Torsten Jansen was a German left winged handball player who won the silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics, when the German team lost the final to Croatia 26-24. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Germans were the reigning World Champions but disappointed by failing to reach the quarter-finals after finishing fifth in their group. Jansen was also on the German squads that won the World and European Championships in 2007 and 2004 respectively. He was also European runner-up in 2002. In total, Jansen scored 503 goals in 178 international matches. He was awarded the Silver Bay Leaf, Germany’s highest sports award.
At club level, Jansen played with TUSEM Essen (1994-95), SG Solingen (1995-2001), HSG Norhorn (2001-03), HSV Hamburg (2013-15, 2016-17), and THW Kiel (2015-16). He helped Hamburg win the German national title in 2011, the German Cup in 2006 and 2010, the European Champions League in 2013, and the European Cup Winner’s Cup in 2007. Following his retirement, Jansen worked as an assistant coach and was the coach to the A-youth team at HSV Hamburg.
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