Kim Andersson (born 21 August 1982) is a Swedish

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 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 clu ...

. 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 men's national handball team, Denmark won the tournament ...

, where Sweden finished 5th. He was part of the Swedish team that won the silver medal at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

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, win ...

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 {{Sweden-handball-bio-stub