Lasse Svan Hansen

Lasse Svan Hansen (born 31 August 1983) is a Danish retired handballer, who last played for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Danish national team He was admitted to the Danish Sports Hall of Fame in 2024 and in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023.

Career Svan started playing handball at Sierslev HK in Store Heddinge. Later he joined GOG Svendborg on Funen, where he debuted in the Danish handball league, Herrehåndboldligaen in 2002.

He won the Danish Championship with GOG in 2007, and the Danish Cup in 2002, 2003 and 2005.

In 2008, he joined German club SG Flensburg-Handewitt in a trade for Kasper Nielsen. With Flensburg he won the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 2012, the EHF Champions League in 2014 and the DHB-Pokal in 2018 and in 2019. In 2021, he became the top appearance maker for SG Flensburg-Handewitt with 627 matches, taking the record from fellow Dane Lars Christiansen. He retired the following summer after 14 years at the club.

National team Svan has had one of the most successful careers ever on the Danish national team. He became European Champion with the Danish national team, after winning the 2012 Championship in Serbia, defeating the host nation in the final, 21–19.

In 2011, he also won silver medal at the World Championships in Sweden, losing to France in the final, and again at the 2013 World Championship in Spain, where Denmark lost to the host nation Spain in the final.

At the 2016 Olympics, he won gold medals with the Danish team, the first time Denmark had done so. Here he was in the tournament all-star team.

He won the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship; the first time Denmark ever won the World Championship. He defended the title at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship. In the quarter final against Egypt, he scored the final penalty in a penalty throw shootout, in what is called one of the wildest handball games ever played. In the final, he was injured early and couldn't continue.

At the 2020 Olympics, he won Olympic silver medals with the Danish team, losing to France in the final.

He played his last national team match on April 15, 2022 against Poland, receiving standing ovations by the Danish fans at the end of the match.

Post-playing career After his playing career he has worked as a mental coach for the Counter Strike e-sports team Heroic. He started in this position in 2022.

He has also acted as handball commentator and host on Danish television.

He has studied to be teacher at UCL Skårup Seminarium.

Individual awards All-star Right wing of the Olympic Games: 2016

Honours EHF Champions League : 2014 German Championship: 2018, 2019 German Cup: 2015 German Super Cup 2013, 2019 Danish Championship: 2004, 2007 Danish Handball Cup: 2002, 2003, 2005