Jesper Jensen (handballer)
Jesper Jensen (born 30 October 1977) is a Danish handball player and currently the head coach of Team Esbjerg as well as the Danish women's national team.[1]
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| Born |
30 October 1977 Aarhus, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Danish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Central back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club |
Team Esbjerg Denmark(manager) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
–1999 | Team Esbjerg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2013 | Skjern Håndbold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2011 | Denmark | 120 | (238) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2013–2014 | Vejen EH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2016 | Aalborg Håndbold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017– | Team Esbjerg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020– | Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He is brother of the former Danish handball player and 2004 Olympic champion, Trine Jensen.[2]
Jensen won the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship with the Danish men's national handball team. He was part of the team which finished seventh in the 2008 Olympic tournament. He played all eight matches and scored 16 goals.[3]
On 17 February 2011, Jensen stopped on the Danish men's national team after 120 games and 238 goals.[4]
In 2020, he was named head coach of the Danish women's national team and coached them at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship.[5][6]
References
- EHF profile
- "IHF Men's Junior World Championship" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 5 September 2005.
- Jesper Jensen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Jesper Jensen stopper på landsholdet Archived 28 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish)
- "Kvindelandsholdets EM-trup er udtaget". DHF. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- "2020 European Championship Roster" (PDF). livecache.sportresult.com. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
External links
- Jesper Jensen at Olympedia
- Jesper Jensen at European Handball Federation
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