Elias Ellefsen á Skipagøtu (born 19 May 2002) is a Faroese

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

player for

THW Kiel THW Kiel is a professional handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and are the record champion with 23 titles. 2007 and 2012 were the most successful years in the club's history, as THW completed t ...

and the Faroese national team. He participated at the 2022 European Under-20 Championship and the 2023 Junior World Championship. He is the cousin of fellow handballers Oli and

Jana Mittún Jana Mittún (born 24 November 2003) is a Faroe Islands, Faroese handball player for Viborg HK and the Faroe Islands women's national handball team, Faroese national team. She participated with the Faroese national team at the 2024 European Wome ...

. His brother, Rói Ellefsen á Skipagøtu, is also a handballer.

Achievements

DHB-Supercup The DHB-Supercup (English: German Handball Supercup) is an handball tournament held annually between the Handball-Bundesliga champions and the DHB-Pokal champion. Results Total titles won See also * Handball-Bundesliga * DHB-Pokal The DHB- ...

**: 2023 *

DHB-Pokal The DHB-Pokal (English: German Handball Federation Cup) is an elimination handball tournament held annually in Germany. It is the second most important handball national title in the country after the Handball-Bundesliga championship. DHB-Pokal ...

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2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

* Swedish Handball League **: 2021 **: 2023 *

Swedish Handball Cup The Swedish Handball Cup () is the nationwide cup tournament for handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt ...

**: 2022 *

European Open Handball Championship The European Open Handball Championship, or "Unofficial Youth Handball Championship", is a tournament hosted by European Handball Federation and Swedish Handball Federation, which takes place in Gothenburg, Sweden Sweden, formally the King ...

**: 2019 ;Individual Awards * IHF Young Male Player of the Year 2023 *

MVP MVP most commonly refers to: * Most valuable player, an award, typically for the best performing player in a sport or competition * Minimum viable product, a concept for feature estimating used in business and engineering MVP may also refer to: ...

Handbollsligan Handbollsligan ''(literally, "The Handball league")'' is the highest league in the league system of Swedish handball, and comprises the top 14 Swedish handball teams. The first season began in 1931–32. The season ends with a playoff. Structur ...

2021/2022 * All-Star Team as Best centre back of Handbollsligan 2021/2022 * All-Star Team as Best centre back at the 2023 Junior World Championship * Top scorer at the 2023 Junior World Championship (55 goals)

Personal life

His mother

Gunn Ellefsen Gunn may refer to: Places * Gunn City, Missouri, a village * Gunn, Northern Territory, outer suburb of Darwin * Gunn, Alberta, Canada, a hamlet * Gunn Valley, a mountain valley in British Columbia, Canada * Gun Lake (British Columbia), a Cana ...

is the current president of the

Handball Federation of the Faroe Islands The Handball Federation of the Faroe Islands () (HSF) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball in Faroe Islands. Founded in 1980, HSF is a member of European Handball Federation (EHF) and the International Handba ...

. His younger brother Rói Ellefsen á Skipagøtu is also a handball player. He is the cousin of the handball playing siblings of

Óli Mittún Óli Mittún (born 10 June 2005) is a Faroese handball player for GOG Håndbold and the Faroese national team. He participated at the 2022 European U-18 Championship, 2022 European U-20 Championship and the 2023 World U-19 Championship. H ...

Pauli Mittún Pauli is a surname and also a Finnish masculine given name (a variant of Paul) and may refer to: __NOTOC__ People Surname * Andrea Pauli (born 1977), German developmental biologist and biochemist * Arthur Pauli (born 1989), Austrian ski jumper * ...

, and

. His maternal grandfather was former Faroese Prime Minister,

Pauli Ellefsen Joen Pauli Højgaard Ellefsen (20 April 1936 – 24 August 2012) was a Faroese politician and member of the Union Party. He was Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands from 1981 to 1985. Pauli Ellefsen was the eldest of eight children born to Sof ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ellefsen a Skipagotu, Elias 2002 births Living people Faroese male handball players IK Sävehof players Expatriate handball players in Germany Handball players from Copenhagen Handball-Bundesliga players THW Kiel players Faroese expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Faroese expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate handball players in Sweden 21st-century Danish sportsmen