Klavs Bruun Jørgensen (born 3 April 1974) is a Danish handball player and coach.[1] As a player, he led FCK Håndbold to the Danish championship in May 2008. He has previously played for many years by Danish Handball League rivals GOG, with whom he won two Danish titles. For a short period he played for German league side SG Wallau-Massenheim.
| Klavs Bruun Jørgensen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
3 April 1974 Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
| Nationality | Danish | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
–1998 | Virum-Sorgenfri HK | ||
1998–1999 | SG Wallau-Massenheim | ||
1999–2003 | Virum-Sorgenfri HK | ||
2003–2007 | GOG | ||
2007–2009 | FCK Håndbold | ||
2009–2010 | AG København | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–2009 | Denmark | 185 | (440) |
| Teams managed | |||
2010–2011 | AG København | ||
2012 | Nordsjælland Håndbold | ||
2012–2015 | TTH Holstebro | ||
2015–2020 | Denmark | ||
2021- | SønderjyskE Håndbold | ||
Medal record | |||
In his coaching career he has coached several men danish side clubs such as AG København, Nordsjælland Håndbold and Team Tvis Holstebro. On 13 January 2015 DHF announced the Klavs Bruun Jørgensen would take over as head coach of the danish women's national team as of 1 June 2015.[2]
Jørgensen has played 168 matches for the Danish national handball team, and participated in the 2002 and 2004 European Men's Handball Championship, both times securing bronze medals.
Jørgensen is married to fellow handball player Rikke Hørlykke.
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Klavs Bruun Jørgensen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012.
- ^ "KLAVS BRUUN JÖRGENSEN TAKES OVER DANISH WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM". EHF. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
External links
edit- Klavs Bruun Jørgensen at Olympedia
- Klavs Bruun Joergensen at Olympics.com
- Klavs Bruun Jörgensen at the European Handball Federation (also at EHF Archive)
- FCK Håndbold - Klavs Bruun Jørgensen at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 September 2008) (in Danish)