Silje Solberg-Østhassel

Silje Solberg
Solberg-Østhassel in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Silje Margaretha Solberg-Østhassel
Born	(1990-06-16) 16 June 1990 (age 34) Bærum, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Without club
Number	12
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2006–2007	Helset IF
2007–2014	Stabæk IF
2014–2016	TTH Holstebro
2016–2018	Issy-Paris Hand
2018–2020	Siófok KC
2020–2024	Győri ETO KC
2024–01/2025	Vipers Kristiansand
National team ^1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–	Norway	228	(9)
Medal record Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team 2020 Tokyo Team World Championship 2015 Denmark 2021 Spain 2017 Germany 2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden European Championship 2014 Croatia/Hungary 2016 Sweden 2020 Denmark 2022 Slovenia/North Macedonia /Montenegro 2024 Austria/Hungary/Switzerland 2012 Serbia Junior World Championship 2010 South Korea Junior European Championship 2009 Hungary
^1 National team caps and goals correct as of 13 January 2025

Silje Solberg-Østhassel (born 16 June 1990) is a Norwegian professional handball player who is currently without a club following the bankruptcy of her former club[1], Vipers Kristiansand. She also plays for the Norwegian national team.[2][3]

She is a twin sister of Sanna Solberg-Isaksen and is half Swedish through her mother.[4]

Career

Silje Solberg started playing handball at Helset IF, and later signed for Stabæk IF in the highest Norwegian league, where she played with her sister, Sanna Solberg. In 2011 she reached the final of the Norwegian cup with the club, where they lost to Larvik HK.[5]

In 2014 she joined Danish side Team Tvis Holstebro.[6] Here she won the EHF European League in 2015.

In the summer of 2016 she joined French team Issy-Paris Hand.[7] Two years after she joined Hungarian side Siófok KC.[8]

In 2020 she joined league rivals Győri ETO KC.[9] Here she won the 2021 Hungarian Cup, the 2022 and 2023 Hungarian league and the 2024 EHF Champions League.

In 2023 she took a break from handball due to maternity leave.[10]

In 2024 she returned to Norway to join Vipers Kristiansand.[11] She left the club again only later the same season, when the club went bankrupt.[1]

She debuted for the Norwegian national team on March 27th 2011 in a match against Russia.

Achievements

• Olympic Games:
  • Winner: 2024
  • Bronze: 2020
• World Championship:
  • Winner: 2015, 2021
  • Silver Medalist: 2017, 2023
• European Championship:
  • Winner: 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022, 2024
  • Silver Medalist: 2012
• Junior World Championship:
  • Winner: 2010
• Junior European Championship:
  • Winner: 2009
• EHF Champions League:
  • Winner: 2024
  • Silver Medalist: 2022
  • Bronze Medalist: 2021, 2023
• EHF Cup
  • Winner: 2015, 2019
• Hungarian Championship
  • Winner: 2022, 2023
• Magyar Kupa:
  • Winner: 2021
• Norwegian Cup:
  • Finalist: 2011, 2012

Individual awards

• All-Star Goalkeeper of Danish League 2015/2016[12]
• All-Star Goalkeeper of the European Championship: 2014
• All-Star Goalkeeper of Postenligaen 2013/2014
• MVP of the Møbelringen Cup: 2018[13]

Personal life

In February 2023 she announced that she was expecting her first child with her husband, Lars. In August 2023 she gave birth to her daughter, Emma.[14]

References

1. "Norsk storklub går konkurs - igen" [Norwegian top club in bankrupt - again] (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
2. "Silje Margaretha Solberg profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
3. EHF profile
4. Overvik, Jostein (11 December 2021). "Solberg-tvillingene halvt svenske: − De skulle valgt annerledes". VG (in Norwegian). Høidalen, Ida. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
5. "Familiedrama i NM-finalene" [Family drama in NM finals] (in Norwegian). budstikka.no. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
6. "TTH henter svensk Liga-topscorer og norsk landsholdskeeper" [TTH sings Swedish league topscorer and Norwegian national team player] (in Danish). TTH Holstebro.
7. "Transfermarkt: Erste Niederländerin in Paris" [Transfer Market: First Dutch woman in Paris] (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
8. "Siófok sign World and European Champion Goalkeeper". siofokkc.hu. Siófok KC. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
9. "Silje Solberg will join Győr from the next season". timeoutmag.com. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
10. "Változás kapusposzton - Solberg anyai örömök elé néz, Leynaud visszatér". gyorietokc.hu (in Hungarian). Győri ETO KC. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
11. "Velkommen Silje Solberg-Østhassel" [Welcome Silje Solberg-Østhassel]. vipers.no (in Norwegian). Vipers Kristiansand. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
12. "Årets hold Primo Tours Ligaen". tophåndbold.dk. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
13. "All-Star Team" (in Norwegian). handball.no. 25 November 2018.
14. "Babylykke for Silje Solber-Østhassel: – Verden stoppet opp" (in Norwegian). VG. 13 August 2023.

External links

• Silje Solberg at the International Handball Federation
• Silje Solberg at the European Handball Federation
• Silje Solberg at the Norwegian Handball Federation (in Norwegian)
• Silje Solberg at Olympics.com
• Silje Solberg at Olympedia
• Silje Solberg-Østhassel at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Silje Solberg-Østhassel on Instagram
• "Silje Solberg-Østhassel". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.