After winning the MVP plaudits and the gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Denmark right back became the first player to secure back-to-back IHF Male Player of the Year trophies in consecutive years, sweeping all the three voting categories – the fans’ vote, the coaches’ vote, as well as the IHF CCM Vote.
The 26-year-old right back has been nothing short of superb in 2024, where he was the MVP and the top goal scorer at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where he had 62 goals for Denmark, the team which was unbeatable and secured the gold medal, the first in Gidsel’s cabinet.
He was also the top assists provider, with 39 assists, underlining his importance in Denmark’s gameplan. At the EHF EURO 2024, Gidsel was also the All-Star right back and the joint top scorer, with 54 goals, with Denmark winning the silver medal.
Mikkel Hansen and Nikola Karabatic are the only players to have clinched the IHF Male Player of the Year trophies three times, while Talant Dujshebaev, Ivano Balic and Niklas Landin Jacobsen had previously won the trophy two times.
Gidsel is the sixth player in history to secure two IHF Male Player of the Year trophies, strengthening his grip on the status quo in male handball, taking the coaches’ vote by a whopping margin of 88.2%, as well as sizable leads in the other two voting categories.