Hans Óttar Lindberg Tómasson (born 1 August 1981) is a Danish

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 of Icelandic descent for Füchse Berlin and the Danish national team. He won the

2008 European Men's Handball Championship The 2008 EHF European Men's Handball Championship (8th tournament) was held in Norway from 17 to 27 January, in the cities of Bergen, Drammen, Lillehammer, Stavanger and Trondheim. Denmark men's national handball team, Denmark won the tournament ...

and the

2012 European Men's Handball Championship The 2012 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the tenth edition of the men's continental handball tournament, which was held in Serbia between 15 and 29 January 2012. Sixteen teams qualified for the event, including host nation Serbia, ...

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 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar ( en, Hafnarfjörður Gymnastics Club), commonly referred to as FH, is an Icelandic multi-sports club based in Hafnarfjörður. The club competes in football, handball, athletics, and fencing. It was founded in 1929 ...

. He had Icelandic citizenship until he was 18. His paternal grandparents immigrated to Iceland from Suduroy on the

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in the mid-1940s. He is sometimes referred to as the

Icelander Icelander can refer to: *A person from the country of Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's ...

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 Nordsjælland Håndbold is a handball club, based in Helsinge, Denmark. Currently, Nordsjælland Håndbold competes in the men's Danish Handball League, and plays its home matches in Helsinge-Hallen in Helsinge. The women's team is competing in ...

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

2012–13 EHF Champions League The 2012–13 EHF Champions League was the 53rd edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament and the 20th edition under the current EHF Champions League format. THW Kiel was the defending champion. The final four was played on 1–2 June ...

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 Grün-Weiß Dankersen-Minden, commonly known as GWD Minden, is a handball club from Minden, Germany, and is competing in the German Handball-Bundesliga. Crest, colours, supporters Kits Accomplishments * National Championship of Germany: 2 ...

took him past the 2905 goals scored by

Yoon Kyung-shin Yoon Kyung-shin (born July 7, 1973 in Seoul) is a South Korean handball manager and former player. Playing career Yoon Kyung-shin could play in German Handball-Bundesliga through his outstanding performances in World Championships. He played f ...

. He won the

2022–23 EHF European League The 2022–23 EHF European League was the 42nd season of Europe's secondary club handball tournament organised by European Handball Federation (EHF), and the 3rd season since it was renamed from the EHF Cup to the EHF European League. Füchse B ...

with Füchse Berlin.

Individual awards

*All-Star Right wing of the World Championship:

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*Top scorer EHF Champions League: 2012–2013. *Top scorer of the Handball-Bundesliga (HBL): 2009–2010, 2012–2013, 2021–2022 *

EHF Excellence Awards The EHF Excellence Awards is an annual handball awards ceremony held by the European Handball Federation. It was first held in 2023 in Vienna, Austria. The best players of the season on each position both on the men's and women's side are awarded, ...

Best right wing of the season: 2022–2023

References

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1981 births Living people Danish male handball players Olympic handball players for Denmark Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Danish people of Icelandic descent Viborg HK players Handball-Bundesliga players Expatriate handball players Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Füchse Berlin Reinickendorf HBC players People from Høje-Taastrup Municipality Handball players from Region Zealand Handball players from the Capital Region of Denmark {{Denmark-handball-bio-stub 21st-century Danish sportsmen