Peter Andreas Larsson (born 13 August 1974) is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

handball player who competed in the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

and in the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

. He was born in Locketorp,

Skövde Skövde () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and urban centre in Skövde Municipality and Västra Götaland County, in the Västergötland, Västergötland (Western Gothland region) in central Southern Sweden. Skövde is situated some 150 ...

. In 1996 he was a member of the Swedish handball team won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played two matches and scored six goals. Four years later he was part of the Swedish team which won the silver medal again. He played seven matches and scored 17 goals.

References

* 1974 births Living people Swedish male handball players Olympic handball players for Sweden Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Expatriate handball players Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games {{Sweden-handball-bio-stub