Hans Lindberg

Hans Óttar Lindberg Tómasson (born 1 August 1981) is a Danish handball player of Icelandic descent[1] for Füchse Berlin and the Danish national team.[2]

Hans Óttar Lindberg Tómasson
Hans Lindberg with HSV Hamburg in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Hans Óttar Lindberg Tómasson
Born	(1981-08-01) 1 August 1981 Høje-Taastrup, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Right wing
Club information
Current club	Füchse Berlin
Number	18
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1999–2005	Team Helsinge
2005–2007	Viborg HK
2007–2016	HSV Hamburg
2016–	Füchse Berlin
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–	Denmark	270	(755)
Medal record World Championship 2019 Germany/Denmark 2011 Sweden 2013 Spain European Championship 2008 Norway 2012 Serbia 2014 Denmark

He won the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship and the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship with the Danish national team.[3] He currently plays for Füchse Berlin.[4]

He is of Icelandic descent[5] as both of Lindberg's parents, Tómas Erling Lindberg and Sigrún Sigurðardóttir, are Icelandic. His parents played handball in Iceland with Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar.[6] He had Icelandic citizenship until he was 18. His paternal grandparents immigrated to Iceland from Suduroy on the Faroe Islands in the mid-1940s.[7]

He is sometimes referred to as the Icelander on the Danish national team in Icelandic media.[8][9] He understands Icelandic in conversation but is unable or refuses to speak Icelandic when speaking to media.[10]