Niklas Landin Jacobsen (born 19 December 1988) is a Danish

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. He is

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with the Danish national team, after winning the 2012 Championship in Serbia, defeating the host nation in the final, 21–19. Niklas Landin was the

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of the Denmark national team from 2012 until his retirement from the national team in 2024. In 2011 and 2013, he won silver medal at the

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. In 2016, he was part of the Danish team that won Olympic gold. With the Danish national team, he won three consecutive World Championships in

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and

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. He made his debut on the national team on 28 October 2008. He is the older brother of fellow

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player and Danish international Magnus Landin Jacobsen. Landin Jacobsen was named the

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for 2019 and for 2021. He was the first player to be named two consecutive times, and the only goalkeeper to win the award twice. In 2021, he won the

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, posting a save rate of 30%.

Club career

GOG Svendborg TGI

In 2006 Landin signed with GOG Svendborg TGI. He stayed with the club until the start of 2010, where the club faced financial distress and players were allowed to negotiate with other clubs.

Bjerringbro-Silkeborg

Landin signed with Bjerringbro-Silkeborg a contract starting from the 2010 season, due to GOG Svendborg financial distress, Landin joined BSV in the beginning of 2010. He quickly became first choice and remained with club until 2012.

Rhein-Neckar Löwen

Landin joined the Rhein-Neckar Löwen on a three-year deal, starting 2012–13 season. He was a part of the team that won the

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THW Kiel

On 7 August 2014,

announced that Landin would join the club on a three-year contract, starting from the 2015 season. He won the 2015 Super Cup with THW Kiel in a close match against

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. His time at Kiel proved to bring huge success, as Landin won the

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and 2019 DHB-Pokal, as well as the 2019 EHF Cup. In 2020, Kiel took a double, as the team won the

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and

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, with Landin being the starting goalkeeper. In 2021, Landin was awarded the prize for Handball player of the year. From 2018 his brother, Magnus Landin, also played at the club. As a result of his performances, the Dane earned the title of

in 2019 and 2021.

Aalborg

In 2023, Landin returned to Denmark, signing a contract with

. In his first season he won the Danish championship, and reached the final of the

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, losing to

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31-30. In 2025 he won the

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with the club. Later the same season he won the Danish championship.

Honours

: **:

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: **:

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

* German Championship: **: 2019/20, 2020/21, 2022/23 *

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: **:

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*German Super Cup: **: 2015 * Danish Championship: **: 2007, 2024 **: 2011, 2012 **: 2010 *

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: **: 2025 **: 2007, 2008

Individual awards

* IHF World Player of the Year – Men: 2019, 2021 * All-Star Goalkeeper of the Olympic Games:

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

* All-Star Goalkeeper of the World Championship:

* All-Star Goalkeeper of the European Championship:

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* All-Star Goalkeeper of the Youth World Championship:

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

* Danish Player of the Year: 2012, 2014, 2020 *Danish National team Player of the year: 2014, 2020, 2021 *

Handball-Bundesliga The Handball-Bundesliga (HBL) is the top German professional handball league. From 2007 to 2012, the league was sponsored by Toyota and was officially called the ''Toyota Handball-Bundesliga''. In 2012 the Deutsche Kreditbank AG (DKB) became t ...

Best Goalkeeper: 2014,

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*All-Star Goalkeeper of the EHF Champions League:

*Handball Player of the Year in Germany: 2021 *

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Best goalkeeper of the season: 2022/23

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Landin Jacobsen, Niklas 1988 births Living people Danish male handball players THW Kiel players Rhein-Neckar Löwen players Aalborg Håndbold players GOG players Handball-Bundesliga players Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Denmark Danish expatriate handball players in Germany Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in handball Sportspeople from Gladsaxe Municipality Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Denmark Handball players from the Capital Region of Denmark 21st-century Danish sportsmen Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Bjerringbro-Silkeborg players