Live Rushfeldt Deila

Live Rushfeldt Deila
Personal information
Full name	Live Rushfeldt Deila
Born	(2000-01-15) 15 January 2000 (age 25) Porsgrunn, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Team Esbjerg
Number	8
Youth career
Years	Team
2016–2017	Reistad IL
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2017–2018	Glassverket IF
2018–2019	Skrim Kongsberg
2019–2021	Fredrikstad BK
2021–12/2023	Sola HK
12/2023–	Team Esbjerg
National team ^1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2023–	Norway	18	(20)
Medal record European Championship 2024 Austria/Hungary/Switzerland Junior European Championship 2019 Hungary Youth European Championship 2017 Slovakia
^1 National team caps and goals correct as of 4 January 2025

Live Rushfeldt Deila (born 15 January 2000)[1] is a Norwegian handball player who plays for Team Esbjerg[2] and the Norwegian national team.[3]

Career

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

In 2017 she transferred to first league team Glassverket IF.[4] After a year she joined Skrim Kongsberg, where she also played for a single season before joining Fredrikstad BK, where she was reunited with her twin sister.[5]

In 2021 she joined Sola HK in search of a club, where she could be the first choice. Here she won silver medals in the Norwegian cup once.[6][7]

Halfway through the season in 2023 she joined Danish side Team Esbjerg.[8] With Esbjerg she won the Danish championship in 2024.

She also represented Norway at the 2017 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship, placing 2nd, at the 2018 Women's Youth World Handball Championship, placing 11th[9] and at the 2019 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship, placing 2nd.[10]

In 2023 she debuted for the Norwegian national team. In 2024 she won the European championship.[11]

Achievements

• European Championship:
  • Winner: 2024
• Junior European Championship:
  • Silver Medalist: 2019
• Youth European Championship:
  • Silver Medalist: 2017
• EHF Champions League:
  • Bronze medalist: 2023/2024
• Norwegian League
  • Bronze: 2021/2022, 2022/2023
• Norwegian Cup
  • Silver: 2022/2023
• Danish League:
  • Winner: 2024
• Danish Cup:
  • Winner: 2024

Personal life

She is the twin sister of Thale Rushfeldt Deila[12] and daughter of former international footballer Ronny Deila. Her uncle Sigurd Rushfeldt was also a professional football player.

References

1. "EHF Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
2. "20: Live Rushfeldt Deila" (in Norwegian). fredrikstadbk.no. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
3. "Profiler Håndballjentene". NHF. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
4. Sørøy, Trond (16 May 2020). "Thale og Live – tvillinger med suksess" [Thale and Live - twins with success] (in Norwegian). Norsk Topphåndball. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
5. "Live Rushfeldt Deila klar for FBK" [Live Rushfeldt Deila ready for FBK] (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
6. "En av søstrene Deila forlater FBK" [One of the Deila sisters leaves FBK] (in Norwegian). Fredriksstad Blad. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
7. Sørøy, Trond (2 February 2022). "Live R. Deila: – Det har føltes godt å få muligheten til å bli et førstevalg" [Live R. Deila: Feeling good to get the possibility to be first choice] (in Norwegian). Norsk Topphåndball. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
8. "Norsk allroundspiller med stort potentiale kommer nu" [Norwegian all round player with great potential arrives now]. teamesbjerg.dk (in Danish). Team Esbjerg. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
9. "NOR - Norway" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
10. "2019 Women's European Championship 19 – Final Tournament". EHF. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
11. "Håndballjentene er europamestere!" [The handball ladies are European Champions]. handball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
12. "DHDb > Live Rushfeldt Deila". dhdb.hyldgaard-jensen.dk. Retrieved 23 May 2020.