Thomas Sommer Arnoldsen (born 11 January 2002) 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

Aalborg Håndbold Aalborg Handball () is a professional handball club from Aalborg, Denmark that competes in the Danish Handball League. Aalborg Håndbold play their home games in the Gigantium arena in Aalborg – known as Jutlander Bank Arena for sponsorship rea ...

and the Danish national team. His brother Frederik Arnoldsen is also a handball player for

Skanderborg Aarhus Håndbold Skanderborg is a town in Skanderborg Municipality, Denmark. It is situated on the north and north eastern brinks of #The lake, Skanderborg Lake and there are several smaller ponds and bodies of water within the city itself, like Lillesø, Sortes ...

Career

Arnoldsen started playing handball at his hometown club

. In the 2020/2021 season he was promoted to the first team. In his first season he scored 144 goals and got 143 assists, and was selected for the Talent of the Year (Årets talent). In 2023 he transferred to the Danish top team

. From the beginning of the season at his new club he was however out with an injury. In 2024 he won the Danish Championship with Aalborg Håndbold, and in 2025 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 the club, beating Bjerringbro-Silkeborg in the final. From March 8th to April 28th 2025 he took a break from handball due to exhaustion. He returned in a league match against

Skanderborg AGF Håndbold Skanderborg AGF Håndbold, previously ''Skanderborg Aarhus Håndbold'', is a men's Team handball, handball club based in Skanderborg in Jutland, Denmark. The club was founded in 1982 and was the result of a merger between Stilling-Skanderborg and ...

. Later the same season he won the Danish championship.

National team

He represented Denmark at the 2022 European Under-20 Championship and the 2023 Junior World Championship. He debuted for the Danish national team on March 9th 2023 in a 30:23 win against Germany, where he scored 7 goals. At the

2024 Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

he won Gold medals with the Danish team.

Individual awards

* All-Star team as Best centre back at the 2022 European Men's U-20 Handball Championship * Talent of the year in the Danish league 2021/22 * All-Star team as Best centre back of the Danish league 2022/23 *

Team Danmark Team Danmark is an organization funded by the Danish government through the proceeds from Danske Spil, the state-controlled organization for betting on sports in Denmark, with the purpose of promoting elite sports in Denmark. References Exter ...

's 'Årets Fund' 2024

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sommer Arnoldsen, Thomas 2002 births Living people Danish male handball players Aalborg Håndbold players Handball players from Aarhus Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Denmark Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in handball 21st-century Danish sportsmen Sportspeople from Skanderborg