Kari Brattset Dale

Kari Brattset Dale (born 15 February 1991) is a Norwegian professional handball player for Győri ETO KC and the Norwegian national team.^[1]

Kari Brattset Dale
Brattset Dale in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Kari Skaar Brattset Dale
Born	(1991-02-15) 15 February 1991 (age 34) Fredrikstad, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Pivot
Club information
Current club	Győri ETO KC
Number	7
Youth career
Team
	Tune IL
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2007–2011	Sarpsborg IL
2011–2014	Fredrikstad BK
2014–2016	Glassverket IF
2016–2018	Vipers Kristiansand
2018–	Győri ETO KC
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–	Norway	146	(390)
Medal record Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team 2020 Tokyo Team World Championship 2021 Spain 2017 Germany 2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden European Championship 2020 Denmark 2024 Austria/Hungary/Switzerland

Brattset Dale on 3 February 2018

Career

Brattset Dale began playing handball at the age of 9 at the club Tune.^[2]

In 2007, she joined Sarpsborg IL, where she played until 2011, before joining Fredrikstad BK. Two years later, she joined Glassverket IF, where she played in the highest division in Norway and played in continental competitions.

In 2016, she joined Vipers Kristiansand.^[3] Here, she won the Norwegian championship in her first season, which was the first title for the club.^[4] She won the Norwegian championship again in 2018, before joining Hungarian side Győri ETO KC.^[5] Here, she won the Hungarian championship in 2019, 2022 and 2023. She also won the EHF Champions League in 2019 and 2024.

National team

She made her debut on the Norwegian national team in March 2016 against Romania.^[6]

A year later, she won silver medals at the 2017 World Championship.^[7] She also participated at the 2018 European Championship.^[8]

Two years later, she won gold medlas at the 2020 European Championship.^[9] During the tournament, she scored 24 goals.^[10]

She won bronze medals at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo.^[11] During the tournament she scored 33 goals.^[12] Later the same year, she won gold medals at the 2021 World Championship, and was chosen as the tournament MVP.^[13]

Two years later, she won silver medals at the 2023 World Championship, losing to France in the final.^[14] She scored 7 goals during the tournament.^[15]

At the 2024 Olympics, she won gold medals for a second time in arow, and was selected for the tournament all star team.^[16] The same year, she won the 2024 European Championship, beating Denmark in the final.^[17][18]

Achievements

• Olympic Games:
  • Winner: 2024
  • Bronze: 2020
• World Championship:
  • Winner: 2021
  • Silver Medalist: 2017, 2023
• European Championship:
  • Winner: 2020, 2024
• EHF Champions League:
  • Winner: 2019, 2024, 2025
  • Finalist: 2022
  • Bronze: 2021, 2023
• EHF Cup:
  • Finalist: 2018
• Norwegian League:
  • Winner: 2017/2018
  • Silver: 2014/2015, 2016/2017
  • Bronze: 2015/2016
• Norwegian Cup:
  • Winner: 2017
  • Silver: 2015
• Hungarian Championship
  • Winner: 2019, 2022, 2023, 2025
• Hungarian Cup:
  • Winner: 2019, 2021

Individual awards

• All-Star Line Player of Postenligaen: 2013/2014
• All-Star Line Player of Grundigligaen: 2015/2016,^[19] 2016/2017^[20]
• All Star Line Player of Eliteserien: 2017/2018^[21]
• Best Player of Eliteserien: 2017/2018^[22]
• Eliteserien's "public favorite": 2017/2018^[23]
• Handball-Planet.com All-Star Line Player of the Year: 2019^[24]
• Most Valuable Player of the World Handball Championship: 2021^[13]
• Best Defender of the EHF Champions League: 2022^[25]
• All-Star Line Player of the Summer Olympics: 2024^[16]
• MVP of the EHF Champions League Final Four: 2025
• EHF Excellence Awards: All Star Line Player and Defender of the Season 2024/25^[26]

Personal life

On 25 April 2022, Brattset Dale announced her pregnancy.^[27] She gave birth to her son, Nils on the 1st of November 2022.^[28]