Hans Lindberg

Hans Lindberg

Hans Lindberg with HSV Hamburg in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Hans Óttar Lindberg Tómasson
Born	1 August 1981 Høje-Taastrup, Denmark
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Right wing
Club information
Current club	Füchse Berlin
Number	18
Senior clubs
1999–2005 2005–2007 2007–2016 2016–	Team Helsinge Viborg HK HSV Hamburg Füchse Berlin
National team
2003–	Denmark	218 (595)
Medal record World Championship 2011 Sweden 2013 Spain European Championship 2008 Norway 2012 Serbia 2014 Denmark

Hans Lindberg (born 1 August 1981) is a Danish handball player, formerly an Icelandic citizen. He is of Icelandic ancestry, and was raised by his Icelandic parents from Hafnarfjörður.^[1] He won the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship and the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship with the Danish national handball team.^[2] He currently plays for Füchse Berlin.^[3]

Career

Hans Lindberg started his career in Team Helsinge. In 2006 Team Helsinge merged with Hillerød HK, and is now Nordsjælland Håndbold.

Hans Lindberg became the 2009–2010 and 2012–2013 season's Bundesliga Best Goal Scorer^[4]

He won 2012–13 EHF Champions League with HSV Hamburg, becoming top scorer in the tournament.

Individual awards

• All-Star Right wing of the World Championship: 2013^[5]
• Top scorer EHF Champions League: 2012–2013.^[6]
• Top scorer of the Handball-Bundesliga (HBL): 2009-2010, 2012-2013

References

1. "Íslendingurinn í danska landsliðinu". Vísir. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
2. "Denmark" – European Handbal Federation (Retrieved on January 31, 2008)
3. "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
4. "Bundesliga Season 09/10 Best Goal Scorer" – Handball-Bundesliga (Retrieved on November 11, 2010)
5. "All Star Team of the World Championship 2013". ihf.info. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
6. Top scorers