Kathrine Heindahl

Kathrine Brothmann Heindahl (born 26 March 1992) is a Danish handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Danish national team.

Career Heindahl started playing handball at Nyborg GIF on Funen. In 2007 she joined Funen mastodont team GOG, where she played until 2010, when she joined Team Tvis Holstebro on a three year deal. Here she won the EHF European League in 2012/13. She left TTH due to a release clause in her contract.

She joined Randers HK in 2013, where she played for four years. Then she joined Odense Håndbold for three years.

On 10 February 2020, it was announced that Heindahl had signed a 1-year contract with CSKA Moscow. Here she won the Russian Championship in 2021. In 2022 she terminated her contract on mutual agreement with the club following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. She was not in Russia at the time of invasion, as she was away on duty with the Danish national team. After the international break, she decided not to return to Russia.

Afterwards she joined Danish Team Esbjerg. Here she won the Danish Championship in 2023 and 2024 and the Danish Cup in 2022.

She has announced that she will leave the club at the end of the 2024/2025 season.

National team In 2009 she won the U17 European Championship, and in 2011 she won the U19 European Championship.

She made her debut on the Danish national team on 24 September 2010 against Turkey. She played 5 games between September 2010 and April 2011, but would then not be selected for the national team for three years. In 2014 she was once again in the team.

She participated at the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship in Sweden, where Denmark came 4th.

A year later she played in the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship.

At the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship she would once again come in 4th with the Danish national team.

At the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship she would win her first international medal with Denmark, when they won Bronze medals.

At the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship she won silver medals, and was included in the tournament all-star team.

Outside the court Katrine Heindahl is the vice chairperson of the Danish labour union for Handball players 'spillerforeningen'.

Achievements Damehåndboldligaen: Winner: 2023, 2024, 2026 Silver Medalist: 2013, 2018, 2020, 2025 Bronze Medalist: 2014, 2019 Danish Cup: Winner: 2016, 2022 Finalist: 2018, 2019 EHF Cup: Winner: 2013 Finalist: 2011 EHF Champions League Bronze Medalist: 2024-25

Individual awards Best Defender at the 2022 European Championship EHF Excellence Awards Best defender of the season: 2022/23