{{short description|Danish handball player (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Peter Balling | fullname = Peter Balling Christensen | image = EHF EURO 2018 (rakomet) Makedonija-Danska 24.01.2018-0075 (26004952038).jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|4|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Skive, Denmark | nationality = Danish | height = 1.88 m | position = Right back | currentclub = Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | clubnumber = 26 | years1 = 2008–2011 | clubs1 = Mors-Thy Håndbold | years2 = 2011–2014 | clubs2 = Skanderborg Håndbold | years3 = 2014–2020 | clubs3 = TTH Holstebro | years4 = 2020–2022 | clubs4 = KIF Kolding | years5 = 2022– | clubs5 = Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | nationalyears1 = 2015– | nationalteam1 = Denmark | nationalcaps1 = 26 | nationalgoals1 = 47 | ntupdate = 20 March 2026 }} '''Peter Balling''' (born 5 April 1990) is a Danish handball player for Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold and the Danish national team.<ref>[http://www.eurohandball.com/player/535212 EHF Profile]</ref>
He participated at the 2016<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM16M/PDF/DEN-R.pdf |title=2016 European Championship roster |access-date=24 February 2016 |archive-date=22 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122045139/http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM16M/PDF/DEN-R.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and 2018 European Men's Handball Championship.<ref>[http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM18M/PDF/DEN-R.pdf 2018 European Championship roster]{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
He is the younger brother of fellow handball player Morten Balling.
==Career== Peter Balling started his senior career at Mors-Thy Håndbold, where he played for three years before moving to league rivals Skanderborg Håndbold. In 2015 he moved to TTH Holstebro. Here he won the Danish Supercup in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flashscore.dk/handbold/danmark/super-cup/|title=Super Cup|work=flashscore.dk|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref>
He played two seasons at KIF Kolding. In the 2021-22 he scored a crucial goal with 7 seconds remaining against TTH Holstebro, which prevented relegation for KIF.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bt.dk/haandbold/drama-i-de-sidste-sekunder-kif-kolding-kan-stadig-overleve|publisher=B.T.|title=Drama i de sidste sekunder: KIF Kolding kan stadig overleve|date=9 April 2025|language=da|access-date=12 April 2025}}</ref> The following summer he then moved to Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold in 2022, citing the possibility to win medals with the club as the reason.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bjerringbro-silkeborg.dk/nyheder/bjerringbro-silkeborg-henter-peter-balling/ | title=Bjerringbro-Silkeborg henter Peter Balling | date=10 November 2021 }}</ref> In May 2026 he announced his intention to retire after the 2025-26 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bjerringbro-silkeborg.dk/nyheder/peter-balling-stiller-haandboldskoene-paa-hylden/|publisher=Bjerringbro-Silkeborg|title=PETER BALLING STILLER HÅNDBOLDSKOENE PÅ HYLDEN|date=6 May 2026|access-date=6 May 2026|language=da}}</ref>
He made his debut for the Danish national team in June 2015.<ref>[https://danskhaandbold.dk/statistik/spillere/181032 Dansk Håndbold profile]</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Denmark squad 2016 European Men's Handball Championship}} {{Denmark squad 2018 European Men's Handball Championship}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Balling, Peter}} Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:Danish male handball players Category:Sportspeople from Skive Municipality Category:TTH Holstebro players Category:KIF Kolding players Category:Bjerringbro-Silkeborg players Category:Handball players from the Central Denmark Region Category:21st-century Danish sportsmen