Christian Hjermind (born 25 July 1973 in

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) is a former Danish professional

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player. Until April 2025 he served as the director of

KIF Kolding KIF Kolding is a professional handball club based in Kolding, Denmark who competes in the Danish Handball League. KIF Kolding has won the Danish Handball League, Danish Handball Championship a record 14 times. It is a part of the broader sports ...

. Hjermind played club handball for HIK Håndbold, and was the top goalscorer of the club in the 1995

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season. He moved abroad to play for

SG Flensburg-Handewitt SG Flensburg-Handewitt is a professional handball club from Flensburg and Handewitt in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and EHF European League. They play home matches at Flens-Arena. Since formin ...

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and

BM Ciudad Real Balonmano Ciudad Real was a Spanish handball team based in Ciudad Real, Castilla La Mancha. BM Ciudad Real played in Liga ASOBAL. History In July 1983 is founded in the city of Ciudad Real a handball club named Asociación Deportiva Cultural ...

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. In 1997 he was named Danish handaller of the year. He returned to Denmark to play for

in 2003. He played four seasons with KIF, winning two

championships and two

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trophies, before moving back to Ciudad Real in 2007. He represented the Danish national handball team at the 2002 European Championship,EM Sverige 2002
at

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winning

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s, the 2003 World Championship, the 2004 European Championship,EM Slovenien 2005
at

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winning

s, and the 2005 World Championship.VM Tunesien 2005
at

Danish Handball Federation Danish Handball Association () is the national sport governing body, governing body for team handb ...

Post playing career

In 2020 he became the director at

, which he had also played for. He was fired after the 2024-25 season, when KIF Kolding finished 14th out of 14 and were relegated for the first time in 41 years.

Honours

: 2005, 2006 *

: 2005, 2007

References

1973 births Living people Danish male handball players Danish expatriate handball players in Germany Danish expatriate handball players in Spain Handball players from Copenhagen BM Ciudad Real players SG Flensburg-Handewitt players KIF Kolding players {{denmark-handball-bio-stub