Lasse Svan Hansen (born 31 August 1983) is a Danish retired

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 ...

er, who last played for

SG Flensburg-Handewitt SG Flensburg-Handewitt is a professional handball club from Flensburg and Handewitt in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and EHF European League. They play home matches at Flens-Arena. Since formin ...

and the Danish national team. He won the Danish championship with GOG. He became 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

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. In 2021, he became the top appearance maker for

Individual awards

*All-star Right wing of the Olympic Games:

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Honours

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 ...

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* German Championship: ** :

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German Cup The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considered ...

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*German Super Cup **: 2013, 2019 * Danish Championship: **: 2004, 2007 *

Danish Handball Cup The Danish Men's Handball cup ( da, Landspokalturneringen i håndbold for herrer) is the nationwide cup tournament for men's handball teams in Denmark. It’s also known as Santander Cup for sponsorship reasons. The competition has been played ann ...

: **: 2002, 2003, 2005

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* 1983 births Living people Danish male handball players SG Flensburg-Handewitt players Handball-Bundesliga players Expatriate handball players Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players of Denmark Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in handball People from Stevns Municipality Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Denmark Sportspeople from Region Zealand {{Denmark-handball-bio-stub