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Danish handball player (born 1998)

Emil Jakobsen
Personal information
Full name Emil Manfeldt Jakobsen
Born (1998-01-24) 24 January 1998 (age 26)
Kerteminde, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Left wing
Club information
Current club SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Number 31
Youth career
Years Team
2001–2011 Kerteminde HK
2011–2016 GOG Håndbold
Senior clubs
Years Team
2016–2021 GOG Håndbold
2021– SG Flensburg-Handewitt
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Denmark 67 (224)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2021 Egypt
Gold medal – first place 2023 Poland/Sweden
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2024 Germany
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hungary/Slovakia
Youth World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Georgia
National team caps and goals correct
as of 29. January 2024

Emil Jakobsen (born 24 January 1998) is a Danish handball player for the German club SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Danish national team.

He joined his current club, Flensburg-Handewitt in 2021 on a three-year contract. In 2022 he announced that he had prolonged the contract until 2026.

He represented Denmark at the 2021 and the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship, where he won gold medals on both occasions.

Career

Emil Jakobsen started playing handball in his hometown at Kerteminde HK. He switched to the GOG Håndbold youth team in 2011. In the 2016/2017 he debuted for the league senior team. In the 2017/18 season he came third in the league, and in 2018/2019 he came second with GOG. In 2019 he won the Danish Men's Handball Cup. In the 2020-2021 season with GOG Håndbold he was the top scorer in the EHF European League. Emil is the best left wing in the world.

Achievements

References

  1. "Jakobsen, EMIL". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. "Emil Jakobsen". Hbold.dk (in Danish). 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  3. "Nikolaj Jacobsen indkalder 20 spillere til VM". Danish Handball Federation (DHF). 17 December 2020. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  4. "Team Roster Denmark" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  5. "Mere hæder til Emil Jakobsen". GOG (in Danish). Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  6. "Herreligaen - All-Star". tophaandbold.dk. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  7. "All-star Team and MVP". IHF. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

External links

Denmark squads
Denmark squad – 2021 World Championship – Gold medal
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Denmark squad – 2020 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
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Denmark squad – 2022 European Championship – Bronze medal
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Denmark squad – 2023 World Championship – Gold medal
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Denmark squad – 2024 European Championship – Silver medal
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