Joachim Boldsen (born 30 April 1978) is a

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former

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player. He is European Champion by winning the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship with the Danish national handball team. Boldsen recently played for KIF Kolding København, and has previously played for

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side AaB Håndbold and Spanish league side

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Career

Club career

In Boldsen's earliest career, he played for such clubs as Helsingør IF (from 1993), GOG Gudme (two seasons, 1997–1999),

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(two seasons, 1999–2001), and Ajax Farum. From 2001 to 2007, he played with the

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first league team

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, helping them to win their first championship in 2004. He won the ''DHB-Pokal'' with Flensburg in 2003, 2004 and 2005. In 2007, he changed to

team AaB Håndbold for a single season before switching to

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. With FC Barcelona, he won the ''Spanish Supercup'' in 2008/2009. In 2010 he changed for Danish team AG Håndbold. Here he won the danish championship two times and made it to final4 in champions league.

National handball team career

Boldsen had his debut on the Danish national handball team on August 23, 1998, and in the following ten years he played 186 matches for the team, scoring 405 goals. On September 30, 2008, he announced that he was resigning from the national team due to the increased traveling hours following his change to FC Barcelona. In his career, he was part of winning the 2008 European Championship, and part of the bronze winning team in the 2007 World Championship as well as bronze in the European Championships in 2002, 2004, and 2006. Boldsen played at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where Denmark reached the quarter-finals, and placed seventh after being eliminated by

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. As a junior, Boldsen became Junior European Champion with Denmark in 1996, and Junior World Champion in 1997.

Personal life

Boldsen is the son of former national-team handball player, Steen Boldsen. He is married to Nancy Rietveld Boldsen, with whom he has the daughter Fleur. He has participated in TV 2's '' Vild med dans'', the Danish version of '' Dancing with the Stars'', but had to withdraw due to an injury he got at handball practice.

References

External links

FCBarcelona.com profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boldsen, Joachim 1978 births Living people Danish male handball players Danish expatriate sportspeople in Spain FC Barcelona Handbol players SG Flensburg-Handewitt players Olympic handball players for Denmark Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Liga ASOBAL players Aalborg Håndbold players Sportspeople from Helsingør Handball players from the Capital Region of Denmark