Niklas Landin Jacobsen (born 19 December 1988) is a Danish

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er for

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and the Denmark national team. He has previously played for

Rhein-Neckar Löwen Rhein-Neckar Löwen is a professional handball club founded in 2002, based in Mannheim, Germany. The club competes in the German Handball-Bundesliga and continentally in EHF European League. Rhein-Neckar Löwen play their home games in SAP Aren ...

. He is European Champion with the Danish national team, after winning the 2012 Championship in Serbia, defeating the host nation in the final, 21–19. Niklas Landin is the

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of the Denmark national team. In 2011 and 2013, he won silver medal at the

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. In 2016, he was part of the Danish team that won Olympic gold. With the Danish national team, he won the

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. He is the older brother of fellow

player and Danish international

Magnus Landin Jacobsen Magnus Landin Jacobsen (born 20 August 1995) is a Danish professional handballer for THW Kiel and the Danish national team. He is the younger brother of Niklas Landin Jacobsen. Playing career Landin won the 2013 Men's Youth World Handball Cha ...

. Landin Jacobsen was named the

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for 2019 and for 2021. He was the first player to be named two consecutive times. In 2021, he won the

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, posting a save rate of 30%.

Club career

GOG Svendborg TGI

In 2006 Landin signed with

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. He stayed with the club until the start of 2010, where the club faced financial distress and players were allowed to negotiate with other clubs.

Bjerringbro-Silkeborg

Landin signed with Bjerringbro-Silkeborg a contract starting from the 2010 season, but due to GOG Svendborg financial distress, Landin joined BSV in the beginning of 2010. He quickly became first choice and remained with club until 2012.

Rhein-Neckar Löwen

Landin joined the club on a three-year deal, starting 2012–13 season. He was a part of the team that won the

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THW Kiel

On 7 August 2014,

announced that Landin would join the club on a three-year contract, starting from the 2015 season. He won the 2015 Super Cup with THW Kiel in a close match against

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Honours

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: **:

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* German Championship: **: 2019/20, 2020/21 *

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: **:

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*German Super Cup: **: 2015 * Danish Championship: **: 2007 **: 2011, 2012 **: 2010 *

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: **: 2007, 2008

Individual awards

* IHF World Player of the Year – Men: 2019, 2021 * All-Star Goalkeeper of the Olympic Games:

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* All-Star Goalkeeper of the World Championship:

* All-Star Goalkeeper of the European Championship:

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* All-Star Goalkeeper of the Youth World Championship:

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* Danish Player of the Year: 2012, 2014, 2020 *Danish National team Player of the year: 2014, 2020, 2021 *

Handball-Bundesliga The Handball-Bundesliga (HBL) is the top German professional handball league. From 2007 onwards, the league was sponsored by Toyota and has officially been called the ''Toyota Handball-Bundesliga''. This lasted until 2012 when the Deutsche K ...

Best Goalkeeper: 2014,

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*All-Star Goalkeeper of the EHF Champions League:

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*Handball Player of the Year in Germany: 2021

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Landin Jacobsen, Niklas 1988 births Living people Danish male handball players THW Kiel players Rhein-Neckar Löwen players Handball-Bundesliga players Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players of Denmark Expatriate handball players Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in handball People from Gladsaxe Municipality Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Denmark Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark