Ole Gustav Gjekstad

Coaching career Gjekstad coached women's club Larvik HK 1999–2005. and again from 2011–2015. Larvik HK won the 2004–05 EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup and the 2010–11 EHF Women's Champions League with Gjekstad.

From 2005 to 2008, he coached the men’s club Drammen HK. During this period Drammen HK won the Norwegian league twice and once the Norwegian cup. In 2023 he became the head coach of Odense Håndbold on a three year contract. Here he won the 2024-25 Danish Championship by managing the team to a perfect 26 wins out of 26 in the regular season and then beating Team Esbjerg in the finals.

On 1 October 2024, Gjekstad was named the new head coach of the Norwegian women's national team, starting January 1, 2025, following the end of the contract of Þórir Hergeirsson. His first major international tournament with the national team was the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship. Norway won gold medals, winning every single match except the final against Germany with nine or more goals. His team was in many ways a continuation of Hergeirsson's team, with most players being former world champions, including Reistad, Lunde, Mørk and, Skogrand among others. This resulted in him being named Danish Women's Coach of the year by Dansk Håndbold.

Honours EHF Champions League Best coach: 2021