Jump to content

Pierre Thorsson

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pierre Thorsson
Thorsson in 2011
Personal information
Full name Pierre Roger Valdemar Thorsson
Born (1966-06-21) 21 June 1966 (age 58)
Linköping, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Right wing / right back
Club information
Current club Retired
Youth career
Team
Risbrinkspojkarna
Senior clubs
Years Team
1986-1989
IFK Karlskrona
1989-1996
IF Saab/HF Linköpings Lejon
1996-2001
VfL Bad Schwartau
2001-2003
Pallamano Conversano
2003-2004
SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2004-2005
Hästö IF
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988-2000
Sweden 237 (557)
Teams managed
2004-2008
Hästö IF
2009-2012
Hästö IF (junior)
2012-2017
Kungliga Flottans IF women's team
2017
HIF Karlskrona assistant
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Team
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Team
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Team
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1994 Portugal
Gold medal – first place 1998 Italy
Gold medal – first place 2000 Croatia
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1990 Czechoslovakia
Gold medal – first place 1999 Egypt
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Sweden
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Iceland
Silver medal – second place 1997 Japan

Pierre Roger Valdemar Thorsson (born 21 June 1966) is a Swedish handball player and coach. He was a part of the first generation of the 'Bengan boys', the Swedish golden generation that won both the World Championship and European Championship.

Career

[edit]

In his homecountry Thorsson started in career at IFK Karlskrona and later joined IF Saab-HF Linköpings Lejon.[1] In 1996 he joined German 2. Bundesliga side VfL Bad Schwartau, where he was promoted to the German Bundesliga in 1998 and won the 2001 DHB-Pokal..[2]

In 2001 he joined the Italian club Papillon Coversano, where he won the Italian championship twice.[3]

In 2003 he returned to the German Bundesliga to SG Flensburg-Handewitt, where he played for one season. He won the Bundesliga with the club, before returning to Sweden to join Hästö IF in the Swedish Division 1 as player-assistant coach.[4]

National team

[edit]

Thorsson won the 1990 and the 1990 World Championships with Sweden. He also competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics where Sweden won silver each time.

In 1992 he was a member of the Swedish handball team won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played six matches and scored 25 goals.

Four years later he was part of the Swedish team which won the silver medal again. He played six matches and scored 30 goals.

At the 2000 Games he won his third silver medal with the Swedish team. He played five matches and scored 13 goals.

Coaching career

[edit]

After he retired he bacme the head coach of Hästö IF until 2008.[5] In 2009 he changed job to be a youth coach at the club.[6]

In August 2012 he took over as the head coach of the Flottans IF women's team.[7] Here he was until 2017, when he became the assistant coach at HIF Karlskrona.[8]

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Landskamp i Ljungby".
  2. ^ Gegnerkader VfL Bad Schwartau Saison 2000/2001
  3. ^ "Pierre Thorsson – Kandidat für den rechten Rückraum" (in German). Handball-news.info. 24 August 2003. Archived from the original on 17 December 2015.
  4. ^ Pierre Thorsson klar för Hästö at hd.se (Error: unknown archive URL) (archived 26 April 2004)
  5. ^ Lasse Hällkvist ny tränare i Hästö at hastoif.com (Error: unknown archive URL) (archived (Date missing))
  6. ^ http://www.hastoif.com/nyheter/pierre_juniorerna_090512.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ "Thorsson tar över Flottan" [Thorsson takes over at Flottan] (in Swedish). Sydöstran. 22 August 2012.
  8. ^ "Pierre Thorsson tillbaka – i tränarroll hos HIF Karlskrona" [Piere Thorsson is back - in coaching role at HIF Karlskrona] (in Swedish). handbollskanalen.se. Retrieved 22 June 2018.