# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/niklas-landin-jacobsen
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:26:05.624Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/niklas-landin-jacobsen"
name: "Niklas Landin Jacobsen"
slug: "niklas-landin-jacobsen"
description: "Niklas Landin Jacobsen is a Danish handballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Aalborg Håndbold. Widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers in the history of handball, he is a two-time IHF World Player of the Year —the first player ever to win it consecutively and the only goalkeeper to claim the award twice. He served as captain of the Denmark national team from 2012 until his international retirement in 2024."
tagline: "Danish handball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Niklas_Landin_20170114.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1988-12-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.702057664471178
  historical:           20.39899733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump