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Simon Hald
Hald during the match RK Zagreb - Aalborg Håndbold (31:23) in Zagreb Arena, Croatia, on 18th September 2024
Personal information
Full name Simon Hald Jensen
Born (1994-09-28) 28 September 1994 (age 30)
Aalborg, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Aalborg Håndbold
Number 11
Youth career
Team
Nøvling IF
Team Vesthimmerland
Senior clubs
Years Team
2013–2018
Aalborg Håndbold
2018–2023
SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2023–
Aalborg Håndbold
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–
Denmark 91 (97)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2019 Germany/Denmark
Gold medal – first place 2021 Egypt
Gold medal – first place 2023 Poland/Sweden
Gold medal – first place 2025 Croatia/Denmark/Norway
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2024 Germany
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hungary/Slovakia
Youth World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2013 Hungary
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 29 January 2024

Simon Hald Jensen (born 29 September 1994) is a Danish handball player for Aalborg Håndbold and the Danish national team.[1][2][3]

Club career

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Hald started playing top handball at the Danish club Aalborg Håndbold, where he was a part of the league team from 2013-2018. Here he won two Danish Championships, in 2013 and 2017.[4]

In 2018 she switched to the German top club Flensburg-Handewitt on a three year deal,[5] where he won the German Bundesliga in 2019.[6]


In 2023 he re-signed with his old club Aalborg Håndbold.[7] In his first season back in Aalborg, he won the Danish Championship again.[8] In 2025 he won the Danish Cup with the club.[9]

National team career

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Playing for the Danish U-19 National Team, he was part of the team that won the U-19 World Cup in 2013 in Hungary, where he won the Player of the Tournament award.[10]

He made his debut for the senior national team in 2015 in an away match against Poland,[11] and in 2019 he made his tournament debut at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship on home soil, where he won the World Cup, Denmarks first World Cup Title.[12] He was also on the Danish team that won gold medals at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship in Egypt.[13]

In 2024 he was part of the Danish team at the 2024 Olympics, but was injured in the second match against Egypt, and was forced to leave the tournament.[14] Denmark won Olympic Gold at that tournament.[15]

Individual awards

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  • Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the Youth World Championship: 2013

References

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  1. ^ "Statistic Men's National Team. Team Roster, Denmark". dhf.dk. Danish Handball Federation. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Simon Hald". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Simon Hald". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Suveræne Aalborg er dansk mester". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Aalborg-profil skifter til Flensburg" (in Danish). TV2 Sport. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  6. ^ "SG Flensburg-Handewitt ist Deutscher Meister 2019" (in German). handball-world.news. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  7. ^ Blangstrup, Emilie (12 April 2022). "Simon Hald vender hjem til Aalborg i 2023". Aalborg Håndbold (in Danish). Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Aalborg Håndbold er danske mestre for syvende gang!" (in Danish). Aalborg Håndbold. 20 November 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  9. ^ Christensen, Mikkel (16 February 2025). "Aalborg vinder pokalturneringen" [Aalborg wins the cup] (in Danish). TV2 Danmark.
  10. ^ "Danmark i finalen ved U19-VM" (in Danish). Berlingske Tidende. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Simon Hald Jensen - DHF". Dansk Håndbold. Archived from the original on 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Danmark er verdensmester" (in Danish). TV2 Sport. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Danmark er verdensmester - igen!" (in Danish). Team Danmark. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  14. ^ "Dobbelt udskiftning i håndboldherrernes OL-trup" (in Danish). danskhaandbold.dk. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Kampe" (in Danish). tv2.dk. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
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