Torsten Laen
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 Torsten Laen in Kölnarena, 20 February 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
26 November 1979 Odense, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Danish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Pivot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2007 | GOG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2009 | BM Ciudad Real | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2013 | Füchse Berlin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2016 | KIF Kolding København | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | GOG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2018 | Denmark | 152 | (257) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Torsten Laen (born 26 November 1979) is a Danish former team handball player. His last club was the Danish club GOG. Laen has been a part of the Danish national handball team, winning medals in 2002 and 2004.
After his playing Career Torsten Laen has been involved in the Danish handball player labour union, Håndbold Spillerforeningen.[2] He has also been the ambassador at Kolding Handicap Idræt, an organisation for handicap sports in Kolding, Denmark.[3]
Honours
[edit]- EHF Champions League: 2
Gold: 2008, 2009
- Spanish Championship: 2
- Gold: 2008, 2009
- Danish Championship: 5
- Gold: 2000, 2004, 2007, 2014, 2015
- Danish Handball Cup: 4
- Gold: 2002, 2003, 2005, 2013
References
[edit]- ^ "1999 IHF Men's Junior World Championship" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 5 September 2005.
- ^ "Torsten Laen". www.haandboldspiller.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ Jørgensen, Stefan (28 January 2015). "Torsten Laen er KHI-ambassadør". Kolding Ugeavis (in Danish). Retrieved 5 September 2024.
External links
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Categories:
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Danish male handball players
- Danish expatriate handball players in Spain
- Danish expatriate handball players in Germany
- Liga ASOBAL players
- BM Ciudad Real players
- Sportspeople from Odense
- Handball players from the Region of Southern Denmark
- Füchse Berlin Reinickendorf HBC players
- Danish handball biography stubs