Kim Andersson (born 21 August 1982) is a Swedish
handball player for
Ystads IF
Ystads IF is a handball club from Ystad, Sweden. They play in Handbollsligan. They won the Swedish Championship in 1976, 1992 and 2022.
History
Ystads IF was founded in 1908 and took up handball on the programme in 1929. In 1933–34, the cl ...
.
He was voted into the ''All-Star Team'' as ''Best right back'' at 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 won the tournament with Croatia second and France third ...
, where Sweden finished 5th. He was part of the Swedish team that won the silver medal at the
2012 Summer Olympics.
Club play
Andersson participated on the
THW Kiel
THW Kiel is a handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and are the record champion with 22 titles.
2007 and 2012 were the most successful years in the club's history, as THW completed the treble, wi ...
team that won the
EHF Champions League
The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...
in 2007. He is Swedish champion from 2004 and 2005 with ''IK Sävehof'', and German champion from 2006 and 2007 with ''THW Kiel''. He once again became Swedish champion 2022 with Ystads IF.
References
External links
Kim Andersson on THW Kiel's webpage*
1982 births
Living people
Swedish male handball players
Expatriate handball players
Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic handball players for Sweden
Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
Olympic medalists in handball
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Ystads IF players
IK Sävehof players
THW Kiel players
KIF Kolding players
Handball-Bundesliga players
People from Kävlinge Municipality
Sportspeople from Skåne County
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