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Mikkel Hansen is a Danish professional handball player for Aalborg Håndbold and the Danish national team.
Alexander Petersson is a Latvian-born Icelandic handball player for Valur. He was a member of the Icelandic national team from 2005 to 2021, appearing in 186 games.
Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson is an Icelandic retired handball player and current coach of VfL Gummersbach. A captain of the Iceland men's national handball team, Guðjón Valur broke the world record for most goals scored in international men's handball in 2018. He won silver with the Icelandic handball team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, as well as bronze at the 2010 European Championship.
Ljubomir Vranjes is a Swedish handball coach and former player who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is currently the sporting director of German team SG Flensburg-Handewitt.
Dainis Krištopāns is a Latvian professional handball player for MT Melsungen and the Latvian national team.
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Ivan Nikčević is a retired Serbian handball player.
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Ivan Stevanović is a retired Croatian handball player.
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Nemanja Đurić, is a Serbian former professional basketball player and former coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.
Edgars Kukša is a Latvian handball player for OHV Aurich and the Latvian national team.
Andis Ērmanis is a Latvian handball player for ZRHK Tenax Dobele and the Latvian national team.
Egils Politers is a Latvian handball player for ZRHK Tenax Dobele and the Latvian national team.
Evars Klešniks is a Latvian handball player for LiT Tribe Germania and the Latvian national team.
Armands Uščins is a Latvian handball coach of the Latvian national team. He coached the Latvian team at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship. Uščins' son Renārs plays for the Germany national team.
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- ↑ "Handbolistiem bezcerīgs zaudējums pret Austriju". sportacentrs.com. 12 March 2011. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
- ↑ "Uščins nosauc sastāvu eiropas čempionāta finālturnīram". handball.lv. 30 December 2019.
- ↑ "2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
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