Only a single player in history – Romania’s Cristina Neagu – has won back-to-back IHF Female Player of the Year awards. Only two players have been named the IHF Female Player of the Year at least twice – Neagu and Hungary’s Bojana Radulovics. Now, Reistad can enter the panthenon of greats, as she is the current trophy holder, being voted as the 2023 IHF Female Player of the Year.

The left back, who turned 26 years old in February, was absolutely fantastic at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where she missed the first two matches, was ushered slowly into the team, but still finished 11th in the top goal scorer standings, with 28 goals in six matches, in a competition where she helped Norway clinch the gold medal.

At the EHF EURO 2024, Reistad was also excellent, being named the All-Star centre back, scoring 50 goals in the competition, while also clinching the gold medal. The Norway star was also the top goal scorer in the EHF Champions League Women for Team Esbjerg and has also scored 66 goals in the 2024/25 season in the last year, being the top scorer of the European premium competition.

Awards: EHF EURO 2024: All-Star centre back