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{{short description|Swedish handball player (born 1982)}}
{{other people||Kim Anderson (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name           = Kim Andersson
| image          = Kim Andersson 03.jpg
| caption        = Kim Andersson
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1982|8|21|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Kävlinge]], [[Sweden]]
| nationality    = Swedish
| height         = 2.00 m
| position       = Right back
| currentclub    = 
| clubnumber     = 5
| years1         = 1998–2001
| clubs1         = [[Ystads IF]]
| years2         = 2001–2005
| clubs2         = [[IK Sävehof]]
| years3         = 2005–2012
| clubs3         = [[THW Kiel]]
| years4         = 2012–2015
| clubs4         = [[KIF Kolding| KIF Kolding København]]
| years5         = 2015–2025
| clubs5         = [[Ystads IF]]
| nationalyears1 = 2001–2019
| nationalteam1  = [[Sweden men's national handball team|Sweden]]
| nationalcaps1  = 240
| nationalgoals1 = 824
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team]]}}
}}
'''Kim Andersson''' (born 21 August 1982) is a Swedish former [[handball]] player who last played for [[Ystads IF]].<ref> https://www.svt.se/sport/handboll/ystads-if-svenska-mastare-i-handboll-2025-kim-andersson-spelade-sin-sista-match-i-karriaren</ref><ref>[http://www.eurohandball.com/player/518166 EHF profile]</ref>

He was voted into the ''All-Star Team'' as ''Best right back'' at the [[2008 European Men's Handball Championship]],<ref>[http://www.ehf-euro.com/mens-euro-2008/news/single-news/article/euro-2008-all-star-team-named.html# "Euro 2008 All Star Team named"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080130060449/http://www.ehf-euro.com/mens-euro-2008/news/single-news/article/euro-2008-all-star-team-named.html |date=30 January 2008 }} – European Handball Federation – 27 January 2008  (Retrieved on 3 February 2008)</ref> where Sweden finished 5th. He was part of the Swedish team that won the silver medal at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/153/pdf/SWE.pdf |title=2015 World Championship Roster |publisher=[[International Handball Federation|IHF]] |access-date=15 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150126171615/http://www.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/153/pdf/SWE.pdf |archive-date=26 January 2015 }}</ref>

==Club play==
Andersson participated on the [[THW Kiel]] team that won the [[EHF Champions League]] 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==
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==External links==
*[http://www.thw-provinzial.de/thw/se_kande.htm Kim Andersson on THW Kiel's webpage]
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{{Swedish Handballer of the Year (Men)}}
{{Sweden squad 2012 European Men's Handball Championship}}
{{Sweden handball squad 2012 Summer Olympics}}
{{Sweden squad 2015 World Men's Handball Championship}}
{{Sweden handball squad 2016 Summer Olympics}}
{{Sweden squad 2019 World Men's Handball Championship}}

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[[Category:Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic handball players for Sweden]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Sweden]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in handball]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Ystads IF players]]
[[Category:IK Sävehof players]]
[[Category:THW Kiel players]]
[[Category:KIF Kolding players]]
[[Category:Handball-Bundesliga players]]
[[Category:People from Kävlinge Municipality]]
[[Category:Handball players from Skåne County]]
[[Category:Swedish expatriate handball players in Denmark]]
[[Category:21st-century Swedish sportsmen]]


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