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Klavs Bruun Jørgensen (born 3 April 1974) is a Danish
handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...
player and coach.


Playing career

As a player, he led FCK Håndbold to the Danish championship in May 2008. He has previously played for many years for 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.


Coaching career

In his coaching career he has coached several men danish side clubs such as AG København,
Nordsjælland Håndbold Nordsjælland Håndbold is a handball club, based in Helsinge, Denmark. Currently, Nordsjælland Håndbold competes in the men's Danish Handball League, and plays its home matches in Helsinge-Hallen in Helsinge. The women's team is competing in t ...
and
Team Tvis Holstebro TTH Holstebro is a men's handball club from Holstebro, Denmark. The team is playing in the Danish Primo Tours Ligaen and play their home matches in Gråkjær Arena. History The club was founded on 1 May 2000, when Holstebro Håndbold 90 ...
. On 13 January 2015 DHF announced the Klavs Bruun Jørgensen would take over as head coach of the danish women's
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as of 1 June 2015. Jørgensen has played 168 matches for the Danish national handball team, and participated in the
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and
2004 European Men's Handball Championship The 2004 Men's European Handball Championship was the sixth edition of the tournament and took place from 22 January to 1 February 2004 in Slovenia in the cities of Ljubljana, Celje, Velenje and Koper. Venues Qualification :1 Bold indicates ...
, both times securing bronze medals. Jørgensen is married to fellow handball player Rikke Hørlykke"Portræt af landstræner Klavs Bruun Jørgensen"
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His two older siblings, Peter Bruun Jørgensen and Sisse Bruun Jørgensen are both former handballer players, who played on their respective national teams. All three players started at . Virum-Sorgenfri HK as their parents where involved in the club.


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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jorgensen, Klavs Bruun 1974 births Living people Danish male handball players Danish handball coaches Olympic handball players for Denmark Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Handball players from Copenhagen Danish expatriate handball players in Germany Handball-Bundesliga players Handball coaches of international teams GOG players