Mikkel Hansen
Mikkel Hansen (born 22 October 1987) is a Danish handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the Danish national team. Hansen has been named the IHF World Player of the Year for a record-tying three times. Career. He was voted as the IHF World Player of the Year in 2011, 2015 and 2018 by the International Handball Federation. He joined FC Barcelona Handbol in June 2008. He previously played for Danish Handball League club GOG, with whom he won the Danish championship in 2007. On 2 June 2010 he returned to Denmark, to play for AG København , after two years of playing in Spain. After two years and two championships, the club folded in 2012 with Hansen joining the newly formed French team PSG Handball. Mikkel Hansen is an Olympic Champion, a World Champion, and European Champion with the Danish national team, winning the 2016 title in Rio de Janeiro, the 2019 title in Denmark, and 2012 title in Serbia. He was also selected into the All-Star team of the tournament as the best left back. In 2011 he was a part of the Danish team that finished second in the World Championships in Sweden. He  was the tournament's overall top goal scorer. In 2019, he led Denmark to their first-ever World Championships win. He became the top scorer and MVP of the tournament. Later same year he was named the best in the world for the third time of his career. In 2021 he yet again won the World Championship with Denmark, and was selected both as the best left back and as MVP. In the 2020 Olympics, where Denmark got a silver medal, he was again chosen as the best left back, and he became the top goalscorer with 61 goals. With  those 61 goals he broke the record of most scored goals in one men's olympic handball tournament. During the tournament he also became the number one goalscorer ever in the men's handball olympics, with a total of 165 goals. Personal life. His father played for the Danish national handball team, where he played 120 national team matches, scored 240 goals and participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics. In January 2019, he became a father when his girlfriend Stephanie gave birth to a son.