Per Leegaard
Player information | |
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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 |
- | Midtthy HK |
- | Thisted IK |
Clubs as active | |
from ... to | society |
- | Team Tvis Holstebro |
–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
- ↑ a b www.haandbold.com Per Leegaard accessed on April 21, 2014
- ↑ www.handball-world.com Leegaard stays in Viborg on March 9, 2006, accessed on April 21, 2014
- ↑ www.handball-world.com Alstad before change? - Skjern fetches Leegaard on November 25, 2009, accessed April 21, 2014
- ↑ www.dr.dk Per Leegaard stopper karrieren (Danish) from March 20, 2012, accessed on April 21, 2014
- ↑ www.haslund.info Profile Per Leegaard accessed on December 25, 2017
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Leegaard, Per |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish handball player |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1982 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Thisted |