Rune Dahmke

Rune Dahmke (born 10 April 1993) is a German professional handball player for THW Kiel and the Germany national team.

He was a part of the German team, that won gold medals at the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship. He was also on the German team that won silver medals at the 2024 Olympics.

Career Dahmke started playing handball at SV Mönkeberg and joined THW Kiel in 2008. In 2012 to 2014 he played for the 3. Liga side TSV Altenholz, while also playing for THW Kiel in the EHF Champions League. He made his debut in a 28:25 win over Romanian HCM Constanța, where he played for 2.5 minutes. With TSV Altenholz he was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga in the 2013–14 season.

The following season he became fully a part of the senior team at THW Kiel, where he signed a two-year deal, replacing Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson, who had left for FC Barcelona.

With Kiel he has won the DHB Supercup 6 times, the German Championship 4 times, the DHB-Pokal 3 times, as well as the EHF Cup and EHF Champions League.

Season statistics Season Team League Games Goals Penalty goals Outfield goals 2014/15 THW Kiel Bundesliga 28 47 3 44 2015/16 THW Kiel Bundesliga 30 88 9 79 2016/17 THW Kiel Bundesliga 28 63 0 63 2017/18 THW Kiel Bundesliga 27 52 0 52 2018/19 THW Kiel Bundesliga 34 43 0 43 2019/20 THW Kiel Bundesliga 26 26 0 26 2020/21 THW Kiel Bundesliga 37 82 0 82 2021/22 THW Kiel Bundesliga 31 38 0 38 2022/23 THW Kiel Bundesliga 32 40 0 40 2023/24 THW Kiel Bundesliga 33 73 0 73 2024/25 THW Kiel Bundesliga 31 55 0 55 2014–2025 Total Bundesliga 337 607 12 595 Source: Spielerprofil bei der Handball-Bundesliga

National team In November 2015 he was included in the German national team for the first time under Dagur Sigurðsson for the Super Cup against Brazil, Serbia and Slovenia. He would make his debut against Brazil in a 29:20 win. Jannik Kohlbacher made his debut in the same match.

In 2016 he won gold medals at the 2016 European Championship, beating Spain in the final 24:17.

At the 2022 European Championship he was once again included in the German team during the tournament, this time being included after the second game. In 2024 he was part of the team that finished 4th at the 2024 European Championship.

At the 2024 Olympics in Paris he was part of the German reserves, and entered the team after the first match, when Tim Hornke was injured. At this tournament he won silver medals, losing to Denmark in the final. For this he was awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt. At the 2025 World Championship he finished 6th with the German team, once again going out against Denmark.

At the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship he won silver medals, losing to Denmark in the final.

Personal life Dahmke's father, Frank Dahmke, also played for THW Kiel, between 1981 and 1991. Since February 2014 he has been a member of the THW Kiel supervisory board.

He is married to fellow handballer, Stine Bredal Oftedal. Their daughter, Amelie was born in July 2025.

Honours European Championship: 2016 Summer Olympics: 2024 EHF Champions League: 2020 EHF Cup: 2019 Handball-Bundesliga: 2015, 2020, 2021, 2023 DHB-Pokal 2017, 2019, 2022, 2025 DHB-Supercup: 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023