Thale Rushfeldt Deila

Thale Rushfeldt Deila (born 15 January 2000)^[1] is a Norwegian handball player for Odense Håndbold^[2][3] and the Norwegian national team.

Thale Rushfeldt Deila
Personal information
Born	(2000-01-15) 15 January 2000 (age 25) Porsgrunn, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Odense Håndbold
Number	33
Youth career
Years	Team
2015–2016	Reistad IL
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2016–2018	Glassverket IF
2018–2021	Fredrikstad BK
2021–2023	Molde Elite
2023–	Odense Håndbold
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2022–	Norway	64	(148)
Medal record Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team World Championship 2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden European Championship 2022 Slovenia/North Macedonia/Montenegro 2024 Austria/Hungary/Switzerland Youth European Championship 2017 Slovakia

Career

Thale Deila started playing handball at Reistad IL together with her twin sister, Live Deila.

In 2016 she transferred to first league team Glassverket IF.^[4] She made her senior debut on October 8th 2017 at the age of 17. ^[5] She played at Glassverket for two seasons, the last of them with her sister.

In 2018 she joined Fredrikstad BK.^[6] In 2019 her sister also joined the club, and they were thus reunited once again.^[7]

In 2021 she joined league rivals Molde HK.^[6] In 2023 she moved to Denmark to join Odense Håndbold.^[8] In the 2024-25 season, she achieved a perfect regular season with Odense Håndbold, winning 26 of 26 games.^[9] Later the same season she won the Danish Championship, when Odense beat Team Esbjerg in the final 2-1 in matches.^[10]

National Team

Thale Deila played 34 junior national team matches, scoring 110 goals. She also represented Norway at the 2017 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship, where she received silver^[11] and at the 2018 Women's Youth World Handball Championship, placing 11th.^[12]

She debuted for the senior team in April 2022. The same year she won the European Championship.

The year after she won the 2023 World Championship at home.^[13]

At the 2024 Olympics she won Gold medals with the Norwegian team.^[14] Later the same year she won the European championship.^[15]

Achievements

National team

• Olympic Games:
  • Winner: 2024
• World Championship:
  • Silver Medalist: 2023
• European Championship:
  • Winner: 2022, 2024
• Youth European Championship:
  • Silver Medalist: 2017

Club

• EHF Champions League:
  • Silver: 2025
• Danish League:
  • Gold: 2025
• Norwegian Cup:
  • Finalist: 2021

Individual awards

• All-Star Left Back of Eliteserien: 2019/2020

Personal life

She is the twin sister of fellow handballer Live Rushfeldt Deila, daughter of former international footballer Ronny Deila and niece of former international footballer Sigurd Rushfeldt.