Torsten Jansen
Torsten "Toto" Jansen (born December 23, 1976 in Adenau, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a former German handballer, who spent the majority of his career playing for HSV Hamburg in the Bundesliga. He was also a regular member of the German national team. In March 2017 he took over as head coach of the Handball Sport Verein Hamburg.
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Adenau, Germany | 23 December 1976||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Left Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1982–1992 | TV Witzhelden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992–1994 | Wermelskirchener TV | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior clubs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–1995 | TUSEM Essen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–2001 | SG Solingen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2003 | HSG Nordhorn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2015 | HSV Hamburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | THW Kiel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Handball Sport Verein Hamburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999– | Germany | 178 | (503) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and also represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[1] Jansen became a World champion in 2007, and European champion in 2004.[2]
References
- "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 2, 2008)
- Staff (4 July 2008), Team Hamburg – Athleten (in German), Team Hamburg of the Hamburg Sport Federation and the Olympic point Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein, archived from the original on 16 August 2008, retrieved 17 August 2008
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