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Hans Lindberg
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Personal information
Full name Hans Óttar Lindberg Tómasson
Born (1981-08-01) 1 August 1981 (age 43)
Høje-Taastrup, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Right wing
Club information
Current club HØJ Elite
Senior clubs
Years Team
1999–2005
Team Helsinge
2005–2007
Viborg HK
2007–2016
HSV Hamburg
2016–2024
Füchse Berlin
2024–
HØJ Elite
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–
Denmark 299 (805)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold 2024 Paris Team
World Championship
Gold 2019 Germany/Denmark
Gold 2023 Poland/Sweden
Silver 2011 Sweden
Silver 2013 Spain
European Championship
Gold 2008 Norway
Gold 2012 Serbia
Silver 2014 Denmark
Silver 2024 Germany
Bronze 2022 Hungary/Slovakia
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 29. January 2024

Hans Óttar Lindberg Tómasson (born 1 August 1981) is a Danish handball player of Icelandic descent for HØJ Elite and the Danish national team. He has played the second most matches for the Danish national team, and measured in years he has the record for longest time on the national team ever as well as oldest player for the Danish team.

He won the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship and the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship with the Danish national team. He currently plays for Füchse Berlin.

He is of Icelandic descent as both of Lindberg's parents, Tómas Erling Lindberg and Sigrún Sigurðardóttir, are Icelandic. His parents played handball in Iceland with Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar. He had Icelandic citizenship until he was 18. His paternal grandparents immigrated to Iceland from Suduroy on the Faroe Islands in the mid-1940s.

He is sometimes referred to as the Icelander on the Danish national team in Icelandic media. He understands Icelandic in conversation but is unable or refuses to speak Icelandic when speaking to media.

Career

Hans Lindberg started his career in Team Helsinge. In 2006 Team Helsinge merged with Hillerød HK, and is now Nordsjælland Håndbold.

Hans Lindberg became the 2009–2010, 2012–2013, and 2021–2022 season's Bundesliga Best Goal Scorer

He won 2012–13 EHF Champions League with HSV Hamburg, becoming top scorer in the tournament.

On 20 May 2023 Lindberg became the highest scoring player in Bundesliga history. The 12 goals he scored against GWD Minden took him past the 2905 goals scored by Yoon Kyung-shin.

He won the 2022–23 EHF European League with Füchse Berlin.

Individual awards

  • All-Star Right wing of the World Championship: 2013
  • Top scorer EHF Champions League: 2012–2013.
  • Top scorer of the Handball-Bundesliga (HBL): 2009–2010, 2012–2013, 2021–2022
  • EHF Excellence Awards Best right wing of the season: 2022–2023

See also

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