Simon Hammer (born 2 March 1983) 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. He grew up in Rødding, Viborg Municipality, but switched to the Copenhagen-based club FCK when he was 19. He has previously played for another league side HF Mors, and joined

FCK Håndbold F.C. Copenhagen Handball (or simply FCK Handball) was a Danish handball team, playing in Copenhagen. They had both a male and a female team, both playing in the best Danish leagues, the Danish Handball League (men) and Danish Women's Handball Le ...

at the age of 19. Until 2005 he played part time for the club while studying at Niels Brocks Handelsskole. He played professionally full time for a short while, but according to himself he was bored with the lack of working hours, and thus starting working in banking simultaneously with the handball career. In 2010 he won the

Danish cup The Danish Cup (; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "single-elimination tournament, knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955. The winner will ...

with

, when they beat Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 31-30 in the final. He then joined

Frederiksberg IF Frederiksberg Idræts-Forening, often just called Frederiksberg IF or FIF is a Danish sports club based in Frederiksberg. The club has teams in many different sports, but is most famous for its handball team. The men's team is currently playing i ...

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1983 births Living people Danish male handball players Sportspeople from Viborg Municipality Handball players from the Central Denmark Region 21st-century Danish sportsmen {{denmark-handball-bio-stub