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 Rietveld 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 2007 Germany Team European Championships 2008 Norway Team 2002 Sweden Team 2004 Slovenia Team 2006 Switzerland Team Junior World Championship 1997 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

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 2001-2007, 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] He now plays for Danish team AG Håndbold

National handball team career

Joachim 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]

Joachim Boldsen in 2008

Personal life

Joachim 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 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.

External links

• FCBarcelona.com profile