Mikkel Hansen facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mikkel Hansen
Personal information
Born	(1987-10-22) 22 October 1987 (age 37) Helsingør, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Left back
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
2022–2024	Aalborg Håndbold
National team 1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2024	Denmark	276	(1387)
Medal record Representing  Denmark Olympic Games Gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team Gold 2024 Paris Team Silver 2020 Tokyo Team World Championship Gold 2019 Denmark/Germany Gold 2021 Egypt Gold 2023 Poland/Sweden Silver 2011 Sweden Silver 2013 Spain European Championship Gold 2012 Serbia Silver 2014 Denmark Silver 2024 Germany Bronze 2022 Hungary/Slovakia
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 11th August 2024

Mikkel Hansen (born 22 October 1987) is a Danish former professional handball player.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest handball players of all time, Hansen has won the IHF World Player of the Year a record-tying three times.

Career

Hansen in 2008

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

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. 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, that same year, he was named the best in the world for the third time of his career.

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 goal scorer with 61 goals. With those 61 goals, he broke the record of most scored goals in one men's olympic handball tournament. During the tournament, he also became the number one goal scorer ever in the men's handball olympics, with a total of 165 goals.

In April 2024 Hansen announced his retirement from handball during the following summer

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.

He married Stephanie Gundelach in 2020. The couple have two sons, Eddie Max born in January 2019, and Vince born in May 2021.

Individual awards

• IHF World Player of the Year – Men: 2011, 2015, 2018
• Handball-Planet – Best World Handball Player: 2016, 2019, 2021
• Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the Olympic Games: 2016
• Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the World Championship: 2013, 2019, 2021
• 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, 2016
• Top Goalscorer of the LNH Division 1: 2015, 2016
• All-Star Left back of the Olympic Games: 2016, 2020
• All-Star Left back of the World Championship: 2011, 2021
• All-Star Left back of the European Championship: 2012, 2014, 2018, 2022
• All-Star Left back of the EHF Champions League: 2017, 2019, 2021
• All-Star Playmaker of the EHF Champions League: 2014, 2015, 2020
• His player number 24 becoming a retired number at Aalborg Håndbold

Major tournament statistics

Hansen (right) playing for Denmark against Russia at the 2010 European Men's Handball Championship

Hansen playing for Denmark at the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship

Hansen (left) playing for Denmark against France in 2016

Honours

Club

• French Championship:
  • Winners: 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
  • Runners-up: 2014
• 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: 2015–16
• Trophée des Champions
  • Winners: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019
  • Runners-up: 2017
• Danish Championship:
  • Winners: 2007, 2011, 2012, 2024
  • Runners-up: 2006, 2008, 2023
• Danish Cup:
  • Winners: 2005, 2010, 2011
  • Runners-up: 2007, 2008, 2023
• 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, 2023–24
  • Third place: 2011–12, 2017–18, 2019–20
• IHF Super Globe
  • Runners-up: 2016

International

• Olympics:
  • 1 Gold

2016, 2024

• • 2 Silver

2020

• World championship:
  • 1 Gold

2019, 2021, 2023

• • 2 Silver

2011, 2013

• European championship:
  • 1 Gold

2012

• • 2 Silver

2014, 2024

• • 3 Bronze: 2022

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
1358.	27 July 2024	Paris, France	FRA	36–31	2024 Summer Olympics
1359.
1360.
1361.
1362.
1363.
1364.	29 July 2024		EGY	30–27
1365.
1367.	31 July 2024		ARG	38–27
1368.
1369.	2 August 2024		HUN	28–25
1370.
1371.
1372.
1373.
1374.	4 August 2024		NOR	32–25
1375.	7 August 2024	Lille, France	SWE	32–31
1376.
1377.
1378.
1379.
1380.
1381.	9 August 2024		SVN	31–30
1382.
1383.
1384.
1385.
1386.	11 August 2024		GER	39–26
1387.

See also

In Spanish: Mikkel Hansen para niños

• List of handballers with 1000 or more international goals