Michael Jørn Berg (born May 29, 1955 in

Hørsholm Hørsholm () is an urban area on the Øresund coast approximately north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers most of Hørsholm Municipality and straddles the borders neighbouring Fredensborg Municipality and Rudersdal Municipality. Hørsholm proper ...

) 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 ...

. In 1980 he finished ninth with the Danish team in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored 16 goals. In club handball he played the entire career at Holte IF. Here he won silver medals three times in the 1970's. In 7 seasons he was the league top scorer, with his best year being 1978 where he scored 201 goals. He was awarded the male player of the year by the Håndbold Spiller Foreningen in 1978 and 1981. He debuted for the national team in 1973, but had to wait three years for his second match. But from 1976 he was a regular on the national team for the next 5 years. Berg initially retired from the national team in 1980, but decided to return in 1981 playing another year.

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1955 births Living people Sportspeople from Hørsholm Municipality Danish male handball players Olympic handball players for Denmark Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Handball players from the Capital Region of Denmark 20th-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-handball-bio-stub