Lukas Jørgensen
| Lukas Jørgensen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Jørgensen in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Lukas Lindhard Jørgensen | ||
| Born |
31 March 1999 Lejre, Denmark | ||
| Nationality | Danish | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Pivot | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
–2015 | Roskilde Håndbold | ||
2015–2018 | GOG Håndbold | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2018–2019 | GOG Håndbold | ||
2019–2021 | Aarhus Håndbold | ||
2021–2023 | GOG Håndbold | ||
2023–2026 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | ||
2026– | ONE Veszprém | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023– | Denmark | 30 | (88) |
|
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 29. January 2024 | |||
Lukas Lindhard Jørgensen (born 31 March 1999) is a Danish handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Danish national team.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Jørgensen started playing handball at his local club Roskilde Håndbold,[3] where he played until he started high school in 2015. From then on he played for GOG Håndbold, where he got his league debut in 2018.[3]
In 2019, he changed clubs to Århus Håndbold. Initially it was a one-year contract, which was extended further 2 years. When that contract was up, he returned to GOG Håndbold when his club Århus Håndbold went bankrupt.[4] Here he won the Danish Championship twice in 2022 and 2023.
For the 2023-24 season he joined German side SG Flensburg-Handewitt.[5] Here he won the EHF European League in both 2024 and 2025.
National team
[edit]Jørgensen made his debut for the Danish national team against Saudi-Arabia on 5 January 2023. His first major international tournament was the 2023 World Championship, where Denmark won gold modals.[6]
A year later he won silver medals at the 2024 European Championship. He played all 9 games and scored 20 goals.[7]
At the 2024 Olympics he won another gold medal, and was included in the tournament all-star team.[8]
At the 2025 World Championship he won his second world gold. He played 9 games and scored 21 goals.[9]
Achievements
[edit]- Danish Handball League:
- Danish Handball Cup:
- Winner: 2022
Individual awards
[edit]- All-Star pivot of the Olympic Games: 2024[8]
- MVP of the Danish Handball Cup Final four 2022[10]
- All-Star Team as Best Pivot Danish League 2022–23[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Landsholdsdata". DHF. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- ^ "Lukas Lindhard Jørgensen". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- ^ a b Hbold.dk profile
- ^ "Lukas Jørgensen vender hjem til GOG" (in Danish). hbold.dk. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ "SG verpflichtet zwei dänische Weltmeister". 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "IHF World Championship 2023: Provisional Roster Denmark" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "EHF Euro 2024: Cumulative Statistics Denmark". ehf.eu. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Paris 2024 Men's All-Star team revealed". ihf.info. IHF. 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "29th IHF World Championship 2025: Cumulative Statistics Denmark" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
- ^ "Tidligere pokalfightere". tophaandbold. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ "HTH Herrrliga All-Stars 2022/2023". Tophaandbold.dk. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
External links
[edit]
 | ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Danish male handball players
- Danish expatriate handball players in Germany
- Handball-Bundesliga players
- SG Flensburg-Handewitt players
- GOG players
- 21st-century Danish sportsmen
- People from Lejre Municipality
- Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players for Denmark
- Handball players from the Capital Region of Denmark
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Denmark
- Olympic medalists in handball