Per Leegaard

Per Leegaard

Player information
birthday	July 15, 1982
place of birth	Thisted , Denmark
citizenship	Danish
height	1.93 m
Playing position	Back right
Throwing hand	Left
Clubs in the youth
from ... to	society
0000-0000	Midtthy HK
0000-0000	Thisted IK
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
0000-0000	Team Tvis Holstebro
0000–11/2009	Viborg HK
11 / 2009–2012	Skjern Håndbold
National team
Debut on	November 20, 2004
against	Finland
	Games (goals)
Denmark	35 (102)
As of April 21, 2014

Per Leegaard (born July 15, 1982 in Thisted ) is a former Danish handball player who was mostly used as a right backcourt player .

The 1.93 m tall and 93 kg heavy left-hander began his professional career with the Danish team Tvis Holstebro . With Viborg HK he reached the round of 16 in the 2005/06 EHF Cup and the group stage in the 2007/08 EHF Champions League . In November 2009 he moved to Skjern Håndbold . In the final of the Danish championship in 2011, he tore a muscle fiber in his stomach, which led to bleeding and damage to tendons. After a year of rehabilitation, Leegaard announced the end of his career in March 2012.

In the Danish national team , Per Leegaard made his debut on November 20, 2004 against Finland and until 2008 played 35 international matches , in which he scored 102 goals. At the European Championship in 2006 and the World Championship in 2007 , he won the bronze medal.

Web links

• Per Leegaard in the database of the European Handball Federation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} www.haandbold.com Per Leegaard accessed on April 21, 2014
2. ↑ www.handball-world.com Leegaard stays in Viborg on March 9, 2006, accessed on April 21, 2014
3. ↑ www.handball-world.com Alstad before change? - Skjern fetches Leegaard on November 25, 2009, accessed April 21, 2014
4. ↑ www.dr.dk Per Leegaard stopper karrieren (Danish) from March 20, 2012, accessed on April 21, 2014
5. ↑ www.haslund.info Profile Per Leegaard accessed on December 25, 2017