Mads Mensah Larsen

Mads Mensah Larsen
Personal information
Born (1991-08-12) 12 August 1991 (age 33)
Holbæk, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Number 22
Senior clubs
Years Team
0000–2012
 AG København
2010–2011
 → Nordsjælland Håndbold (loan)
2012–2014
 Aalborg Håndbold
2014–2020
 Rhein-Neckar Löwen
2020–
 SG Flensburg-Handewitt
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–
 Denmark 201 (323)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2019 Germany/Denmark
Gold medal – first place 2021 Egypt
Gold medal – first place 2023 Poland/Sweden
Silver medal – second place 2013 Spain
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2014 Denmark
Silver medal – second place 2024 Germany
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hungary/Slovakia
Junior World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2011 Greece
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 29. January 2024

Mads Mensah Larsen (born 12 August 1991) is a Danish handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Denmark national team.[1]

He previously played for the clubs AG København, Nordsjælland Håndbold and Aalborg Håndbold in Denmark[2] and the German club Rhein-Neckar Löwen.

He studied Humanistic informatics at Aalborg University. He has a Danish mother and a Ghanaian father.[3]

  1. ^ "Mads Mensah Larsen". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Statistic Men's National Team. Team Roster, Denmark". DHF. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  3. ^ Browne, Ken (24 September 2020). "Mads Mensah Larsen: Denmark handball's creative force". Retrieved 7 August 2021.