Michael Vestergaard Knudsen (born 4 September 1978) is a Danish former

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player. He is a European Champion, having won 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 ...

with the Danish national handball team."Denmark"
– ''European Handball Federation (2008)'' (Retrieved on February 5, 2008) He received a bronze medal at the

2007 World Men's Handball Championship The 2007 World Men's Handball Championship took place from 19 January to 4 February 2007 in Germany. 24 national teams played in 12 German cities. It was the 20th edition of the World Championship in team handball and was won by the hosts. Stadi ...

, where he was voted into the ''All-star-team'' (as Pivot). In 2011 he won a silver medal at the world championships, with Denmark losing to France in what was described as "the most thrilling World Championships final since decades". At the

2006 European Men's Handball Championship The 2006 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the seventh tournamentof the tournament and held in Switzerland from 26 January to 5 February 2006, in the cities of Basel, Berne, Lucerne, St. Gallen and Zürich. France won the tournament, g ...

he was number three on the top scoring list, and the Danish team received bronze medals, as they did in 2002 and 2004. Knudsen currently plays for Danish side Bjerringbro-Silkeborg. In 2014, he was part of the Danish team that won the silver medal at the European Championship. At Olympic level, he has represented Denmark at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. He retired from Professional handball in 2021 during the

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. Today he works as sporting director at his former club Bjerringbro-Silkeborg.https://www.tvmidtvest.dk/silkeborg/michael-v-knudsen-om-ny-rolle-i-bsh-det-er-ekstremt-spaendende

Honours

* Danish Championship: **:

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References

External links

Michael Knudsen on the website of SG Flensburg-Handewitt
1978 births Living people Danish male handball players Danish expatriate handball players in Germany Olympic handball players for Denmark Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Viborg HK players SG Flensburg-Handewitt players People from Hobro Handball players from the North Jutland Region {{Denmark-handball-bio-stub