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{{short description|Danish handball player (born 1983)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name                = Lasse Svan Hansen
| image               = Lasse Svan 20160307.jpg
| caption             = Svan in 2016
| nationality         = Danish
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1983|8|31|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Stevns Municipality|Stevns]], [[Denmark]]
| height              = 1.85 m
| position            = Right wing
| currentclub         = 
| clubnumber          = 
| years1              = 1995–2002
| clubs1              = Sierslev HK
| years2              = 2002–2008
| clubs2              = [[GOG Gudme|GOG]]
| years3              = 2008–2022
| clubs3              = [[SG Flensburg-Handewitt]]
| nationalyears1      = 2003–2022
| nationalteam1       = [[Denmark men's national handball team|Denmark]]
| nationalcaps1       = 246
| nationalgoals1      = 572
| medaltemplates      =
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalGold|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]|[[Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Men's Handball Championship|World Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2019 World Men's Handball Championship|2019 Germany/Denmark]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[2021 World Men's Handball Championship|2021 Egypt]]|}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2011 World Men's Handball Championship|2011 Sweden]]|}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2013 World Men's Handball Championship|2013 Spain]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Men's Handball Championship|European Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2012 European Men's Handball Championship|2012 Serbia]]|}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2014 European Men's Handball Championship|2014 Denmark]]|}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2022 European Men's Handball Championship|2022 Hungary/Slovakia]]|}}
}}
'''Lasse Svan Hansen''' (born 31 August 1983) is a Danish retired [[handball]]er, who last played for [[SG Flensburg-Handewitt]] and the [[Denmark men's national handball team|Danish national team]]<ref>[https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/CgtL1FeQCdHpyIvijzap-w/lasse-svan/ EHF profile]</ref> He was admitted to the Danish sports hall of fame in 2024.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://via.ritzau.dk/pressemeddelelse/13767844/lasse-svan-optaget-i-sportens-hall-of-fame?publisherId=1874227&lang=da | title=Lasse Svan optaget i Sportens Hall of Fame &#124; Danmarks Idrætsforbund |publisher=Ritzau|language=da}}</ref> and in the [[European Handball Federation]] Hall of Fame in 2023.<ref name="hof">{{cite web |url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/legendary-players-enter-the-hall-of-fame-of-european-handball/ |publisher=[[European Handball Federation]]|website=www.eurohandball.com|title=LEGENDARY PLAYERS ENTER THE HALL OF FAME OF EUROPEAN HANDBALL|date=26 June 2023|accessdate=27 June 2023}}</ref>

==Career==
Svan started playing handball at Sierslev HK in Store Heddinge. Later he joined [[GOG Gudme|GOG Svendborg]] on [[Funen]], where he debuted in the Danish handball league, [[Herrehåndboldligaen]] in 2002.

He won the [[Danish Handball League|Danish championship]] with [[GOG Gudme|GOG]] in 2007,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dhf.dk/Landshold/herre-a-landsholdet/truppen|title=Statistic Men's National Team. Team Roster, Denmark|publisher=[[Danish Handball Federation|DHF]]|accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref> and the Danish cup in 2002, 2003 and 2005.

In 2008, he joined German club [[SG Flensburg-Handewitt]] in a trade for [[Kasper Nielsen]]. With Flensburg he won the [[EHF Cup Winners' Cup]] in 2012, the [[EHF Champions League]] in 2014 and the [[DHB-Pokal]] in 2018 and in 2019. In 2021, he became the top appearance maker for [[SG Flensburg-Handewitt]]. He retired the following summer after 14 years at the club.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sg-flensburg-handewitt.de/news/artikel/abschied-nach-14-jahren |publisher=[[SG Flensburg Handewitt]] |title=Abschied nach 14 Jahren|accessdate=6 September 2021|language=de}}</ref>

===National Team===
Svan has had one of the most successful careers ever on the Danish national team.
He became [[European Men's Handball Championship|European Champion]] with the Danish national team, after winning the [[2012 European Men's Handball Championship|2012 Championship]] in [[Serbia]], defeating the [[Serbia men's national handball team|host nation]] in the final, 21–19.

In 2011, he also won silver medal at the [[2011 World Men's Handball Championship|World Championships]] in [[Sweden]], losing to France in the final, and again at the [[2013 World Men's Handball Championship|2013 World Championship in Spain]], where Denmark lost to the host nation Spain in the final.

At the [[2016 Olympics]], he won gold medals with the Danish team, the first time Denmark had done so. Here he was in the tournament all-star team.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-1-1-26-84466.html |publisher=handball-world.com|title=All-Star Team mit deutscher Beteiligung: Mikkel Hansen als MVP geehrt|accessdate=22 August 2016|language=de|trans-title=All star team with German participation: Mikkel Hansen as MVP}}</ref> 

He won the [[2019 World Men's Handball Championship]]; the first time Denmark ever won the World Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ihf.info/competitions/men/308/2019-ihf-mens-world-championship/147/news/931|publisher=[[International Handball Federation]]|website=ihf.info|title=Flawless Denmark claim first world title|date=27 January 2019}}</ref> He defended the title at the [[2021 World Men's Handball Championship]]. In the quarter final against Egypt, he scored the final penalty in a penalty throw shootout, in what is called one of the wildest handball games ever played.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dr.dk/sporten/haandbold/vm/verdens-vildeste-haandboldkamp-gentager-sig-lasse-svan-husker-tilbage-paa|publisher=[[Danmarks Radio]]|title=Verdens vildeste håndboldmøde gentager sig: Lasse Svan husker tilbage på kaosset i Kairo|first=Morten|last=Løvig Nielsen|date=23 January 2023|accessdate=28 January 2025|language=da|trans-title=The world's wildest handball pairing repeats: Lasse Svan thinks back on the chaos in Cairo}}</ref> In the final, he was injured early and couldn't continue.

At the [[2020 Olympics]], he won Olympic silver medals with the Danish team, losing to Franch in the final.<ref>[https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/competitions/f5a584e9-afc3-4b1a-8f71-a429f73fdbf9/pdf/DENTOTAL.PDF?n=1627488672 ihf.info: ''Cumulative Statistics: Denmark''], retrieved 7 August 2021</ref>

He played his last national team match on April 15, 2022 against Poland, receiving standing ovations by the Danish fans at the end of the match.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.handball-planet.com/lasse-svan-hansen-retires-with-standing-ovation/ |publisher=www.handball-planet.com|title=Lasse Svan Hansen retires with standing ovation|date=15 April 2022|accessdate=21 April 2022}}</ref>

==Post playing career==
After his playing career he has worked as a mental coach for the [[Counter Strike]] e-sports team Heroic. He started in this position in 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2024-01-24-hvad-laver-em-heltene-fra-2012-i-dag | title=Hvad laver EM-heltene fra 2012 i dag?|publisher=[[TV2 Danmark]]| date=28 January 2024 }}</ref>

He has also acted as handball coach on Danish television.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

He has studied to be teacher at UCL Skårup Seminarium.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

==Individual awards==
*All-star Right wing of the Olympic Games: [[Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2016]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ihf.info/en-us/ihfcompetitions/olympicgames/olympicgamesrio2016/news/newsdetails.aspx?ID=4637|title=Men's All-star Team|publisher=[[International Handball Federation]]|date=21 August 2016|accessdate=22 August 2016}}</ref>

==Honours==
*'''[[EHF Champions League]]''' :
**{{gold medal}} : [[2013–14 EHF Champions League|2014]]
* '''[[Handball-Bundesliga|German Championship]]:'''
** {{gold medal}}: [[2017–18 Handball-Bundesliga|2018]], [[2018–19 Handball-Bundesliga|2019]]
*'''[[DHB-Pokal|German Cup]]''':
**{{gold medal}}: [[2015 DHB-Pokal|2015]]
*'''German Super Cup'''
**{{gold medal}}: 2013, 2019
*'''[[Danish Handball League|Danish Championship]]''':
**{{gold medal}}: 2004, 2007
*'''[[Danish Handball Cup]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhf.dk/Turneringer/landspokalturneringen/herrer/pokalvinderegennemtiden|title=Danish Cup Winners Men|publisher=[[Danish Handball Federation|DHF]]|accessdate=13 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916130411/https://www.dhf.dk/Turneringer/landspokalturneringen/herrer/pokalvinderegennemtiden|archive-date=16 September 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>'''
**{{gold medal}}: 2002, 2003, 2005

==References==
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==External links==
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