Lasse Svan Hansen

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Lasse Svan Hansen
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Svan in 2016
Personal information
Born (1983-08-31) 31 August 1983 (age 42)
Stevns, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Right wing
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
1995–2002
 Sierslev HK
2002–2008
 GOG
2008–2022
 SG Flensburg-Handewitt
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2022
 Denmark 246 (572)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Germany/Denmark
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Egypt
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Sweden
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Spain
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Serbia
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Denmark
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Hungary/Slovakia

Lasse Svan Hansen (born 31 August 1983) is a Danish retired handballer, who last played for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Danish national team [1] He was admitted to the Danish Sports Hall of Fame in 2024 [2] and in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023. [3]

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Career

Svan started playing handball at Sierslev HK in Store Heddinge. Later he joined GOG Svendborg on Funen, where he debuted in the Danish handball league, Herrehåndboldligaen in 2002.

He won the Danish championship with GOG in 2007, [4] and the Danish cup in 2002, 2003 and 2005.

In 2008, he joined German club SG Flensburg-Handewitt in a trade for Kasper Nielsen. With Flensburg he won the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 2012, the EHF Champions League in 2014 and the DHB-Pokal in 2018 and in 2019. In 2021, he became the top appearance maker for SG Flensburg-Handewitt. He retired the following summer after 14 years at the club. [5]

National team

Svan has had one of the most successful careers ever on the Danish national team. He became European Champion with the Danish national team, after winning the 2012 Championship in Serbia, defeating the host nation in the final, 21–19.

In 2011, he also won silver medal at the World Championships in Sweden, losing to France in the final, and again at the 2013 World Championship in Spain, where Denmark lost to the host nation Spain in the final.

At the 2016 Olympics, he won gold medals with the Danish team, the first time Denmark had done so. Here he was in the tournament all-star team. [6]

He won the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship; the first time Denmark ever won the World Championship. [7] He defended the title at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship. In the quarter final against Egypt, he scored the final penalty in a penalty throw shootout, in what is called one of the wildest handball games ever played. [8] In the final, he was injured early and couldn't continue.

At the 2020 Olympics, he won Olympic silver medals with the Danish team, losing to Franch in the final. [9]

He played his last national team match on April 15, 2022 against Poland, receiving standing ovations by the Danish fans at the end of the match. [10]

Post playing career

After his playing career he has worked as a mental coach for the Counter Strike e-sports team Heroic. He started in this position in 2022. [11]

He has also acted as handball coach on Danish television.[ citation needed ]

He has studied to be teacher at UCL Skårup Seminarium.[ citation needed ]

Individual awards

Honours

References

  1. ↑ EHF profile
  2. ↑ "Lasse Svan optaget i Sportens Hall of Fame | Danmarks Idrætsforbund" (in Danish). Ritzau.
  3. ↑ "LEGENDARY PLAYERS ENTER THE HALL OF FAME OF EUROPEAN HANDBALL". www.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Statistic Men's National Team. Team Roster, Denmark". DHF . Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Abschied nach 14 Jahren" (in German). SG Flensburg Handewitt . Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "All-Star Team mit deutscher Beteiligung: Mikkel Hansen als MVP geehrt" [All star team with German participation: Mikkel Hansen as MVP] (in German). handball-world.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Flawless Denmark claim first world title". ihf.info. International Handball Federation. 27 January 2019.
  8. ↑ Løvig Nielsen, Morten (23 January 2023). "Verdens vildeste håndboldmøde gentager sig: Lasse Svan husker tilbage på kaosset i Kairo" [The world's wildest handball pairing repeats: Lasse Svan thinks back on the chaos in Cairo] (in Danish). Danmarks Radio . Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  9. ↑ ihf.info: Cumulative Statistics: Denmark, retrieved 7 August 2021
  10. ↑ "Lasse Svan Hansen retires with standing ovation". www.handball-planet.com. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  11. ↑ "Hvad laver EM-heltene fra 2012 i dag?". TV2 Danmark. 28 January 2024.
  12. ↑ "Men's All-star Team". International Handball Federation. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  13. ↑ "Danish Cup Winners Men". DHF. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
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