Klavs Bruun Jørgensen

Klavs Bruun Jørgensen (born 3 April 1974) is a Danish handball player and coach.^[1]

Klavs Bruun Jørgensen
Personal information
Born	(1974-04-03) 3 April 1974 (age 51) Copenhagen, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Right back
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000–1998	Virum-Sorgenfri HK
1998–1999	SG Wallau-Massenheim
1999–2003	Virum-Sorgenfri HK
2003–2007	GOG
2007–2009	FCK Håndbold
2009–2010	AG København
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–2009	Denmark	185	(440)
Teams managed
2010–2011	AG København
2012	Nordsjælland Håndbold
2012–2015	TTH Holstebro
2015–2020	Denmark women's team
2021-	SønderjyskE Håndbold
Medal record European Championship 2002 Sweden 2004 Slovenia

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 and Team Tvis Holstebro. On 13 January 2015 DHF announced the Klavs Bruun Jørgensen would take over as head coach of the danish women's national team as of 1 June 2015.^[2]

Jørgensen has played 168 matches for the Danish national handball team, and participated in the 2002 and 2004 European Men's Handball Championship, both times securing bronze medals.

Jørgensen is married to fellow handball player Rikke Hørlykke^[3] 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.^[4]