Kasper Nielsen (born 9 June 1975) is a Danish former

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player. He is a two-times European Champion by winning both the

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and the

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s with the Danish national handball team."Denmark"
– ''European Handbal Federation (2008)'' (Retrieved on January 31, 2008) He participated at the

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, where the Danish team placed seventh, and the

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where the team came sixth. Today he works as a

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1975 births Living people Danish male handball players Danish expatriate handball players in Germany Olympic handball players for Denmark Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball-Bundesliga players SG Flensburg-Handewitt players Sportspeople from Hillerød Municipality Handball players from the Capital Region of Denmark Plumbers TBV Lemgo players GOG players Bjerringbro-Silkeborg players {{denmark-handball-bio-stub