Flemming Ladefoged Hansen (September 11, 1948 in

Fredericia Fredericia () is a town located in Fredericia Municipality in the southeastern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. The city is part of the Triangle Region Denmark, Triangle Region, which includes the neighbouring cities of Kolding and Vej ...

, Denmark – July 14, 2013) was a 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

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. He played his club handball with

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, and was the top goalscorer of the 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, and 1976

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seasons. He debuted for the Danish national team in July 1968 against the Soviet Union. During his active years he played 75 matches for the Danish national team, scoring 359 goals. His last match for Denmark was in January 1977 against Sweden. In 1972 he was part of the Denmark team which finished thirteenth in the Olympic tournament. He played all five matches and scored 27 goals.

References

1948 births 2013 deaths Danish male handball players Olympic handball players for Denmark Handball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics 20th-century Danish sportsmen Sportspeople from Fredericia {{denmark-handball-bio-stub