Kim Ekdahl du Rietz

Kim Ekdahl Du Rietz
Ekdahl Du Rietz playing for Sweden in 2012
Personal information
Born (1989-07-23) 23 July 1989
Lund, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club Rhein-Neckar Löwen
Number 60
Senior clubs
Years Team
2005–2011 Lugi HF
2011–2012 HBC Nantes
2012–2017 Rhein-Neckar Löwen
2018 Rhein-Neckar Löwen
2018– Paris Saint-Germain
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2016 Sweden 75[1] (225)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2012 LondonTeam

Kim Ekdahl du Rietz (born 23 July 1989) is a Swedish handball player who plays for Rhein-Neckar Löwen and for Swedish national team.

He competed for the Swedish national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where they won a silver medal.[2] In January 2017 he announced his retirement following the conclusion of the 2016-2017 Bundesliga season.[3]

In 2018, Ekdahl Du Rietz returned to his former club Rhein-Neckar Löwen, signing a three month contract to help the club - currently suffering from several injuries on important players - out. Ekdahl Du Rietz also decided to give away all the money earnt to charity organisations.[4] In April 2018 his club Rhein-Neckar Löwen announced that next season Kim Ekdahl du Rietz will transfer to Paris Saint-Germain Handball.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "XI European Championship 2014. Team Roster, Sweden" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Kim Ekdahl du Rietz". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Bekräftat: Kim Ekdahl Du Rietz slutar". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-02-04.
  4. ↑ "Klart: Kim Ekdahl Du Rietz är tillbaka". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-03-02.
  5. ↑ "Paris St. Germain verpflichtet Kim Ekdahl Du Rietz" (in German). Rhein-Neckar Löwen. Retrieved 2018-04-24.


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