Erik Bue Pedersen (born January 22, 1952) is a former Danish

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player who competed in the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

. He was born in

Lystrup Lystrup is a suburb of Aarhus, Denmark. It is located 9 km north of Aarhus city centre, west of Egå and the Bay of Aarhus. It had a population of 10,153 (1 January 2025),

near

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality, Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and app ...

, Denmark. At club level he played for the Aarhus-based club Skovbakken IF..asp He debuted for the Danish national team on November 22, 1973 against the Soviet Union. In 1980 he finished ninth with the Danish team in the Olympic tournament. He played five matches and scored five goals. In total he would go on to play 70 matches for the Danish national team, scoring 122 goals over a 7 year period.

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* 1952 births Living people Danish male handball players Olympic handball players for Denmark Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Handball players from Aarhus 20th-century Danish sportsmen {{denmark-handball-bio-stub