{{short description|Danish team handball player (born 1975)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Kasper Nielsen | image = Kasper Nielsen 06.jpg | nationality = Danish | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|06|09|df=y}} | birth_place = Hillerød, Denmark | height = {{height|m=1.94|precision=0}} | position = Left Back | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1985-1995 | youthclubs1 = Team Helsinge | years1 = 1995-1997 | clubs1 = Helsingør IF | years2 = 1997-2001 | clubs2 = GOG | years3 = 2001-2002 | clubs3 = SG Flensburg-Handewitt | years4 = 2002-2005 | clubs4 = GOG | years5 = 2005-2008 | clubs5 = SG Flensburg-Handewitt | years6 = 2008-2010 | clubs6 = GOG Svendborg TGI | years7 = 2010 | clubs7 = Faaborg HK | years8 = 2010-2014 | clubs8 = Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | years9 = 2014 | clubs9 = Füchse Berlin | years10 = 2015 | clubs10 = TBV Lemgo | years11 = 2015-2016 | clubs11 = Ribe-Esbjerg HH | years12 = 2016 | clubs12 = Ajax København | years13 = 2017 | clubs13 = Ribe-Esbjerg HH | years14 = 2018-2019 | clubs14 = Ajax København | nationalyears1 = 1995-2012 | nationalteam1 = Denmark | nationalcaps1 = 191<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dhf.dk/Landshold/herre-a-landsholdet/truppen|title=Statistic Men's National Team. Team Roster, Denmark|publisher=DHF|accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref> | nationalgoals1 = 289 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{DEN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championship}} {{MedalSilver|2013 Spain|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold| 2008 Norway |Team}} {{MedalGold|2012 Serbia|Team}} }}
'''Kasper Nielsen''' (born 9 June 1975) is a Danish former team handball player. He is a two-times European Champion by winning both the 2008 and the 2012 European Men's Handball Championships with the Danish national handball team.<ref name=ehf>[http://www.ehf-euro.com/mens-euro-2008/teams/group-b/denmark.html "Denmark"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129062414/http://www.ehf-euro.com/mens-euro-2008/teams/group-b/denmark.html |date=2008-01-29 }} – ''European Handbal Federation (2008)'' (Retrieved on January 31, 2008)</ref> He is known as a defense specialist.<ref name=Fuchse /><ref name=Lemgo /><ref name=Ajax2 />
He participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where the Danish team placed seventh, and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where the team came sixth.<ref name=sref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/kasper-nielsen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418022348/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/kasper-nielsen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Kasper Nielsen |publisher=Sports-reference.com |accessdate=16 March 2011 }}</ref>
Today he works as a plumber.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jacob |first=Nordestgaard Lage |date=2024-01-28 |title=Hvad laver EM-heltene fra 2012 i dag? |url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2024-01-24-hvad-laver-em-heltene-fra-2012-i-dag |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=TV 2 |language=da-DK}}</ref>
== Career == Nielsen started playing handball at Team Helsinge. In 1995 he joined Helsingør IF and in 1997 GOG. Here he won the Danish Championship in 1998, 2000 and 2004. In the 2001-02 he joined German SG Flensburg-Handewitt for a single season and in 2005 he joined them for three seasons.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dr.dk/sporten/haandbold/herreligaen/kasper-nielsen-paa-plads-i-gog|publisher=Danmarks Radio|title=Kasper Nielsen på plads i GOG|date=30 July 2008|access-date=11 March 2026|language=da|author=Jens Gjesse Hansen}}</ref> In the 2006-07 season he reached the final of the Champions League, where Flensburg lost to arch-rivals THW Kiel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://history.eurohandball.com/ec/cl/men/2006-07/round/7/Final|publisher=EHF|title=2006/07 VELUX EHF Champions League Final |access-date=3 February 2026}}</ref>
When GOG was administratively relegated in 2010, he joined nearby 2nd tier team Faaborg HK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhf.dk/Presse/nyheder/2010/januar/pm_gog_erklaeret_konkurs|title=GOG Svendborg TGI declared bankrupt and relegated to the Danish 2nd division|publisher=DHF|access-date=26 January 2010|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105925/http://www.dhf.dk/Presse/nyheder/2010/januar/pm_gog_erklaeret_konkurs|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://www.tv2fyn.dk/article/219491:Kasper-Nielsen-praesenteret-i-Faaborg-HK Kasper Nielsen præsenteret i Faaborg HK]</ref>
Before the 2011-12 season he signed a contract with Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold.<ref>[http://www.dr.dk/Sporten/Haandbold/2010/07/08/153005.htm Kasper Nielsen til BSV]</ref> In his first season at the club, BSV reached the final of the Danish Championship, but lost to AG København.
From August to December 2014 he signed for Füchse Berlin to replace the injured Denis Spoljaric.<ref name=Fuchse>{{cite news|url=http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-1-1-1-60982.html |publisher=handball-world.com|title=Nach Špoljarić-Ausfall: Füchse verpflichten Abwehrspezialisten|access-date=25 August 2014|language=de}}</ref> In January 2015 he signed for TBV Lemgo for the rest of the season.<ref name=Lemgo>{{cite news|url=https://www.wz.de/sport/handball/lemgo-holt-abwehrspezialist-nielsen_aid-29310659 |publisher=wz.de|title=Lemgo holt Abwehrspezialist Nielsen|date=13 January 2015|access-date=22 April 2019|language=de}}</ref> He then joined Danish Ribe-Esbjerg HH in September 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rehh.dk/kasper-nielsen-pa-plads-i-ribe-esbjerg-hh/ |publisher=Ribe-Esbjerg HH |title=Kasper Nielsen på plads i Ribe-Esbjerg|access-date=29 September 2015|language=da}}</ref>
After the 2015-16 season he retired, but he reactivated his career at the second tier side Ajax København.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.spox.com/de/sport/handball/1611/News/kasper-nielsen-hulk-rueckkehr-ajax-kopenhagen.html |publisher=spox.com|title=Ajax Kopenhagen: Kasper Nielsen gibt Comeback|access-date=1 September 2017|language=de}}</ref> After the 2016-17 he retired for a second time, but once again he came back to the court to rejoin Ribe-Esbjerg HH.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-51-96284.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Kasper Nielsen mit Comeback|access-date=1 September 2017|language=de}}</ref> In the 2018-19 season at the age of 43 he rejoined Ajax København.<ref name=Ajax2>{{cite news|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2018-08-23-ajax-koebenhavn-henter-43-aarig-forsvarsveteran |publisher=TV2 Danmark|title=Ajax København henter 43-årig forsvarsveteran|access-date=25 November 2022|language=da}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Navboxes |title = Denmark squads |titlestyle = background:#e11b22;color:white; |list1= {{Denmark squad 2008 European Men's Handball Championship}} {{Denmark squad 2009 World Men's Handball Championship}} {{Denmark squad 2010 European Men's Handball Championship}} {{Denmark squad 2011 World Men's Handball Championship}} {{Denmark squad 2012 European Men's Handball Championship}} {{Denmark handball squad 2012 Summer Olympics}} }}
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