Michael V. Knudsen
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox3colsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Michael Vestergaard Knudsen (born 4 September 1978) is a Danish former team handball player. He is a European Champion, having won the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship with the Danish national handball team.[1] He received a bronze medal at the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship, 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".[2][3]
At the 2006 European Men's Handball Championship 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.[4]
He retired from Professional handball in 2021 during the corona pandemic. Today he works as sporting director at his former club Bjerringbro-Silkeborg.[5]
Honours
Club
International
- World championship:
- File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver: 2011
- File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze: 2007
- European championship:
- File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold: 2008
- File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver: 2014
- File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze: 2002, 2004. 2006
Individual awards
- All-Star Pivot of the World Championship: 2007
- Danish Handball Cup MVP 2000, 2003[6]
References
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External links
Template:Denmark squad 2008 European Men's Handball Championship Template:Denmark squad 2009 World Men's Handball Championship Template:Denmark squad 2010 European Men's Handball Championship Template:Denmark handball squad 2012 Summer Olympics Template:Denmark squad 2014 European Men's Handball Championship
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- 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
- Bjerringbro-Silkeborg players