Rune Dahmke

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Rune Dahmke
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Dahmke in 2016
Personal information
Born (1993-04-10) 10 April 1993 (age 31)
Kiel, Germany
Nationality German
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Left wing
Club information
Current club THW Kiel
Number 23
Youth career
YearsTeam
–2008
 SV Mönkeberg
2008–2012
 THW Kiel
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2012–2014
 TSV Altenholz
2014–
 THW Kiel
National team 1
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–
 Germany 84 (127)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris Team
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Poland
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 7 January 2025

Rune Dahmke (born 10 April 1993) is a German professional handball player for THW Kiel and the Germany national team. [1] [2]

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He was a part of the German team, that won gold medals at the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship. [3] He was also on the German team that won silver medals at the 2024 Olympics.

Career

Dahmke started playing handball at SV Mönkeberg and joined THW Kiel in 2008. In 2012 to 2014 he played for the 3. Liga side TSV Altenholz, while also playing for THW Kiel in the EHF Champions League. He made his debut in a 28:25 win over Romanian HCM Constanța, where he played for 2.5 minutes. [4] With TSV Altenholz he was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga in the 2013-14 season.

The following season he became fully a part of the senior team at THW Kiel, where he signed a two year deal, replacing Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson, who had left for FC Barcelona. [5] [6]

With Kiel he has won the DHB Supercup 6 times, the German Championship 4 times, the DHB-Pokal 3 times, as well as the EHF Cup and EHF Champions League.

Season statistics

SeasonTeamLeagueGamesGoalsPenalty goalsOutfield goals
2014/15THW KielBundesliga2847344
2015/16THW KielBundesliga3088979
2016/17THW KielBundesliga2863063
2017/18THW KielBundesliga2752052
2018/19THW KielBundesliga3443043
2019/20THW KielBundesliga2626026
2020/21THW KielBundesliga3782082
2021/22THW KielBundesliga3138038
2022/23THW KielBundesliga3240040
2014–2023TotalBundesliga27347912467

Source: Spielerprofil bei der Handball-Bundesliga [7]


National team

In November 2015 he was included in the German national team for the first time under Dagur Sigurðsson for the Super Cup against Brazil, Serbia and Slovenia. He would make his debut against Brazil in a 29:20 win. Jannik Kohlbacher made his debut in the same match. [8]

In 2016 he won gold medals at the 2016 European Championship, beating Spain in the final 24:17. [3]

At the 2018 European Championship he was not initially part of Christian Prokop's team, but was included later in the main round. [9] [10]

At the 2022 European Championship he was once again included in the German team during the tournament, this time being included after the second game. [11] In 2024 he was part of the team that finished 4th at the 2024 European Championship. [12]

At the 2024 Olympics in Paris he was part of the German reserves, and entered the team after the first match, when Tim Hornke was injured. [13] At this tournament he won Silver medals, losing to Denmark in the final. For this he was awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt. [14] At the 2025 World Championship he finished 6th with the German team, once again going out against Denmark.

Personal life

Dahmke's father, Frank Dahmke, also played for THW Kiel, between 1981 and 1991. Since February 2014 he has been a member of the THW Kiel supervisory board.

He is in a relationship with fellow handballer, Stine Bredal Oftedal. [15] They got engaged on 23 June 2023, and married on 16 August 2024. [16]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "DHB profile". German Handball Association. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "EHF Profile". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 "2016 European Championship roster" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "VELUX EHF Champions League: THW mit kontrolliertem Erfolg zum Gruppenabschluss" (in German). THW Kiel. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "THW-Eigengewächse Moritz Krieter und Rune Dahmke im Bundesliga-Kader" (in German). handball-world.com. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "THW-Eigengewächs Rune Dahmke erhält Profi-Vertrag beim Rekordmeister" (in German). THW Kiel. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "player statistics (under "Statistiken", "Historisch")" . Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "Kohlbacher und Dahmke feiern erfolgreiches Debüt: DHB-Team distanziert Brasilien klar" (in German). handball-world.com. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "Deutschland mit Kaderwechsel – Janke vorerst draußen" (in German). handball-world.news. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "Prokop benennt Kader für Vorbereitung auf EHF EURO 2018" (in German). German Handball Association. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  11. ↑ "Update zum Spiel gegen Polen" (in German). German Handball Association . Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  12. ↑ "EHF Euro 2024: Cumulative Statistics Germany". European Handball Federation . Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  13. ↑ "Olympia-Aus für Tim Hornke" (in German). handball-world.news. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  14. ↑ "Verleihung des Silbernen Lorbeerblattes". bundespraesident.de (in German). 4 November 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  15. ↑ "Dette er den nye kjæresten til Stine Bredal Oftedal (26)" (in Norwegian). TV 2 Norway. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  16. ↑ "Stine Bredal Oftedal har giftet seg" (in Norwegian). VG . Retrieved 16 August 2024.
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