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Mikkel Hansen
(Handball player)
Mikkel Hansen
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Birthdate: October 22, 1987
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Helsingør, Denmark
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Kiril Lazarov
(Handball player)
Kiril Lazarov
8
Birthdate: May 10, 1980
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sveti Nikole, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia
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Cristina Neagu
(Romanian Handball Player Who Plays as a Left Back)
Cristina Neagu
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Birthdate: August 26, 1988
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania

Cristina Neagu is a Romanian handball player who plays for the Romanian women's national team. She was part of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2010 European Championship and the 2015 World Championship. Considered the greatest player of all time, Cristina Neagu is the only female handball player to win four World Player of the Year awards.

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Ivano Balic
(Handball player)
Ivano Balic
6
Birthdate: April 1, 1979
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
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Estavana Polman
(Handball player)
Estavana Polman
14
Birthdate: August 5, 1992
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Arnhem, Netherlands
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Stine Bredal Oftedal
(Handball Player)
Stine Bredal Oftedal
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Birthdate: September 25, 1991
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Oslo, Norway

Stine Bredal Oftedal is a Norwegian handball player who currently captains the national team. She has helped her team win two Olympic bronze medals as well as three World Championship gold medals. Stine Bredal Oftedal has also helped her team win four European Championship gold medals. In 2019, the International Handball Federation named her World Handball Player of the Year.

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Nora Mørk
(Handball player)
Nora Mørk
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Birthdate: April 5, 1991
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Oslo, Norway

Nora Mørk is a Norwegian handball player best known for helping her national team win bronze medals at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. She is also a world champion and a European champion, having won two World Championship gold medals and four European Championship gold medals so far.

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Niklas Landin Jacobsen
(Handball player)
Niklas Landin Jacobsen
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Birthdate: December 19, 1988
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Søborg, Denmark
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Sander Sagosen
(Handball player)
Sander Sagosen
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Birthdate: September 14, 1995
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Stavanger, Norway

Sander Sagosen is a Norwegian handball player best known for winning the silver medal at the 2017 and 2019 IHF Men's Handball World Championship. He is also known for winning the bronze medal at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship. Sander Sagosen has been an important member of the Norway men's national handball team since 2013.

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Nikola Karabatić
(Handball player)
Nikola Karabatić
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Birthdate: April 11, 1984
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Niš, Serbia
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Thierry Omeyer
(Handball goalkeeper)
Thierry Omeyer
5
Birthdate: November 2, 1976
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Mulhouse, France
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Inaki Urdangarin
(Handball player)
Inaki Urdangarin
8
Birthdate: January 15, 1968
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Zumarraga, Spain Zumárraga, Basque Country (autonomous community) Basque Country, Spain
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Luc Abalo
(Handball player)
Luc Abalo
4
Birthdate: September 6, 1984
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ivry-sur-Seine, France
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Jelena Gencic
(Legendary Serbian Tennis and Handball Player Who Was Novak Djokovic's First Coach)
Jelena Gencic
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Birthdate: October 9, 1936
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died: June 1, 2013

Known as tennis legend Novak Djokovic's first coach, Jelena Gencic was a talented sportswoman in her own right and represented Yugoslavia in both tennis and handball. She was part of the Yugoslav team that won a bronze at the 1957 handball World Championships. She had also been a director at TV Belgrade.

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Aron Pálmarsson
(Icelandic Handballer Who Won Bronze with National Team at 2010 European Championship)
Aron Pálmarsson
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Birthdate: July 19, 1990
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Reykjavík, Iceland

Icelandic handballer Aron Pálmarsson made his senior career debut with Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar . He presently plays for Aalborg Håndbold and the Icelandic national handball team. So far Pálmarsson has achieved several feats including winning bronze with national team at 2010 European Championship; Bundesliga (2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) with THW Kiel; and Copa ASOBAL(2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) with FC Barcelona.

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Tess Wester
(Handball player)
Tess Wester
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Birthdate: May 19, 1993
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Heerhugowaard, Netherlands
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Luka Cindrić
(Handball player)
Luka Cindrić
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Birthdate: July 5, 1993
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Ogulin, Croatia
 18 
Mathias Gidsel
(Handball player)
Mathias Gidsel
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Birthdate: February 8, 1999
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Skjern, Denmark
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Igor Karačić
(Handball player)
Igor Karačić
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Birthdate: November 2, 1988
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Dika Mem
(Handball player)
Dika Mem
3
Birthdate: August 31, 1997
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
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Uwe Gensheimer
(Handball player)
Uwe Gensheimer
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Birthdate: October 26, 1986
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Mannheim, Germany
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Luc Steins
(Handball player)
Luc Steins
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Birthdate: March 22, 1995
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Voerendaal, Netherlands
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Bárður á Steig Nielsen
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Birthdate: April 16, 1972
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Vestmanna, Faroe Islands
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Ljubomir Vranjes
(Swedish Handball Coach, Former Player, and Olympic Silver Medalist)
Ljubomir Vranjes
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Birthdate: October 3, 1973
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Gothenburg, Sweden

Swedish handball coach and former handball player Ljubomir Vranjes had a successful playing stint with Redbergslids IK. He is also a former World Handball Champion and a 3-time European Handball Champion. He also won a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He later won the EHF Champions League as a manager.

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Talant Dujshebaev
(Former Professional Handball Player )
Talant Dujshebaev
3
Birthdate: June 2, 1968
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
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Daniel Dujshebaev
(Handball player)
Daniel Dujshebaev
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Birthdate: July 4, 1997
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Santander, Cantabria Santander, Spain
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Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson
(Former Handballer Who Set New World Record for Most Goals Scored in Men's Handball)
Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson
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Birthdate: August 8, 1979
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Reykjavík, Iceland

Icelandic former handballer Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson, who presently serves as coach of VfL Gummersbach, is noted for breaking the world record of Hungarian Péter Kovács for most goals scored in international men's handball in 2018. Other achievements of Sigurðsson includes winning silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and bronze at the 2010 European Championship with Icelandic national handball team.

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Ivan Čupić
(Handball player)
Ivan Čupić
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Birthdate: March 27, 1986
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Metković, Croatia
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Stojance Stoilov
(Handball player)
Stojance Stoilov
3
Birthdate: April 30, 1987
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Skopje, North Macedonia
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Timur Dibirov
(Handball Player)
Timur Dibirov
3
Birthdate: July 30, 1983
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Petrozavodsk, Russia
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Anita Görbicz
(Handball player)
Anita Görbicz
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Birthdate: May 13, 1983
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Veszprém, Hungary
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Ludovic Fabregas
(Handball player)
Ludovic Fabregas
3
Birthdate: July 1, 1996
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Perpignan, France
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Kentin Mahé
(Handball player)
Kentin Mahé
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Birthdate: May 22, 1991
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
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Jackson Richardson
(Handball Player)
Jackson Richardson
3
Birthdate: June 14, 1969
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Saint-Pierre, Réunion
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Andreas Palicka
(Handball player)
Andreas Palicka
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Birthdate: July 10, 1986
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lund, Sweden
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Melvyn Richardson
(Handball player)
Melvyn Richardson
3
Birthdate: January 31, 1997
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Marseille, France
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Nedim Remili
(Handball player)
Nedim Remili
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Birthdate: July 18, 1995
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Créteil, France
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Ali Zein
(Handball Player)
Ali Zein
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Birthdate: December 14, 1990
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Egypt

Ali Zein is an Egyptian professional handball player who plays for the Egyptian national team. He helped his national team win the 2016 and 2020 African Handball Nations Championship titles. At the 2018 African Championship, where his team finished second, Ali Zein was adjudged Best Player of the tournament. Ali Zein has also played for popular clubs like Al Ahly.

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Isabelle Gullden
(Handball Player)
Isabelle Gullden
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Birthdate: June 29, 1989
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Sävedalen, Sweden
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Filip Jicha
(Former Czech Handball Player Who Played as a Left Back)
Filip Jicha
3
Birthdate: April 19, 1982
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Starý Plzenec, Czechoslovakia

Filip Jicha is a Czech former handball player who played for the Czech Republic national handball team from 2000 to 2016. Jicha, who scored 816 goals in 148 games for his country, was named IHF World Handball Player of the Year in 2010. Filip Jicha is the current head coach of THW Kiel, which competes in the Handball-Bundesliga.

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Mads Mensah Larsen
(Handball player)
Mads Mensah Larsen
3
Birthdate: August 12, 1991
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Holbæk, Denmark
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Alex Dujshebaev
(Handball player)
Alex Dujshebaev
5
Birthdate: December 17, 1992
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Santander, Spain
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Domagoj Duvnjak
(Handball player)
Domagoj Duvnjak
4
Birthdate: June 1, 1988
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Đakovo, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
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Arpad Sterbik
(Handball player)
Arpad Sterbik
4
Birthdate: November 20, 1979
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Senta, Yugoslavia
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Andrea Lekic
(Handball player)
Andrea Lekic
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Birthdate: September 6, 1987
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Belgrade, Serbia
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Petar Nenadic
(Handball player)
Petar Nenadic
3
Birthdate: June 28, 1986
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Belgrade, Serbia
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Alfredo Quintana
(Former Portuguese Handball Goalkeeper)
Alfredo Quintana
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Birthdate: March 20, 1988
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Havana, Cuba
Died: February 26, 2021

Cuban-born-Portuguese handballer Alfredo Quintana played as a goalkeeper. He spent his entire senior-club-career with FC Porto and won Portuguese League seven-times, Portuguese Cup twice and Portuguese Supercup twice with them. After becoming a Portuguese national in 2014, Quintana played for Portugal at 2020 European Men's Handball Championship and 2021 World Men's Handball Championship. His life was cut-short following a cardiac-arrest.

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Ahmed El-Ahmar
(Handball Player)
Ahmed El-Ahmar
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Birthdate: January 27, 1984
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Giza, Egypt

Ahmed El-Ahmar is an Egyptian professional handball player who plays for the Egyptian national team as well as for popular clubs like Zamalek Handball Club and El Jaish Handball Team. Ahmed El-Ahmar is a successful player, having won seven Egyptian Handball League titles, five Egyptian Handball Cups, and four African Men's Handball Championship titles in his illustrious career so far.

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Halil Jaganjac
(Handball player)
Halil Jaganjac
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Birthdate: June 22, 1998
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Rijeka, Croatia
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Dainis Krištopāns
(Handball player)
Dainis Krištopāns
5
Birthdate: September 27, 1990
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ludza, Latvia
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