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.

Career Brattset Dale began playing handball at the age of 9 at the club Tune.

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. Here, she won the Norwegian championship in her first season, which was the first title for the club. She won the Norwegian championship again in 2018, before joining Hungarian side Győri ETO KC. 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.

A year later, she won silver medals at the 2017 World Championship. She also participated at the 2018 European Championship.

Two years later, she won gold medals at the 2020 European Championship. During the tournament, she scored 24 goals.

She won bronze medals at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo. During the tournament she scored 33 goals. Later the same year, she won gold medals at the 2021 World Championship, and was chosen as the tournament MVP. She scored 7 goals during the tournament.

At the 2024 Olympics, she won gold medals for a second time in arow, and was selected for the tournament all star team.

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, 2016/2017 All Star Line Player of Eliteserien: 2017/2018 Best Player of Eliteserien: 2017/2018 Eliteserien's "public favorite": 2017/2018 Handball-Planet.com All-Star Line Player of the Year: 2019 Most Valuable Player of the World Handball Championship: 2021 Best Defender of the EHF Champions League: 2022 All-Star Line Player of the Summer Olympics: 2024 MVP of the EHF Champions League Final Four: 2025 EHF Excellence Awards: All Star Line Player and Defender of the Season 2024/25

Personal life On 25 April 2022, Brattset Dale announced her pregnancy. She gave birth to her son, Nils on the 1 November 2022. On 4 September 2025, Brattset Dale announced her second pregnancy. She gave birth to her second son, Martin on 25 February 2026.