Pascal "Pommes" Hens (born 26 March 1980) is a former German team handball player and former World Champion. He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team.[1] He is World Champion from 2007, and European champion from 2004. The last team he played for was HBW Balingen-Weilstetten. He won the EHF Cup Winner's Cup in 2007 and the EHF Champions League in 2013 with HSV Hamburg. He represented his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.[2]
 Hens in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
26 March 1980 Daun, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Left back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1986–1996 | TG Kastel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–1998 | SV Kostheim 1912 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–1999 | TuS Eintracht Wiesbaden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2003 | SG Wallau-Massenheim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2016 | HSV Hamburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | HC Midtjylland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2012 | Germany | 199 | (565) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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References
edit- ^ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 2, 2008)
- ^ Staff (4 July 2008), Team Hamburg - Athleten (in German), Team Hamburg of the Hamburg Sport Federation and the Olympic point Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein, archived from the original on 16 August 2008, retrieved 17 August 2008
External links
edit- "Pascal Hens", n°16 on Time’s list of "100 Olympic Athletes To Watch"
- official Website
- Pascal Hens at the European Handball Federation
- Pascal Hens at Olympedia
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