Simon Hald

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Simon Hald

| image = File:Simon Hald Jensen (Aalborg Håndbold).jpg

| caption = Hald during the match RK Zagreb - Aalborg Håndbold (31:23) in Zagreb Arena, Croatia, on 18th September 2024

| full_name = Simon Hald Jensen

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|9|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Aalborg, Denmark

| nationality = Danish

| height = 2.03 m

| position = Pivot

| currentclub = Aalborg Håndbold

| clubnumber = 11

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Nøvling IF

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Team Vesthimmerland

| years1 = 2013–2018

| clubs1 = Aalborg Håndbold

| years2 = 2018–2023

| clubs2 = SG Flensburg-Handewitt

| years3 = 2023–

| clubs3 = Aalborg Håndbold

| nationalyears1 = 2015–

| nationalteam1 = Denmark

| nationalcaps1 = 91

| nationalgoals1 = 97

| ntupdate = 29 January 2024

| medaltemplates =

}}

Simon Hald Jensen (born 29 September 1994) is a Danish handball player for Aalborg Håndbold and the Danish national team.{{cite web |url=http://www.dhf.dk/Landshold/herre-a-landsholdet/truppen |title=Statistic Men's National Team. Team Roster, Denmark |website=dhf.dk |publisher=Danish Handball Federation |accessdate=27 August 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.eurohandball.com/player/546854 |title=Simon Hald |website=eurohandball.com |publisher=European Handball Federation |accessdate=27 August 2017 |archive-date=29 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029083715/http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/cl/men/2019-20/player/546854/Simon+Hald+Jensen |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/QlDZld0iL6_RACLnWhe3hw/simon-hald-jensen/ |title=Simon Hald |website=eurohandball.com |publisher=European Handball Federation |accessdate=9 May 2021}}

Club career

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.{{cite web|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2017-05-28-suveraene-aalborg-er-dansk-mester|title=Suveræne Aalborg er dansk mester|date=28 May 2017|accessdate=17 January 2022|publisher=TV2 Danmark|website=sport.tv2.dk|language=da}}

In 2018 she switched to the German top club Flensburg-Handewitt on a three year deal,{{cite web|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2018-01-08-aalborg-profil-skifter-til-flensburg|title=Aalborg-profil skifter til Flensburg|date=8 January 2018|accessdate=17 January 2022|publisher=TV2 Sport|language=Danish}} where he won the German Bundesliga in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-1-115764.html|title=SG Flensburg-Handewitt ist Deutscher Meister 2019|date=9 June 2019|accessdate=17 January 2022|publisher=handball-world.news|language=de}}

In 2023 he re-signed with his old club Aalborg Håndbold.{{Cite web |last=Blangstrup |first=Emilie |date=12 April 2022 |title=Simon Hald vender hjem til Aalborg i 2023 |url=https://aalborghaandbold.dk/simon-hald-vender-hjem-til-aalborg-i-2023/ |website=Aalborg Håndbold |language=da-DK |access-date=1 September 2024}} In his first season back in Aalborg, he won the Danish Championship again.{{cite web|url=https://aalborghaandbold.dk/aalborg-handbold-er-danske-mestre-for-syvende-gang/|title=Aalborg Håndbold er danske mestre for syvende gang!|date=20 November 2024|accessdate=1 June 2024|publisher=Aalborg Håndbold|language=Danish}} In 2025 he won the Danish Cup with the club.{{cite news|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2025-02-16-aalborg-vinder-pokalturneringen|title=Aalborg vinder pokalturneringen|publisher=TV2 Danmark|first=Mikkel|last=Christensen|date=16 February 2025|language=da|trans-title=Aalborg wins the cup}} Later the same season he won the Danish championship.{{cite news|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/live/haandbold/2025-06-07-aalborg-vinder-dm-guld-for-andet-aar-i-traek|publisher=TV2 Danmark|website=sport.tv2.dk|title=Aalborg vinder DM-guld for andet år i træk|date=7 June 2025|access-date=12 June 2025|language=da}}

National team career

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.berlingske.dk/sport/danmark-i-finalen-ved-u19-vm|title=Danmark i finalen ved U19-VM|date=21 August 2013|accessdate=17 January 2022|publisher=Berlingske Tidende|language=Danish}}

He made his debut for the senior national team in 2015 in an away match against Poland,{{cite web|url=https://dhf.dk/landsholdsinfo/spiller/185585_1|title=Simon Hald Jensen - DHF|publisher=Dansk Håndbold|accessdate=17 January 2022|archive-date=17 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117214540/https://dhf.dk/landsholdsinfo/spiller/185585_1|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2019-01-27-danmark-er-verdensmester|title=Danmark er verdensmester|date=27 January 2019|accessdate=17 January 2022|publisher=TV2 Sport|language=Danish}} He was also on the Danish team that won gold medals at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship in Egypt.{{cite web|url=https://teamdanmark.dk/nyheder/2021/januar/danmark-er-verdensmestre-igen|title=Danmark er verdensmester - igen!|date=31 January 2021|accessdate=17 January 2022|publisher=Team Danmark|language=Danish}}

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.{{cite web|url =https://danskhaandbold.dk/nyheder/dobbelt-udskiftning-i-handboldherrernes-ol-trup| title = Dobbelt udskiftning i håndboldherrernes OL-trup |publisher=danskhaandbold.dk|date=30 July 2024|accessdate=14 August 2024|language=Danish}} Denmark won Olympic Gold at that tournament.{{cite web|url = https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/ol-2024-herrer |title = Kampe |publisher=tv2.dk|accessdate=14 August 2024|language=Danish}}

Individual awards

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

References

External links

{{International Handball Federation|25049|Simon Hald Jensen}}
{{European Handball Federation|name=Simon Hald Jensen}}
{{Instagram|name=Simon Hald Jensen}}
{{Olympics.com|simon-hald|Simon Hald}}
[https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/simon-hald_1895234 Simon Hald] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics

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