Torsten Jansen

Torsten Jansen
Personal information
Born (1976-12-23) 23 December 1976
Adenau, 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 Handball Sport Verein Hamburg
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999- Germany 178 (503)
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Men's Handball
Olympic Games
2004 Athens Team Competition
World Men's Handball Championship
2007 Germany Team Competition
European Championship
2004 Slovenia Team Competition
2002 Sweden Team Competition

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.

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

  1. ↑ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine. databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 2, 2008)
  2. ↑ Staff (2008-07-04), Team Hamburg - Athleten (in German), Team Hamburg of the Hamburg Sport Federation and the Olympic point Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein, archived from the original on 2008-08-16, retrieved 2008-08-17


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