Leif Mikkelsen

Danish handball coach (born 1984)

Leif Mikkelsen (born 2 October 1948) is a Danish handball coach, who was the head coach of the Denmark men's national handball team from 1977 to 1987. His team has been descriped as the first modern Danish handball team.^[1]

Coach of Danish national team

He became the head coach for the Danish national team at the age of only 27.^[2] His first major international tournament was the 1978 World Championship in Denmark, where Denmark finished 4th.^[1] He then lead Denmark to two additional fourth-place finishes at the 1978 World Championship and at the 1984 Olympics.^[3]

He was inspired by the Yugoslavian handball coaching and especially the coach Vlado Stenzel.^[1]

He was also the interim coach for the Danish national team from 1999 to 2000, after Keld Nielsen was fired following the 1999 World Men's Handball Championship.^[4]^[5]^[6] He was replaced by Torben Winther.^[7] Later he coached IF Ajax.^[6]

References

1 2 3 "VM 2025 Special #6: Historien om VM 1978 i Danmark" (in Danish). Mediano. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
↑ "OL special #1: Legends tilbageblik på OL i 1980 og 1984 med Leif Mikkelsen" (in Danish). Mediano. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
↑ "Klumme: Bolsjesmagen forsvinder aldrig" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
↑ Philipsen, Ivan (19 June 1999). "Håndbold: Usikker trænerpost" (in Danish). Jyllandsposten. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
↑ Eisnab, Peter (15 January 2007). "Stoltheden vendte først tilbage 970 dage efter ydmygelsen, der kom som et lyn fra klar himmel" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
1 2 3 4 "Bolsjedrengenes chef gjorde håndbolden populær" (in Danish). Jyllands-Posten. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
↑ "Håndbold: Torben Winther ny herre-landstræner" (in Danish). Jyllands-Posten. 20 September 1999. Retrieved 29 March 2026.

External links

Leif Mikkelsen in the Danish national Lexicon

Denmark men's national handball team – managers

A. Pedersen (1938–1961) • H. Larsen (1961–1962) • S. Pedersen (1962–1964) • G.B. Petersen (1964–1966) • Bent Jakobsen K. Knudsen (1970) • J. Bjørklund (1965–1968) • J. Gaarskjær (1971–1972) • L. Mikkelsen (1976–1987) • A. Dahl-Nielsen (1987–1992) • O. Andersen (1992–1993) • U. Schefvert (1993–1997) • K. Nielsen (1997–1999) • L. Mikkelsen (1999–2000) • T. Winther (2000–2005) • U. Wilbek (2005–2014) • G. Guðmundsson (2014–2017) N. Jacobsen (2017–)

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