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Ida Alstad

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Ida Alstad
Personal information
Born (1985-06-13) 13 June 1985 (age 39)
Trondheim, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Left/centre back
Senior clubs
Years Team
2001–2013
 Byåsen HE
2013–2014
 Team Tvis Holstebro
2014–2015
 FC Midtjylland
2015–2016
 Byåsen HE
2016
 Győri ETO KC
2016–2022
 Byåsen HE
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2016
 Norway 143 (310)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2011 Brazil
Gold medal – first place 2015 Denmark
Bronze medal – third place 2009 China
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2010 Denmark/Norway
Gold medal – first place 2014 Croatia/Hungary
Silver medal – second place 2012 Serbia

Ida Alstad (born 13 June 1985)[1] is a retired Norwegian handball player, who played most of her career for Byåsen HE,[2] in addition to seven years on the Norway women's national handball team.

Career

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Alstad started her career at Byåsen HE. In the 2006-07 season she reached the final of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup, where they lost to Romanian CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea.

In 2013 she joined Danish side Team Tvis Holstebro.[3] A year later she joined league rivals FC Midtjylland Håndbold.[4] Here she won the 2015 Danish Championship, the 2014 Danish cup, and the 2015 EHF Cup Winners' Cup. In the final of the Danish cup she ruptured her achilles which kept her out for the rest of the season.[5]

In the summer of 2015 she returned to Byåsen HE.[6] Only 6 months later she joined Hungarian top team Győri ETO KC on loan, as they were struggling with injuries.[7] Here she won the 2016 Hungarian Championship and cup and reached the semifinal of the EHF Champions League.

The following summer she would return to Byåsen HE for a third time.[8]

In the 2017-18 season she took a break from handball due to pregnancy leave.[9] In December 2019 she was away as well with a cruciate ligament injury.[10]

After the 2021-22 season she retired from handball.[11] However only 5 games into the 2022-23 season, she came back to the court at Byåsen.[12]

National team

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She made her debut on the Norwegian national team in 2009.[13]

At the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship she won bronze medals with the Norwegian team. A year later she won the 2010 European Championship.[14]

In 2011 she won the 2011 World Championship, followed by Gold at the 2012 Olympics.

She also represented Norway at the 2013 World Championship.[15] At the 2014 European Championship she won her second European gold.

At the 2015 World Championship she won her second World Championship gold. She was not initially part of the team, and was only included during the tournament to replace the injured Mari Molid.[16]

At the 2016 Olympics she won bronze medals with the Norwegian team, losing to Russia in the semifinals in extra time and beating Netherlands in the third place playoff.[17][18]

Achievements

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Individual awards

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  • All-Star Centre Back of Eliteserien: 2008/2009

Personal life

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Alstad was born in Trondheim on 13 June 1985.[19]

Gave birth to her first child on 30 December 2017, and came back on the handball court spring 2018 for Byåsen HE.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Ida Alstad Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Ida Alstad, Byåsen Elite" (in Norwegian). topphandball.no. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Ida Alstad signed for two years in danish Team Tvis Holstebro". timeoutmag.com. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  4. ^ "FCM henter norsk landsholdsprofil" (in Danish). hbold.dk. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014., abgerufen am 29. April 2014
  5. ^ "Norwegische Rückraumspielerin: EM-Gold, Pokaltitel und nun Saisonaus" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Ida Alstad vender hjem til Norge". hbold.dk. Archived from the original on 11 March 2015., abgerufen am 11. März 2015
  7. ^ "Spitzenklub Györ findet mit Weltmeisterin Ersatz für Görbicz" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Alstad garanterer Byåsen-satsing" (in Norwegian). adressa.no. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  9. ^ a b "30.12.17 Amanda ❤ She is perfect" (in Norwegian). Instagram. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  10. ^ "Norsk OL-guldvinder ude med alvorlig skade: - Nu venter et hårdt år". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  11. ^ "Ida Alstad legger opp" (in Norwegian). dagbladet.no. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Jeg håpet det skulle gå under radaren" (in Norwegian). aftenposten.no. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  13. ^ "Landslagsprofiler – Ida Alstad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  14. ^ "Norway squad" (PDF). EHF-Euro.com. European Handball Federation. 6 December 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  15. ^ "Cumulative Statistics" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  16. ^ "Alstad inn i VM-troppen" (in Norwegian). TV2 Norway. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  17. ^ "Bronze match - match report" (PDF). International Handball Federation.
  18. ^ "Semifinal - match report" (PDF). International Handball Federation.
  19. ^ Bryhn, Rolf; Aune, Thomas. "Ida Alstad". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
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