Lars Rasmussen (handballer)

For the Danish Prime Minister, see Lars Løkke Rasmussen. For the Google developer, see Lars Rasmussen (software developer).

Lars Rasmussen
Personal information
Born	(1976-04-09) 9 April 1976 (age 49) Hillerød, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Left Wing
Club information
Current club	KIF Kolding
Youth career
Years	Team
0000-0000	Lyngby HK
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1995-2002	Virum-Sorgenfri HK
2002-2003	Ajax Farum
2003-2005	GWD Minden
2005-2010	Team Tvis Holstebro
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998-2010	Denmark	86	(220 [1] )
Teams managed
2010-2012	Horsens HK
2013-2015	Vendsyssel Håndbold
2015-2017	Ringkøbing Håndbold
2017-2018	Siófok KC
2018	KIF Kolding (assistant)
2019	KIF Kolding
Medal record Representing   Denmark Men's handball World Championships 2007 Germany Team competition European Championships 2008 Norway Team competition 2006 Switzerland Team competition

Lars Rasmussen (born 9 April 1976) is a Danish former team handball player and coach. He was European Champion by winning the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship with the Danish national handball team. ^{[2] [3]} This was the first time Denmark won a major international tournament. He also received a bronze medal at the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship and at the 2006 European Men's Handball Championship.

Playing career

Rasmussen started his career Virum-Sorgenfri HK, ^[4] where he won the 1997 Herrehåndboldligaen, the first in club history. ^[5] He then joined Ajax Farum. ^[4] In 2003 he joined German team GWD Minden. ^[4] In 2005 he returned to Denmark to play for Team Tvis Holstebro, where he played until 2010, where he retired. ^[6] With TTH he won the Danish Men's Handball Cup in 2008. ^[7]

National team

He made his debut for the Danish national team in 1998, ^[1] where he was primarily the back up to first Nikolaj Jacobsen followed Lars Christiansen.

He played at the 2006 European Championship, but was only included in the squad after Boris Schnuchel was injured shortly before the tournament. Here he won a bronze medal with Denmark.

Coaching career

In 2010 he became the assistant coach at the women's team of Horsens HK. ^[8] Later he became the head coach of both the men's and women's team. ^[9] He left the team, when they went bankrupt in 2012. ^{[10] [11]}

In 2013 he took over Vendsyssel Håndbold in the Danish 1st Division. ^[11]

In 2015 he took over Ringkøbing Håndbold in the top flight. ^[12] In 2017 he moved to Hungary and became the head coach of Siófok KC. ^[13]

In 2018 he returned to Denmark and became the assistant coach at KIF Kolding. ^[14] In February 2019 he was promoted to head coach, which he was for the rest of the season. ^[15]

Post playing career

In November 2023 he published to book What the fuck, Lars! Alle kan blive til noget, about how his life changed following getting diagnosed with autism and ADHD. ^[16]

References

1. "Lars Rasmussen - Profile" (in Danish). Danish Handball Federation . Retrieved 3 December 2025.
2. "Denmark" Archived 2008-01-29 at the Wayback Machine –European Handball Federation (2008) (Retrieved on February 3, 2008)
3. "Lars Christiansen husker dén kamp mod Kroatien, der indledte Danmarks guldalder" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. 2 February 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
4. "Rasmussen neu im Kader von Minden" (in Danish). THW Kiel.
5. "Historien" (in Danish). Virum Sorgenfri Håndboldklub. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
6. "Lars Rasmussen har fået nok" (in Danish). dr.dk. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
7. "Tidligere vindere af Pokalturneringen "Santander Cup"". tophaandbold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 20 February 2025.
8. "Lars Rasmussen har fået nyt job" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
9. "Vendsyssel offentliggør ny træner". TV2 Nord. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015.
10. Hasseriis, Jørgen (12 November 2019). "Ny supporterklub i HH Elite dyrker fællesskabet og håber på flere medlemmer". Ugeavisen (in Danish). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
11. "Lars Rasmussen ny cheftræner i Vendsyssel Håndbold" (PDF) (in Danish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
12. "Dänemark: Ehemaliger HBL-Profi wird Erstliga-Trainer" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
13. "Lars Rasmussen bekræfter: Siofok er næste destination" (in Danish). hbold.dk. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
14. Kristensen, Jonas Bisgaard (25 June 2018). "KIF ansætter tidligere europamester som ny assistent". JydskeVestkysten. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
15. "KIF trennt sich von Lars Rasmussen" (in German). nordschleswiger.dk. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
16. "Tidligere top-håndboldspiller udgiver bog om livet med autisme". Autismeforeningen (in Danish). 13 November 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

External links

• Lars Rasmussen at the European Handball Federation