Joachim Boldsen
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3 April 1978 Helsingør, Denmark |
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| Nationality | Danish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 99 kilograms (218 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Centre Back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1993-1997 1997-1999 1999-2001 2001 2001-2007 2007-2008 2008-2010 2010-2012 2012-2014 |
Helsingør IF GOG TV Großwallstadt Ajax Farum SG Flensburg-Handewitt AaB Håndbold FC Barcelona AG København KIF Kolding København |
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| 1998-2008 | Denmark | 186 (405) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Boldsen recently played for KIF Kolding København, and has previously played for Danish Handball League side AaB Håndbold and Spanish league side FC Barcelona.
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. He now plays for Danish team AG Håndbold
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. 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. Boldsen played at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where Denmark reached the quarter finals, and placed seventh after being eliminated by Croatia.
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