Morten Olsen

Morten Toft Olsen (born 11 October 1984) is a Danish handball coach for Los Angeles Team Handball Club and former player. He is a two times world Champion and one time Olympic Champion.

At youth levels he started playing as a wing player, but transitioned to play as a playmaker in his senior years.

Playing career Olsen started his career at GOG Gudme, where he played from 2003 to 2005. He then joined HF Mors where he played for a single season, where he played together with his twin brother, Kenneth Olsen. In January 2006 he won sold to Viborg HK.

In 2010 he joined Bundesliga team TSV Hannover-Burgdorf, where he played until 2013. He then joined French team Saint-Raphaël Var Handball. In 2015 he was released early from his contract with the club to rejoin TSV Hannover-Burgdorf. He has rejoined TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 1 July 2015 after a short-term contract with Al Rayyan SC. In 2020 he returned to Denmark to rejoin GOG Håndbold. In September the same year he won the Danish Cup for a second time. In 2022 he won the Danish championship, and the 2023 he won the double.

At the end of the 2022-23 season he announced his retirement from handball and that he intended to become the assistant coach at TMS Ringsted. He did however quickly reconsider and continued as a player at GOG. In November 2023 he fell out of favour of the GOG coach and left the team due to 'lack of mutual trust'. A few days later he signed for Bjerringbro-Silkeborg until 2025. In April 2025 he announced his intention to retire after the 2024-25 season.

National team In 2005 he won the U-21 World Championship. His twin brother Kenneth was also on the team.

At the 2016 Olympics he won gold medals with the Danish team; the first ever Olympic gold medal for the Danish men's team.

In 2019 he won the 2019 World Championship with the Danish team; the first time ever that Denmark won the title. In 2021 he defended the title at the 2021 World Championship.

In 2021 he announced his retirement from the national team in order to spend more time with his family.

Personal life His twin brother, Kenneth Olsen, is also a handball coach and former player. He currently coaches TMS Ringsted.