Jesper Jensen (handballer)
Jesper Jensen (born 30 October 1977 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a Danish handball player and coach. He's currently the head coach of Team Esbjerg in the Danish HTH Ligaen as well as the Danish national team. He's brother of the former Danish handball player and 2004 Olympic champion, Trine Jensen.
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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 (Manager) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- | HEI Skæring | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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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.
On 17 February 2011, Jensen stopped on the Danish men's national team after 120 games and 238 goals.[2]
In 2020, he was named head coach of the Danish women's national team.
External links
References
- "IHF Men's Junior World Championship" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 5 September 2005.
- Jesper Jensen stopper på landsholdet Archived 2019-01-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish)
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