Elias Ellefsen á Skipagøtu (born 19 May 2002) is a Faroese professional

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player for

IK Sävehof IK Sävehof is a Swedish handball team located in Partille. Their home matches are played at the Partille Arena which has a capacity of 4,000. Women's team The women's team competes in Svensk Handbollselit. They won the championship 15 times ( ...

and the Faroese national team. He participated at the 2022 European Under-20 Championship and the 2023 Junior World Championship.

Achievements

* Swedish Handball League **''Winner:'' 2021 **''Runner-up:'' 2023 *

Swedish Handball Cup The Swedish Handball Cup ( sv, Svenska cupen i handboll) is the nationwide cup tournament for handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (s ...

**''Winner:'' 2022 *

European Open Handball Championship The European Open Handball Championship, or "Unofficial Youth Handball Championship", is a tournament hosted by European Handball Federation and Swedish Handball Federation, which takes place in Göteborg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, ...

**''Winner:'' 2019 ;Individual Awards *

MVP In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...

Handbollsligan Handbollsligan ''(literally, "The Handball league")'' is the highest league in the league system of Swedish handball, and comprises the top 14 Swedish handball teams. The first season began in 1931–32. The season ends with a playoff. Structure ...

2021/2022 * All-Star Team as Best centre back of Handbollsligan 2021/2022

Personal life

His mother Gunn Ellefsen is the current president of the

Handball Federation of the Faroe Islands , abbrev= HSF , logo= , logosize= 200px , countryflag= Faroe Islands , iocnation= Israel (ISR) , url= www.hsf.fo , sport= Handball , othersport1= Beach handball , othersport2= , historytitle=HISTORY , precedingorganisationsname= , yearfounded= , ...

. His younger brother Rói Ellefsen á Skipagøtu is also a handball player. He is the cousin of the handball playing siblings of Óli Mittún, also playing for IK Sävehof, Pauli Mittún, and Jana Mittún.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ellefsen a Skipagotu, Elias 2002 births Living people Faroese male handball players IK Sävehof players Expatriate handball players Handball players from Copenhagen