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Mikkel Hansen (born 22 October 1987) is a Danish handball player for Aalborg Håndbold and the Danish national team.[1][2][3]

Mikkel Hansen
PSG vs. Toulouse on 16. April 2016
Personal information
Born	(1987-10-22) 22 October 1987 (age 35) Helsingør, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Aalborg Håndbold
Number	24
Youth career
Years	Team
1997–2000	Helsingør IF
2000–2005	Virum-Sorgenfri HK
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2005–2008	GOG Håndbold
2008–2010	FC Barcelona
2010–2012	AG København
2012–2022	Paris Saint-Germain
2022–	Aalborg Håndbold
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–	Denmark	239	(1243)
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2020 Tokyo Team World Championship 2019 Denmark/Germany 2021 Egypt 2011 Sweden 2013 Spain European Championship 2012 Serbia 2014 Denmark 2022 Hungary/Slovakia

Hansen is regarded as one of the greatest players in handball history, and has been named the IHF World Player of the Year for a record-tying three times.[4]

Career

He was voted as the IHF World Player of the Year in 2011, 2015 and 2018 by the International Handball Federation.[5]

He joined FC Barcelona Handbol in June 2008. He previously played for Danish Handball League club GOG, with whom he won the Danish championship in 2007. On 2 June 2010 he returned to Denmark, to play for AG København, after two years of playing in Spain. After two years and two championships, the club folded in 2012 with Hansen joining the newly formed French team PSG Handball. He played for PSG for ten seasons, before going back to Denmark and Aalborg Håndbold.

Mikkel Hansen is an Olympic Champion, a World Champion, and European Champion with the Danish national team, winning the 2016 title in Rio de Janeiro, the 2019 title in Denmark, and 2012 title in Serbia. He was also selected into the All-Star team of the tournament as the best left back.[6] In 2011 he was a part of the Danish team that finished second in the World Championships in Sweden. He was the tournament's overall top goal scorer.

In 2019, he led Denmark to their first-ever World Championships win. He became the top scorer and MVP of the tournament. Later same year he was named the best in the world for the third time of his career.^{[citation needed]}

In 2021 he yet again won the World Championship with Denmark, and was selected both as the best left back and as MVP.

In the 2020 Olympics, where Denmark got a silver medal, he was again chosen as the best left back, and he became the top goalscorer with 61 goals.[7][8] With those 61 goals he broke the record of most scored goals in one men's olympic handball tournament.[9] During the tournament he also became the number one goalscorer ever in the men's handball olympics, with a total of 165 goals.[10]

Personal life

His father Flemming Hansen [de] played for the Danish national handball team, where he played 120 national team matches, scored 240 goals and participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics.[11][12]

In January 2019, he became a father when his girlfriend Stephanie gave birth to a son.

Individual awards

• IHF World Player of the Year – Men: 2011,[13] 2015,[14] 2018[15]
• Handball-Planet – Best World Handball Player: 2016,[16] 2019,[17] 2021[18]
• Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the Olympic Games: 2016[19]
• Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the World Championship: 2013, 2019, 2021[20]
• Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the LNH Division 1: 2016
• Top Goalscorer of the Olympic Games: 2020
• Top Goalscorer of the World Championship: 2011, 2019
• Top Goalscorer of the EHF Champions League: 2012,[21] 2016
• Top Goalscorer of the LNH Division 1: 2015, 2016
• All-Star Left back of the Olympic Games: 2016, 2020[22]
• All-Star Left back of the World Championship: 2011, 2021[20]
• All-Star Left back of the European Championship: 2012,[23] 2014,[24] 2018, 2022[25]
• All-Star Left back of the EHF Champions League: 2017,[26] 2019, 2021[27]
• All-Star Playmaker of the EHF Champions League: 2014, 2015,[28] 2020

Honours

Club

• French Championship:
  • Winners: 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
  • Runners-up: 2013–14
• Coupe de France
  • Winners: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2020–21, 2021–22
  • Runners-up: 2012–13, 2015–16
• Coupe de la Ligue
  • Winners: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
  • Runners-up: 2015–16
• Trophée des Champions
  • Winners: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019
  • Runners-up: 2017
• Danish Championship:
  • Winners: 2007, 2011, 2012
  • Runners-up: 2006, 2008
• Danish Cup:
  • Winners: 2005, 2010, 2011
  • Runners-up: 2007, 2008
• Danish super Cup:
  • Winners: 2022
• Spanish Championship:
  • Runners-up: 2009, 2010
• ASOBAL Cup:
  • Winners: 2010
  • Runners-up: 2009
• Spanish Supercup:
  • Winners: 2009, 2010
• Spanish Cup:
  • Winners: 2009, 2010
• EHF Champions League
  • Runners-up: 2016–17
  • Third place: 2011–12, 2017–18, 2019–20
• IHF Super Globe
  • Runners-up: 2016

International

• Olympics:
  •  Gold: 2016
  •  Silver: 2020
• World championship:
  •  Gold: 2019, 2021
  •  Silver: 2011, 2013
• European championship:
  •  Gold: 2012
  •  Silver: 2014
  •  Bronze: 2022

See also

• List of handballers with 1000 or more international goals

References

External links

• Barcelona profile
• Mikkel Hansen at European Handball Federation
• Mikkel Hansen at Ligue Nationale de Handball (in French)
• Mikkel Hansen at Olympics.com
• Mikkel Hansen at Olympedia

На других языках

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[de] Mikkel Hansen

Mikkel Hansen (* 22. Oktober 1987 in Helsingør) ist ein dänischer Handballspieler. Seit August 2022 steht er beim dänischen Verein Aalborg Håndbold unter Vertrag. Er wurde zum Welthandballer der Jahre 2011, 2015 und 2018 gewählt.[3][4] Nur ihm und seinem ehemaligem langjährigen Pariser Teamkameraden Nikola Karabatić wurde diese Auszeichnung dreimal verliehen.

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- [en] Mikkel Hansen

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[fr] Mikkel Hansen

Mikkel Hansen, né le 22 octobre 1987 à Elseneur, est un joueur international danois de handball évoluant au poste d'arrière gauche. Il est considéré comme l'un des meilleurs handballeurs de l'histoire et a d'ailleurs été élu à trois reprises meilleur handballeur mondial de l'année par la Fédération internationale de handball, en 2011[3],[4] puis en 2015[5],[6] et enfin en 2018[7].

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[it] Mikkel Hansen

Mikkel Hansen (Helsingør, 22 ottobre 1987) è un pallamanista danese.

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[ru] Хансен, Миккель

Миккель Хансен (дат. Mikkel Hansen; род. 22 октября 1987 года, Хельсингёр) — датский гандболист, левый полусредний датского клуба «Ольборг» и сборной Дании. Олимпийский чемпион 2016 года, чемпион мира 2019 года, чемпион Европы 2012 года. Самый ценный игрок Олимпийских игр 2016 года, самый ценный игрок чемпионатов мира 2013, 2019 и 2021 годов, лучший бомбардир чемпионатов мира 2011 и 2019 годов, лучший левый полусредний чемпионата мира 2021.

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