Jonathan Edvardsson
.jpg) Edvardsson at the 2023 Swedish Sports Awards | |||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Swedish | ||||||||||||
| Born | 7 April 1997 Partille, Sweden | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||
| Sport | Handball | ||||||||||||
| Position | Centre back | ||||||||||||
| Current club | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | ||||||||||||
| Number | 26 | ||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||
| – | IK Sävehof | ||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | |||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||
| 2014–2021 | IK Sävehof | ||||||||||||
| 2021– | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | ||||||||||||
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| Updated on 5 January 2025 | |||||||||||||
Jonathan Edvardsson (born 7 April 1997) is a Swedish handball player. He was part of the Swedish national team that won silver medals at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship in Egypt. A year later at the 2022 European Championship he won gold medals with Sweden.
With IK Sävehof he has become Swedish champion twice, 2019 and 2021. In the season of 2020/21 he was voted into the All-Star Team in the Swedish league Handbollsligan, and was also chosen as the MVP of the league. He was also given the award "Årets komet", which is handed to a Swedish player who has had their definite breakthrough during the year, and proved to be an important player both in their team and their league.
References
- ↑ Larsson, Jonathan (17 December 2020). "Jonathan Edvardsson gör mästerskapsdebut i VM" [Jonathan Edvardsson makes his championship debut in the WC]. Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 January 2021.[dead link]
- ↑ "Denmark claim second straight Men's World Championship gold". ihf.info. 31 January 2021.
- ↑ "Sweden 2022". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ↑ "Handbollsligans officiella all star team" [Handball league's official all star team]. Handbollsligan (in Swedish). 17 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ↑ "Jonathan Edvardsson utsedd till årets komet" [Jonathan Edvardsson named this year's comet]. Handbollsligan (in Swedish). 13 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
External links
Media related to Jonathan Edvardsson at Wikimedia Commons- Jonathan Edvardsson at the International Handball Federation (archived)
- Jonathan Edvardsson at the European Handball Federation (also at EHF Archive)
- Jonathan Edvardsson at Olympics.com
- Jonathan Edvardsson at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Jonathan Edvardsson at Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (in English)
- Jonathan Edvardsson on Instagram
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