Tomas Robert Ryde (born August 1960) is a Swedish

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

coach who coaches the Romanian women's national team. At the end of the 2007–08 season, he left Danish Viborg 'for family reasons' to return to Sweden. His assistant coach Jakob Vestergaard then took over as head coach after Ryde. Ryde took over the position as head coach of the Romanian women's national team by mid-March 2015 after being previously eyed for Romania Women job in 2008. On 4 October 2016, the Romanian Handball Federation (FRH) and Ryde have reached an agreement to terminate the employment contract by mutual agreement after 16 months. Ryde will now dedicate himself to a business career.

Coaching honours

Elitserien Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sports, Elitserien is the highest league, with the second highest named Allsvenskan. Elitserien leagues at present: * Elitserien (badmint ...

: **''Winner'': N/A *Swedish Cup: **''Winner'': N/A * Danish League: **''Winner'': 2006, 2008 *Danish Cup: **''Winner'': 2007, 2008 * Women's EHF Champions League: **''Winner'': 2006 *

EHF Women's Champions Trophy The EHF Women's Champions Trophy was an official competition for women's handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and ...

: **''Winner'': 2006 * IHF World Women's Handball Championship: **''Bronze medalist'':

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Personal life

Tomas lives in Lidingö and has three children with his wife Marie. He's a former police officer.

References

1960 births Living people Swedish handball coaches Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Romania Handball coaches of international teams {{Sweden-handball-bio-stub