HOLM Jacob

Date of Birth: 5 Sep 1995

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.95/6'4''

Place of birth: ESBJERG

Birth Country:

Denmark

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Handball	Men DEN Denmark	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #06 DEN Denmark 47 JPN Japan 30	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #09 EGY Egypt 27 DEN Denmark 32	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #13 DEN Denmark 31 BRN Bahrain 21	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #23 POR Portugal 28 DEN Denmark 34	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #30 DEN Denmark 30 SWE Sweden 33	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Quarterfinal #34 DEN Denmark 31 NOR Norway 25	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Semifinal #36 ESP Spain 23 DEN Denmark 27	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Gold Medal Match #38 FRA France 25 DEN Denmark 23	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2021	Egypt

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
13	Men	2020

Playing guitar, songwriting. (hbold.dk, 02 Feb 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Cultural Studies, Sociology - University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DEN

Partner Laura Madsen

Languages spoken:

Fuchse Berlin [Germany] since 2018

Jaron Siewert [club], GER; Nikolaj Jacobsen [national], DEN

Position style:

Centre back, Left back (hbold.dk, 02 Feb 2021; handball-base.com, 01 May 2020)

Sporting relatives:

His partner Laura Madsen has played professional handball at club level in Denmark and Germany, while his brother Philip has played professional handball at club level in Denmark and Switzerland. (hbold.dk, 02 Feb 2021; esbjergsportscollege.dk, 05 Sep 2019; history.eurohandball.com, 25 Nov 2017)

In January 2021 he sustained a minor ankle injury. (hbold.dk, 02 Feb 2021)

In August 2019 he sustained a meniscus injury in his knee that took one month to recover from. (hbold.dk, 02 Feb 2021)

National league:

Handball-Bundesliga [GER] (hbold.dk, 02 Feb 2021)

He began playing handball at age seven at Esbjerg Handball club in Denmark. (hbold.dk, 02 Feb 2021)

General Interest

General
MUSIC PRIZE
In 2017 his band 'Viva La Wolfe' won the Musikpris [Music Prize] at the Esbjerg Rock Festival in Denmark. "I'm just a young guy with a lot of interests. I have practised for many years in both handball and music, and if you practice long enough on something, you will be good at it. This is how I think about everything." (hbold.dk, 02 Feb 2021; detfagligehus.dk, 05 Sep 2017)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Jacob-Holm-104553864801315
https://instagram.com/jacobholm_
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-holm-350600a1

Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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