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Michael Damgaard
Danish handball player (born 1990) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Michael Damgaard Nielsen (born 18 March 1990) is a Danish handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Danish national team.[1]
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Career
He has previously played for Danish sides GOG and Team Tvis Holstebro.[2]
He debuted for the Danish national team in October 2014 and his first major international tournament was the 2015 World Championship in Qatar.[3]
At the end of the 2014-15 season Damgaard had a shoulder injury, that required operation and kept him out for the rest of the season.[4]
The following seasons he joined SC Magdeburg.[5]
With SC Magdeburg he has won the IHF Super Globe three consecutive seasons; in 2021, 2022 and in 2023, the German Bundesliga in 2022, and the EHF Champions League 2023 when Magdeburg beat Polish team KS Kielce in the final 30-29. In 2024 he won the Bundesliga for the second time.
At the 2016 Olympics he won a gold medal with the Danish team; the first time ever the team won that medal.[6]
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Private
He is the brother of fellow handball players Allan Damgaard Espersen and Morten Damgaard.
Honours
- EHF Champions League:
Gold: 2023
- EHF Cup/EHF European League:
- Handball-Bundesliga:
- German Cup
- IHF Super Globe:
- Danish Championship:
Bronze: 2014
- Summer Olympics:
- Gold: 2016
References
External links
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