Team". eurohandball.com. 28 May 2021.
  34. ↑ "Årets spillere kåret". NHF (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  35. ↑ "Årets lag og priser i REMA 1000-ligaen for kvinner". NHF (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  36. ↑ "Hungary 2018 All Star Team and MVP". IHF . 14 July 2018.
  37. ↑ "Women's 19 EHF Euro All-Star Team announced". EHF (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  38. ↑ "Sesongens spillere". NHF (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  39. ↑ "Sesongens spillere". NHF (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  40. ↑ "Årets spillere kåret". NHF (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  41. ↑ "Årets lag og priser i REMA 1000-ligaen for kvinner". NHF (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  42. ↑ "Årets spillere kåret". NHF (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  43. ↑ "Årets lag og priser i REMA 1000-ligaen for kvinner". NHF (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  44. ↑ "REMA 1000-ligaen: Sesongens kåringer". Norwegian Handball Federation (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  45. ↑ "Årets Håndballprofil – Henny Ella Reistad". Norsk Topphåndball (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  46. ↑ "Årets Kvindelige Håndboldspiller". haandboldspiller.dk. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  47. ↑ "Målscorer" (in Danish). tophaandbold.dk. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  48. ↑ "Målscorer Total" (in Danish). tophaandbold.dk. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  49. ↑ "Golden players make the team of the season". EHF. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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