Joachim Boldsen

Joachim Boldsen (born 30 April 1978) is a Danish former team handball player. He is European Champion by winning the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship with the Danish national handball team.[2]

Joachim Boldsen
Personal information
Born (1978-04-30) 30 April 1978
Helsingør, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Centre Back
Club information
Current club Retired
Senior clubs
Years Team
1993–1997
 Helsingør IF
1997–1999
 GOG
1999–2001
 TV Großwallstadt
2001
 Ajax Farum
2001–2007
 SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2007–2008
 AaB Håndbold
2008–2010
 FC Barcelona
2010–2012
 AG København
2012–2014
 KIF Kolding København
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2008
 Denmark 186 (405)
Medal record
Men's Handball
Representing  Denmark
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Germany Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Norway Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Sweden Team
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Slovenia Team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Switzerland Team
Junior World Championship
Gold medal – first place1997 Turkey[1] Team

Boldsen recently played for KIF Kolding København, and has previously played for Danish Handball League side AaB Håndbold and Spanish league side FC Barcelona.[3]

Career

Club career
Boldsen in 2008

In Boldsen's earliest career, he played for such clubs as Helsingør IF (from 1993), GOG Gudme (two seasons, 1997–1999), TV Großwallstadt (two seasons, 1999–2001), and Ajax Farum. From 2001 to 2007, he played with the German first league team SG Flensburg-Handewitt, helping them to win their first championship in 2004. He won the DHB-Pokal with Flensburg in 2003, 2004 and 2005. In 2007, he changed to Danish Handball League team AaB Håndbold for a single season before switching to FC Barcelona Handbol. With FC Barcelona, he won the Spanish Supercup in 2008/2009.[3] In 2010 he changed for Danish team AG Håndbold. Here he won the danish championship two times and made it to final4 in champions league.

National handball team career

Boldsen had his debut on the Danish national handball team on August 23, 1998, and in the following ten years he played 186 matches for the team, scoring 405 goals. On September 30, 2008, he announced that he was resigning from the national team due to the increased traveling hours following his change to FC Barcelona.[4] In his career, he was part of winning the 2008 European Championship, and part of the bronze winning team in the 2007 World Championship as well as bronze in the European Championships in 2002, 2004, and 2006.[5] Boldsen played at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where Denmark reached the quarter-finals, and placed seventh after being eliminated by Croatia.[6]

As a junior, Boldsen became Junior European Champion with Denmark in 1996, and Junior World Champion in 1997.[3]

Personal life

Boldsen is the son of former national-team handball player, Steen Boldsen. He is married to Nancy Rietveld Boldsen, with whom he has the daughter Fleur. He has participated in TV 2's Vild med dans, the Danish version of Dancing with the Stars, but had to withdraw due to an injury he got at handball practice.[7]

References
  1. "IHF Men's Junior World Championship" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 5 September 2005.
  2. "Denmark". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 29 January 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2008.
  3. "Profile: Joachim Boldsen". FC Barcelona Handball. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  4. "Boldsen stopper på landsholdet". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). 30 September 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  5. "Boldsens sidste stop: Barcelona". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). 14 September 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  6. "Profile: Joachim Boldsen". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  7. "Drama i 'Vild med dans': Boldsen færdig". B.T. (in Danish). 1 October 2007. Retrieved 16 February 2009.

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