Benjamin Jakobsen

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Benjamin Jakobsen
Personal information
Born (1991-09-09) 9 September 1991 (age 32)
Hamburg, Germany
Nationality Danish
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Sporting CP
Number 3
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2009–2012
Skanderborg Håndbold
2012–2014
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold
2018–2019
Skjern Håndbold
2019–2023
Aalborg Håndbold
2023–
Sporting CP
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013-
Denmark 3 (1)
Medal record
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Egypt

Benjamin Jakobsen (born 9 September 1991) is a Danish handball player for Sporting CP and the Danish national team. [1]

He represented Denmark at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship. [2] [3]

In 2014 he retired temporarily, [4] but in 2018 he returned to the handball field. In 2019 he joined Aalborg Håndbold.

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References

  1. "Benjamin Jakobsen". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. "Nikolaj Jacobsen indkalder 20 spillere til VM". Danish Handball Federation (DHF). 17 December 2020. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  3. "Team Roster Denmark" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102133017/https://www.bjerringbro-silkeborg.dk/benjamin-jakobsen-og-bjerringbro-silkeborg-ophaever-i-faellesskab-kontrakten/