{{short description|Danish handball player (born 1976)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Kasper Hvidt | image = Kasper Hvidt 01.jpg | fullname = Kasper Hvidt | nationality = Danish | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|2|6|df=y}} | birth_place = Copenhagen, Denmark | height = {{height|m=1.93|precision=0}} | position = Goalkeeper | years1 = 1996-1997 | clubs1 = Ajax København | years2 = 1997-1998 | clubs2 = CB Cangas | years3 = 1998-2000 | clubs3 = TBV Lemgo | years4 = 2000-2004 | clubs4 = CB Ademar León | years5 = 2004-2007 | clubs5 = Portland San Antonio | years6 = 2007-2009 | clubs6 = FC Barcelona | years7 = 2009-2010 | clubs7 = FCK Håndbold | years8 = 2010-2012 | clubs8 = AG København | years9 = 2012-2017 | clubs9 = KIF Kolding København | nationalyears1 = 1996-2010 | nationalteam1 = Denmark | nationalcaps1 = 219 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's Handball}} {{MedalCountry| {{DEN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalBronze| 2007 Germany| Team}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold| 2008 Norway| Team}} {{MedalBronze| 2006 Switzerland| Team}} {{MedalBronze| 2004 Slovenia| Team}} {{MedalBronze| 2002 Sweden| Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Junior World Championship}} {{MedalGold|1997 Turkey<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.ihf.info/upload/PDF-Download/MenJuniorWorldCh/1997_TUR.pdf|title=IHF Men's Junior World Championship|publisher=IHF|access-date= 5 September 2005}}</ref>|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Junior European Championship}} {{MedalGold|1996 Romania|}} }}
'''Kasper Hvidt''' (born 6 February 1976) is a Danish retired handball goalkeeper, who last played for KIF Kolding and previous Danish national team. He was selected as the best keeper for the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship, where he also won Gold medals with the Danish national team.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.ehf-euro.com/mens-euro-2008/news/single-news/article/euro-2008-all-star-team-named.html#| title=All-Star Team| publisher=EHF| date=2008-01-27| access-date=2008-01-27| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080130060449/http://www.ehf-euro.com/mens-euro-2008/news/single-news/article/euro-2008-all-star-team-named.html| archive-date=2008-01-30| url-status=dead}}</ref> From 2004 to 2010 he was the captain of the Danish national team.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|date=2016-11-07|title=Kasper Hvidt stopper karrieren efter sæsonen|url=https://stiften.dk/sport/kasper-hvidt-stopper-karrieren-efter-saesonen-2022-12-7|access-date=2024-08-29|website=Århus Stiftstidende|language=da}}</ref>
==Playing career== Kasper Hvidt started his career at the Copenhagen based clubs BK Ydun and Frederiksberg IF. In 1997/1998 he played a season at Ajax København, before moving to Spanish club CB Cangas, where he played for a season. He then joined German side TBV Lemgo. After another year he moved to Ademar León in Spain where he would play for 5 years. In this period he won both the Spanish ASOBAL League and the Copa del Rey de Balonmano. In 2001 he was named Danish handballer of the year.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609081225/https://www.haandboldspiller.dk/aarets-mandlige-haandboldspiller-1976-2019|publisher=Håndbold Spiller Foreningen|title=ÅRETS MANDLIGE HÅNDBOLDSPILLER 1976 - 2019|language=da|url=https://www.haandboldspiller.dk/aarets-mandlige-haandboldspiller-1976-2019|archive-date=9 June 2020}}</ref>
From 2004 to 2007 he played for Portland San Antonio where he once again won the Spanish league.
His last stop before returning to Denmark was FC Barcelona Handbol where he played from 2007 to 2009. After Barcelona he considered retiring, but was convinved by an offer from the newly founded team AG København.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Moshage|first=Bo|date=2008-12-16|title=Kasper Hvidt vender hjem til FCK|url=https://politiken.dk/sport/haandbold/art4780226/Kasper-Hvidt-vender-hjem-til-FCK|access-date=2024-08-29|website=Politiken|language=da-DK}}</ref> He did however choose to retire from the Danish national team. In the 2020-11 Danish Championship Final against Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold he got an early red card, but AG København nevertheless managed to win the tournament.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dr.dk/sporten/haandbold/herreligaen/ag-koebenhavn-er-dansk-mester|publisher=Danmarks Radio|author=Anne Funch|date=21 May 2011|access-date=8 May 2025|language=da|title=AG København er dansk mester}}</ref> When AG København went bankrupt, and thus fused with KIF Kolding to become KIF Kolding København in 2012, he would then follow his club to join KIF Kolding København. He played there for five more seasons before retiring in 2017.<ref name=":0" /> When he retired, he said it was not a hard decision, as he had accomplished "more or less everything, a handball goalkeeper can achieve."<ref name=":0" />
==Post-playing career== Hvidt has been engaged in various organisations around handball, including being on the board of Team Danmark and the National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark from 2005–2008.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kasper Hvidt|url=https://www.forfatterforedrag.dk/kasper-hvidt.htm|access-date=2024-08-29|website=Forfatterforedrag|language=da}}</ref> He has also been on the board of the Danish labour union for professional handballers, Håndbold Spiller Foreningen.
He was Director of Sports at Astralis Group, the group behind Astralis and Origen, from August 2017 to June 2023. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.astralisgroup.net/contact|title=Contact|publisher=Astralis Group|access-date=2 June 2020|archive-date=4 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604061209/https://www.astralisgroup.net/contact|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=21 June 2023|title=After more than 6 years: Astralis and Kasper Hvidt go their separate ways|url=https://www.astralis.gg/post/after-more-than-6-years-astralis-and-kasper-hvidt-go-their-separate-ways|publisher=Astralis}}</ref>
At the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship and 2026 European Men's Handball Championship he has worked as a commentator on Danish television.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{European Handball Federation}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com|kasper-hvidt}}
{{Denmark squad 2008 European Men's Handball Championship}} {{Denmark squad 2009 World Men's Handball Championship}} {{Denmark squad 2010 European Men's Handball Championship}}
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