Mads Mensah Larsen

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Mads Mensah Larsen
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Personal information
Born (1991-08-12) 12 August 1991 (age 32)
Holbæk, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Number 22
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
0000–2012
AG København
2010–2011
Nordsjælland Håndbold (loan)
2012–2014
Aalborg Håndbold
2014–2020
Rhein-Neckar Löwen
2020–
SG Flensburg-Handewitt
National team 1
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–
Denmark 201 (323)
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
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Poland/Sweden
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Spain
European Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Denmark
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Germany
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Hungary/Slovakia
Junior World Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Greece
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 29. January 2024

Mads Mensah Larsen (born 12 August 1991) is a Danish handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Denmark national team. [1]

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He previously played for the clubs AG København, Nordsjælland Håndbold and Aalborg Håndbold in Denmark [2] and the German club Rhein-Neckar Löwen.

He studied Humanistic informatics at Aalborg University. He has a Danish mother and a Ghanaian father. [3]

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References

  1. "Mads Mensah Larsen". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. "Statistic Men's National Team. Team Roster, Denmark". DHF . Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  3. Browne, Ken (24 September 2020). "Mads Mensah Larsen: Denmark handball's creative force" . Retrieved 7 August 2021.