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Mikkel Hansen
(Danish Professional Handball Player)
Mikkel Hansen
12
Birthdate: October 22, 1987
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Helsingør, Denmark
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
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Kiril Lazarov
(Macedonian Handball Coach and Retired Player)
Kiril Lazarov
11
Birthdate: May 10, 1980
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sveti Nikole, North Macedonia
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 3 
Cristina Neagu
(Romanian Handball Player Who Plays as a Left Back)
Cristina Neagu
22
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.

 4 
Estavana Polman
(Dutch Handball Player)
Estavana Polman
16
Birthdate: August 5, 1992
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Arnhem, Netherlands
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 5 
Ivano Balic
(Croatian Former Professional Handballer)
Ivano Balic
8
Birthdate: April 1, 1979
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 6 
Niklas Landin Jacobsen
(Danish Handball Player)
Niklas Landin Jacobsen
8
Birthdate: December 19, 1988
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Søborg, Denmark
Height: 6'7" (201 cm)
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Stine Bredal Oftedal
(Norwegian Handball Player and Olympic Medalist)
Stine Bredal Oftedal
8
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.

 8 
Thierry Omeyer
(Retired French Handball Goalkeeper)
Thierry Omeyer
6
Birthdate: November 2, 1976
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Mulhouse, France
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
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 9 
Nora Mørk
(Norwegian Handball Player)
Nora Mørk
15
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.

 10 
Nikola Karabatić
(French Professional Handball Player)
Nikola Karabatić
13
Birthdate: April 11, 1984
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Niš, Serbia
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
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 11 
Luc Abalo
(French Retired Handball Player)
Luc Abalo
6
Birthdate: September 6, 1984
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ivry-sur-Seine, France
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 12 
Tess Wester
(Dutch Handballer Who Plays as Goalkeeper)
Tess Wester
11
Birthdate: May 19, 1993
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Heerhugowaard, Netherlands
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Arpad Sterbik
(Serbian Retired Handball Player)
Arpad Sterbik
4
Birthdate: November 20, 1979
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Senta, Yugoslavia
Height: 6'7" (201 cm)
 14 
Talant Dujshebaev
(Russian Handball Coach, Former Player and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Talant Dujshebaev
4
Birthdate: June 2, 1968
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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 15 
Anita Görbicz
(Hungarian Former Professional Handballer)
Anita Görbicz
9
Birthdate: May 13, 1983
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Veszprém, Hungary
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 16 
Katrine Lunde
(Norwegian Handball Goalkeeper and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Katrine Lunde
4
Birthdate: March 30, 1980
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kristiansand, Norway

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Norwegian handball goalkeeper Katrine Lunde is now associated with the club Vipers Kristiansand. She has played for Russian, Hungarian, and Danish clubs too, and is also a 2-time World Champion. She is the twin sister of retired handball player and Olympic champion Kristine Lunde-Borgersen.

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Isabelle Gullden
(Swedish Handball Player)
Isabelle Gullden
9
Birthdate: June 29, 1989
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Sävedalen, Sweden
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 18 
Filip Jicha
(Former Czech Handball Player Who Played as a Left Back)
Filip Jicha
4
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.

 19 
Camilla Herrem
(Norwegian Handball Player)
Camilla Herrem
5
Birthdate: October 8, 1986
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Sola, Norway

Camilla Herrem is a Norwegian professional handball player best known for helping her national team win gold medal at the 2012 Olympics. She was also part of the team that won the bronze medals at the 2016 and 2020 Olympics. With three golds, one bronze, and one silver, Herrem is the most successful player in the history of World Championships.

 20 
Andrea Lekic
(Serbian Handball Player)
Andrea Lekic
9
Birthdate: September 6, 1987
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Belgrade, Serbia
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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 21 
Jim Gottfridsson
(Swedish Handball Player)
Jim Gottfridsson
3
Birthdate: September 2, 1992
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ystad, Sweden
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 22 
Anna Vyakhireva
(Russian Handball Player)
Anna Vyakhireva
12
Birthdate: March 13, 1995
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Volgograd, Russia
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
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Domagoj Duvnjak
(One of the Best Handball Players of All Time)
Domagoj Duvnjak
5
Birthdate: June 1, 1988
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Đakovo, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
 24 
Henny Reistad
(Norwegian Handball Player)
Henny Reistad
4
Birthdate: February 9, 1999
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Oslo, Norway

Henny Reistad is a Norwegian professional handball player. She was part of the national team that won the bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Henny Reistad also helped her national team win the 2020 European Championship in Denmark and the 2021 World Championship in Spain.

 25 
Sander Sagosen
(Norwegian Handball Player)
Sander Sagosen
8
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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Aron Pálmarsson
(Icelandic Handballer Who Won Bronze with National Team at 2010 European Championship)
Aron Pálmarsson
4
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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 27 
Dika Mem
(French Professional Handball Player)
Dika Mem
4
Birthdate: August 31, 1997
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 28 
Veselin Vujović
(Montenegrin Handball Coach and Former Professional Player)
Veselin Vujović
1
Birthdate: January 18, 1961
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Cetinje, Montenegro
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
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Katarina Bulatović
(Montenegrin Retired Handball Player)
Katarina Bulatović
3
Birthdate: November 15, 1984
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kragujevac, Serbia
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 30 
Jelena Genčić
(Legendary Serbian Tennis and Handball Player Who Was Novak Djokovic's First Coach)
Jelena Genčić
11
Birthdate: October 9, 1936
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Belgrade, Serbia
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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Heidi Løke
(Norwegian Handball Player and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Heidi Løke
7
Birthdate: December 12, 1982
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tønsberg, Norway

Norwegian handball player Heidi Løke is best known for her association with Vipers Kristiansand and for her 2 Olympic medals, including a gold in 2012. She has won several championships, including the EHF Champions League, the World Championship, and the European Championship. Interestingly, even her brother and sister are handball players.

 32 
Luc Steins
(Dutch Handball Player)
Luc Steins
4
Birthdate: March 22, 1995
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Voerendaal, Netherlands
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Daniel Narcisse
(Retired French Handball Player)
Daniel Narcisse
4
Birthdate: December 16, 1979
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Saint-Denis, Réunion
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 34 
Uwe Gensheimer
(German Handball Player)
Uwe Gensheimer
7
Birthdate: October 26, 1986
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Mannheim, Germany
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Eduarda Amorim
(Brazilian-Hungarian Former Handball Player)
Eduarda Amorim
3
Birthdate: September 23, 1986
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Blumenau, Brazil
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 36 
Daniel Dujshebaev
(Spanish Handball Player)
Daniel Dujshebaev
5
Birthdate: July 4, 1997
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Santander, Cantabria Santander, Spain
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
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Jackson Richardson
(Retired French Handball Player)
Jackson Richardson
4
Birthdate: June 14, 1969
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Saint-Pierre, Réunion
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 38 
Bárður á Steig Nielsen
(Prime Minister)
Bárður á Steig Nielsen
3
Birthdate: April 16, 1972
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Vestmanna, Faroe Islands
 39 
Igor Karačić
(Croatian Handball Player)
Igor Karačić
4
Birthdate: November 2, 1988
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 40 
Ljubomir Vranjes
(Swedish Handball Coach, Former Player, and Olympic Silver Medalist)
Ljubomir Vranjes
4
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.

 41 
Alexandra Lacrabère
(French Handball Player)
Alexandra Lacrabère
4
Birthdate: April 27, 1987
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Pau, France
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 42 
Jovanka Radičević
(One of the Best Handball Right Wingers of All Time)
Jovanka Radičević
5
Birthdate: October 23, 1986
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Podgorica, Montenegro
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 43 
Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson
(Former Handballer Who Set New World Record for Most Goals Scored in Men's Handball)
Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson
3
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.

 44 
Stojance Stoilov
(Macedonian Handball Player)
Stojance Stoilov
3
Birthdate: April 30, 1987
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Skopje, North Macedonia
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 45 
Lois Abbingh
(Dutch Handballer Who Plays as a Left Back)
Lois Abbingh
4
Birthdate: August 13, 1992
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Groningen, Netherlands
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 46 
Timur Dibirov
(Handball Player)
Timur Dibirov
4
Birthdate: July 30, 1983
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Petrozavodsk, Russia
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 47 
Andreas Palicka
(Swedish Handball Player)
Andreas Palicka
4
Birthdate: July 10, 1986
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lund, Sweden
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 48 
Sandra Toft
(Danish Professional Handball Goalkeeper)
Sandra Toft
3
Birthdate: October 18, 1989
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Gribskov, Denmark
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 49 
Ólafur Stefánsson
(Icelandic Retired Handball Player Who Played as a Right Back)
Ólafur Stefánsson
3
Birthdate: July 3, 1973
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Reykjavík, Iceland

Ólafur Stefánsson is an Icelandic retired handball player who played as a right back for the Icelandic men's national handball team from 1992 to 2013. In 2008, he helped his national team win the silver medal at the Summer Olympics in Beijing. In 2010, Ólafur Stefánsson was part of the team that won the bronze medal at the European Championship.

 50 
Nedim Remili
(French Handball Player)
Nedim Remili
4
Birthdate: July 18, 1995
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Créteil, France
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
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