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| Full name | Felix Niklas Claar | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
(1997-01-05) 5 January 1997 (age 28) Norrköping, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Swedish | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Centre back | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | SC Magdeburg | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2020 | Alingsås HK | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Aalborg Håndbold | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | SC Magdeburg | |||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Sweden | 56 | (120) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Felix Niklas Claar (born 5 January 1997) is a Swedish handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Swedish national team. He has won nine titles at club level playing for teams in Sweden, Denmark and Germany.
Claar made his international debut on the Swedish national team in June 2017. With the national team, he won the 2022 European Championship, finished second at the 2021 World Championship, and placed third at the 2024 European Championship.
Honours
Club
- Danish Handball League:
- Winner: 2021
- Runner-up: 2022, 2023
- EHF Champions League:
- Runner-up: 2021
- IHF Super Globe:
- Winner: 2023
- Bronze medal: 2021
- Handball-Bundesliga:
- Winner: 2024
- DHB-Pokal:
- Winner: 2024
- Danish Handball Cup:
- Winner: 2021
- Runner-up: 2020
- Danish Super Cup:
- Winner: 2020, 2021, 2022
- Handbollsligan:
- Winner: 2014
- Runner-up: 2019
International
Silver: 
Gold: 
Bronze: Individual
- Swedish Handballer of the Year: 2024
- All-Star Team Danish League: 2021–22
- All-Star Team Handbollsligan: 2019–20
- Most valuable player (MVP) of the Handbollsligan: 2018–19, 2019–20
- Årets komet: 2016
References
- "EHF Profile". Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- "19 Felix Claar - Handbollslangslaget" (in Swedish). Swedish Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- "Felix Claar utsedd till årets spelare". Handbollslandslaget. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- "Herreligaen - All-Star". tophaandbold.dk. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
External links
- Felix Claar at the International Handball Federation
- Felix Claar at the European Handball Federation
- Felix Claar at Olympedia (archive)
- Felix Claar at Olympics.com
- Felix Claar at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Felix Claar at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (English translation)
- Felix Claar on Instagram
| Sweden squad – 2021 World Championship – Silver medal | ||
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| Sweden squad – 2020 Summer Olympics – 5th place | ||
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| Sweden squad – 2022 European Men's Handball Championship – Gold medal | ||
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| Sweden squad – 2023 World Championship – 4th place | ||
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| Sweden squad – 2024 European Men's Handball Championship – Bronze medal | ||
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- People from Norrköping Municipality
- Sportspeople from Östergötland County
- Swedish male handball players
- Aalborg Håndbold players
- Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players for Sweden
- Swedish expatriate handball players in Germany
- Handball-Bundesliga players
- SC Magdeburg players
- Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Swedish expatriate handball players in Denmark
- 21st-century Swedish sportsmen
- Swedish handball biography stubs