Pascal "Pommes" Hens (born 26 March 1980 in
Daun
Daun is a town in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the district seat and also the seat of the ' of Daun.
Geography
Location
The town lies in the , a part of the Eifel known for its volcanic history, geogra ...
,
Rhineland-Palatinate
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) is a former
German
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team handball
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player and former World Champion. He received a silver medal at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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in
Athens
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with the
German national team.
["2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball"]
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 2, 2008) He is World Champion from 2007, and European champion from 2004.
The last team he played for was
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten is a handball club from the city of Balingen, Germany, though they occasionally play in Stuttgart. The team currently plays in the 2. Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's second highest handball division.
History
The clu ...
. He won the
EHF Cup Winner's Cup
The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year. From the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup.
Winners
...
in 2007 and the
EHF Champions League
The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...
in 2013 with
HSV Hamburg
Handball Sport Verein Hamburg is a handball club from Germany, located in Hamburg. Currently, Handball Hamburg competes in the Handball-Bundesliga. The full name in German is ''Handball Sport Verein Hamburg e.V.'' but the club has traditionally b ...
. He represented his native country at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
in
Beijing, China
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.
References
External links
"Pascal Hens" n°16 on ''
Time
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''’s list of "100 Olympic Athletes To Watch"
official Website*
1980 births
Living people
People from Daun, Germany
Sportspeople from Rhineland-Palatinate
German male handball players
Olympic handball players of Germany
Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Germany
Sportspeople from Hamburg
Olympic medalists in handball
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Expatriate handball players
German expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
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