Nationality Danish Name Mikkel Hansen Playing position Role Handball Player | Current club PSG Handball Height 1.96 m Number 24 Weight 98 kg | |
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Born 22 October 1987 (age 36)
Helsingor, Denmark ( 1987-10-22 ) 1997–2000
2000–2005 IF Helsingor
Virum-Sorgenfri HK 2005–2008
2008–2010
2010–2012
2012– GOG Svendborg TGI
FC Barcelona
AG Kobenhavn
PSG Handball Parents Helle Hansen, Flemming Hansen Olympic medals Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament Similar People Niklas Landin Jacobsen, Anders Eggert, Nikola Karabatic, Rene Toft Hansen, Ulrik Wilbek Profiles | ||
Mikkel Hansen (born 22 October 1987) is a Danish handball player for PSG Handball and the Danish national team.
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Career
He was voted as the IHF World Player of the Year in 2011 and 2015 by the International Handball Federation.
He joined FC Barcelona 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 2 years of playing in Spain.
Mikkel Hansen is an Olympic Champion and European Champion with the Danish national team, winning the 2016 title in Rio de Janeiro and 2012 title in Serbia. He was also selected into the All-Star team of the tournament as the best left back. 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.
Personal life
His father Flemming Hansen played for the Danish national handball team, where he played 120 national team matches, scored 240 goals and participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
In his spare time, he knits.