Steven Larsson
| Steven Larsson | |||
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| Born |
1 May 1981 Scarborough, North Yorkshire | ||
| Nationality | British | ||
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| Great Britain | |||
Steven James Larsson (born 1 May 1981) is a British handball player. He was born in Scarborough in North Yorkshire but moved to Linköping in Sweden as a youngster.
He was eligible to compete for Sweden, Norway and Great Britain on a national level and opted for the country of his father.[1] He played club handball in Norway and Switzerland.[2]
Larsson competed for the British national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[3] He scored three goals against Tunisia.[4]
Following the Olympics, he competed again for Great Britain in 2015, playing in a 43–16 victory over Ireland.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Steven Larsson Team GB". Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ "European Handball Federation – Steven Larsson / Player". www.eurohandball.com.
- ^ "Steven Larsson". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "Handball goal ace Steve Larsson on 'tough' times". York Press.
- ^ "GB Handball mark 'new beginnings' with 43–16 defeat of Ireland – BBC Sport". Bbc.co.uk. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Scarborough, North Yorkshire
- English people of Swedish descent
- British male handball players
- Olympic handball players for Great Britain
- Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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- British sportspeople stubs
- European handball biography stubs