Tomaž Tomšič (born 17 August 1972 in

Postojna Postojna (; , ) is a town in the traditional region of Inner Carniola, from Trieste, in southwestern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Postojna.

) is a

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

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 who competed in the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

and in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

. He spent most of his career (from 19 years old) in handball club Celje Pivovarna Laško and a couple of years in France. Tomaž is still one of the players that represented the country the most with a little over 200 games for Slovenian national team. He has two children twins Ema and Tim Tomšič with his wife Karmen Tomšič.

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1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Postojna Slovenian male handball players Olympic handball players for Slovenia Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics {{Slovenia-handball-bio-stub