Torsten Jansen

Not to be confused with Torsten Stiig Jansen.

Torsten "Toto" Jansen (born 23 December 1976) is a former German handballer, who spent the majority of his career playing for HSV Hamburg in the Bundesliga. He was also a regular member of the German national team. He was known as a good defensive player. In March 2017 he took over as head coach of the Handball Sport Verein Hamburg.

Torsten Jansen
Personal information
Born	(1976-12-23) 23 December 1976 (age 48) Adenau, West Germany
Nationality	German
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Left Wing
Number	5
Youth career
Years	Team
1982–1992	TV Witzhelden
1992–1994	Wermelskirchener TV
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1994–1995	TUSEM Essen
1995–2001	SG Solingen
2001–2003	HSG Nordhorn
2003–2015	HSV Hamburg
2015–2016	THW Kiel
2016–2017	HSV Hamburg
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–?	Germany	178	(503)
Teams managed
2017–	HSV Hamburg
Medal record Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team Competition World Men's Handball Championship 2007 Germany Team Competition European Championship 2004 Slovenia Team Competition 2002 Sweden Team Competition

He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and also represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.^[1] Jansen became a World champion in 2007, and European champion in 2004.^[2] He has been awarded the Silbernen Lorbeerblatt for his triumph at the 2007 world championship.^[3]

Career

Jansen won the Bundesliga 2011 with HSV Hamburg.

Jansen was early in his career known to be a fair play player, but was suspended for 10 matches in 2013 after head butting Ivan Ninčević during a match between Füchse Berlin and HSV Hamburg. He was also fined 15,000 euros for the incident.^[4]

In 2015-16 he transferred to THW Kiel to replace Dominik Klein who was out with a long term injury due to a torn cruciate ligament.^[5]

Coaching career

On March 29th 2017 he took over the coaching position at his former club HSV Hamburg replacing Jens Häusler. In 2021 he managed to get the club promoted to the Handball-Bundesliga.^[6]

Titles

Club

• Bundesliga 2011
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup 2007
• DHB-Pokal-Sieger 2006 und 2010
• DHB-Supercup 2004, 2006, 2009 und 2010
• EHF Champions League 2013