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Torsten Jansen

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Torsten Jansen
Personal information
Born (1976-12-23) 23 December 1976 (age 47)
Adenau, West Germany
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
HSV Hamburg
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–?
Germany 178 (503)
Teams managed
2017–
HSV Hamburg
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Men's Handball
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Team Competition
World Men's Handball Championship
Gold medal – first place 2007 Germany Team Competition
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2004 Slovenia Team Competition
Silver medal – second place 2002 Sweden Team Competition

Torsten "Toto" Jansen (born 23 December 1976) 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.

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

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  1. ^ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 2, 2008)
  2. ^ 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