Jesper Jensen (born 30 October 1977) is a Danish
handball player and currently the head coach of
Team Esbjerg
Team Esbjerg is a women's handball team based in Esbjerg, Denmark, that competes in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen and the 2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League. They play their home matches in Blue Water Dokken, which have capacity for 2,996 spectat ...
as well as the
Danish women's national team. He was named World Coach of the Year (female teams) in 2021 by
IHF.
He is brother of the former Danish handball player and 2004 Olympic champion,
Trine Jensen.
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.
In 2020, he was named head coach of the
Danish women's national team and coached them at the
2020 European Women's Handball Championship
The 2020 European Women's Handball Championship was held from 3 to 20 December 2020. The games were played in Herning and Kolding, Denmark.
Originally, this tournament would be held with 2 host countries: Norway and Denmark. However, lacking so ...
.
He lad
Danish women's national team to silver medals at
2022 European Women's Handball Championship
The 2022 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Slovenia, North Macedonia and Montenegro from 4 to 20 November 2022. It showed an impressive action by the norwegian right-back Nora Mørk, who was the top scorer of the EHF EURO 2022, a ...
.
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1977 births
Living people
Danish male handball players
Danish handball coaches
Olympic handball players of Denmark
Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Aarhus
Handball coaches of international teams