Peter Balling (born 5 April 1990) is 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 for

Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold is a handball club, based in the two Danish cities of Bjerringbro and Silkeborg. Currently, Bjerringbro-Silkeborg competes in the men's Danish Handball League. The home arena of the team is JYSK Arena. The o ...

and the Danish national team. He participated at the

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 ...

and

2018 European Men's Handball Championship The 2018 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament, hosted for the second time in Croatia from 12 to 28 January 2018. Croatia was awarded hosting the tournament during the EHF congress in Dublin on 20 S ...

. He is the younger brother of fellow handball player Morten Balling.

Career

Peter Balling started his senior career at

Mors-Thy Håndbold Mors-Thy Håndbold is a handball club, based in Nykøbing Mors and Thisted, Denmark. Currently, Mors-Thy Håndbold competes in the men's Danish Handball League. The home arena of the team is Sparekassen Thy Arena and Thyhallen in Thisted. It ...

, where he played for three years before moving to league rivals

Skanderborg Håndbold Skanderborg Håndbold, previously known as Vrold-Skanderborg Håndboldklub is a women's handball club based in Skanderborg in Jutland, Denmark. The club has over 650 members, which makes it one of the biggest handball clubs in Denmark and the ...

. In 2015 he moved to

TTH Holstebro TTH Holstebro is a men's handball club from Holstebro, Denmark. The team is playing in the Danish Primo Tours Ligaen and play their home matches in Gråkjær Arena. History The club was founded on 1 May 2000, when Holstebro Håndbold 90 a ...

. Here he won the Danish Supercup in 2018. He played two seasons at

KIF Kolding KIF Kolding is a professional handball club based in Kolding, Denmark who competes in the Danish Handball League. KIF Kolding has won the Danish Handball League, Danish Handball Championship a record 14 times. It is a part of the broader sports ...

. In the 2021-22 he scored a crucial goal with 7 seconds remaining against

, which prevented relegation for KIF. The following summer he then moved to

in 2022, citing the possibility to win medals with the club as the reason.

References

1986 births Living people Danish male handball players Sportspeople from Skive Municipality TTH Holstebro players KIF Kolding players Handball players from the Central Denmark Region 21st-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-handball-bio-stub