For The Danish soccer coach, see Morten Olsen.

Morten Toft Olsen (born 11 October 1984) is a Danish handballer for Bjerringbro-Silkeborg.[1]

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.[2] He then joined HF Mors where he played for a single season, where he played together with his twin brother, Kenneth Olsen.[3] In January 2006 he won sold to Viborg HK.[2]

In the summer of 2007 he joined League rivals Bjerringbro-Silkeborg.[4]

In 2010 he joined Bundesliga team TSV Hannover-Burgdorf, where he played until 2013.[5] 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.[6] He has rejoined TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 1 July 2015 after a short term contract with Al Rayyan SC.[7][8][9] In 2020 he returned to Denmark to rejoin GOG Håndbold.[10] In September the same year he won the Danish Cup for a second time.[11] 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.[12] He did however quickly reconsider and continued as a player at GOG.[13] In November 2023 he fell out of favour of the GOG coach and left the team due to 'lack of mutual trust'.[14][15] A few days later he signed for Bjerringbro-Silkeborg until 2025.[16]

National team

In 2005 he won the U-21 World Championship. His twin brother Kenneth was also on the team.[17][8]

He debuted for the Danish national team in 2006, but it would take almost a decade before he became a part of the national team setup on a permanent basis, and even then he often acted as backup.[18]

At the 2016 Olympics he won gold medals with the Danish team; the first ever Olympic gold medal for the Danish men's team.[19]

In 2019 he won the 2019 World Championship with the Danish team; the first time ever that Denmark won the title.[20] In 2021 he defended the title at the 2021 World Championship.[21]

In 2021 he announced his retirement from the national team in order to spend more time with his family.[18]

Private

His twin brother, Kenneth Olsen, is also a handball player.[3]

References

  1. ^ EHF profile
  2. ^ a b "HF Mors sælger Morten Olsen til Viborg HK". xn--hndbold-exa.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. ^ a b Hans Krabbe. "Tvillingebrødre genforenes i HF Mors" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  4. ^ "Lars Krogh Jeppesen wechselt nach Bjerringbro-Silkeborg" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Morten Olsen verlässt TSV Hannover-Burgdorf" (in German). Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. 23 November 2012. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Morten Olsen quitte Saint-Raphaël!" (in French). Ligue Nationale de Handball. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Morten Olsen returns to Hannover" (in German). sport1.de. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  8. ^ a b "2005 IHF Men's Junior World Championship" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 5 September 2005.
  9. ^ "Statistic Men's National Team. Team Roster, Denmark". DHF. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  10. ^ "Wechsel perfekt: Morten Olsen bei GOG Gudme offiziell vorgestellt" (in German). handball-world.news. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  11. ^ "GOG er pokalmester efter tæt finale". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Morten Olsen stopper karrieren og bliver træner". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  13. ^ "Udsætter karrierestop og udløser historisk transfer". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  14. ^ "Morten Olsen stopper i GOG" (in Danish). GOG Håndbold. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  15. ^ "Tilliden er brudt: Morten Olsen stopper øjeblikkeligt i GOG" (in Danish). Politiken. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  16. ^ "MORTEN OLSEN VENDER TILBAGE TIL BJERRINGBRO-SILKEBORG HÅNDBOLD" (in Danish). Bjerringbro-Silkeborg. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  17. ^ [1] Hbold.dk spillerprofil Morten Olsen
  18. ^ a b "Morten Olsen stopper på landsholdet". Sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  19. ^ Bo Bentsen (21 August 2016). "Danmark slår Frankrig i OL-finalen og vinder historisk guld". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  20. ^ "Flawless Denmark claim first world title". ihf.info. International Handball Federation. 27 January 2019.
  21. ^ "Danmark er verdensmester - igen!" (in Danish). Team Danmark. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morten_Olsen_(handballer)
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