Mads Christiansen (born 3 May 1986) is a Danish

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er, currently playing for

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. He has previously played for the Danish league clubs Aalborg Håndbold, Bjerringbro-Silkeborg, GOG and

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, and for the German SC Magdeburg. He is European Champion with the Danish national team, after winning the 2012 Championship in

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, defeating the host nation in the final, 21–19. In 2011, he also won silver medal at the World Championships in

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. On 21 October 2015 SC Magdeburg announced that they had signed with Mads Christiansen, who will join the club on 1 July 2016. In August 2018 Aalborg Håndbold announced the signing of Mads Christiansen who would return in the summer 2019 on a 3-year deal. In 2021 he shifted to Fredericia HK.

Honours

* Danish Championship: **: 2010, 2016, 2020, 2021 * Danish Cup: **: 2005, *Danish Super Cup: **: 2019, 2020 *

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: **: 2019 * EHF Champions League: **: 2021

References

1986 births Living people Danish male handball players Aalborg Håndbold players People from Næstved Municipality Handball-Bundesliga players Expatriate handball players Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Olympic handball players of Denmark Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in handball Sportspeople from Region Zealand SC Magdeburg players {{Denmark-handball-bio-stub