Emil Jakobsen

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Emil Jakobsen
Personal information
Full name Emil Manfeldt Jakobsen
Born (1998-01-24) 24 January 1998 (age 26)
Kerteminde, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Left wing
Club information
Current club SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Number 31
Youth career
Years Team
2001–2011
Kerteminde HK
2011–2016
GOG Håndbold
Senior clubs
Years Team
2016–2021
GOG Håndbold
2021–
SG Flensburg-Handewitt
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–
Denmark 67 (224)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2021 Egypt
Gold medal – first place 2023 Poland/Sweden
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2024 Germany
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hungary/Slovakia
Youth World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Georgia
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 29. January 2024

Emil Jakobsen (born 24 January 1998) is a Danish handball player for the German club SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Danish national team.[1]

He joined his current club, Flensburg-Handewitt in 2021 on a three-year contract. In 2022 he announced that he had prolonged the contract until 2026.[2]

He represented Denmark at the 2021[3][4] and the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship, where he won gold medals on both occasions.

Career

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Emil Jakobsen started playing handball in his hometown at Kerteminde HK. He switched to the GOG Håndbold youth team in 2011. In the 2016/2017 he debuted for the league senior team. In the 2017/18 season he came third in the league, and in 2018/2019 he came second with GOG. In 2019 he won the Danish Men's Handball Cup. In the 2020-2021 season with GOG Håndbold he was the top scorer in the EHF European League.

Achievements

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References

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  1. ^ "Jakobsen, EMIL". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Emil Jakobsen". Hbold.dk (in Danish). 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Nikolaj Jacobsen indkalder 20 spillere til VM". Danish Handball Federation (DHF). 17 December 2020. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Team Roster Denmark" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Mere hæder til Emil Jakobsen". GOG (in Danish). Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Herreligaen - All-Star". tophaandbold.dk. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  7. ^ "All-star Team and MVP". IHF. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
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