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{{Short description|Danish handball coach (born 1967)}}
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{{Infobox handball biography
| name                = Jan Pytlick
| image               = 
| nationality         = Danish
| fullname            = Jan Pytlick
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1967|06|05|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Thurø]], Denmark
| height              = {{height|m=1.80|precision=0}}
| weight              = 
| position            = 
| currentclub         = 
| clubnumber          = 
| manageryears1       = 1991–1995
| managerclubs1       = [[GOG Gudme|GOG]] Women's team
| manageryears2       = 1995–1997
| managerclubs2       = [[Team Esbjerg]]
| manageryears3       = 1997–1998
| managerclubs3       = [[GOG Gudme|GOG]] Men's team
| manageryears4       = 1998–2006
| managerclubs4       = [[Denmark women's national handball team|Denmark]]
| manageryears5       = 2006–2007
| managerclubs5       = [[GOG Gudme|GOG]]
| manageryears6       = 2007–2014
| managerclubs6       = [[Denmark women's national handball team|Denmark]]
| manageryears7       = 2015–2016
| managerclubs7       = [[ŽRK Vardar]]
| manageryears8       = 2016–2020
| managerclubs8       = [[Odense Håndbold]]
| manageryears9       = 2020–2022
| managerclubs9       = [[SønderjyskE Håndbold]]
| manageryears10      = 2022–2023
| managerclubs10      = [[Saudi Arabia men's national handball team|Saudi Arabia]]
| medaltemplates      = 
{{MedalSport | Coach for women's [[team handball|handball]] }}
{{MedalTeam | {{DEN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Handball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Team]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Women's Handball Championship|World Championship]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2013 World Women's Handball Championship|2013 Serbia]] | Team }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[European Women's Handball Championship|European Championship]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2002 European Women's Handball Championship|2002 Denmark]] | Team }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1998 European Women's Handball Championship|1998 Netherlands]] | Team }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2004 European Women's Handball Championship|2004 Hungary]] | Team }}
}}

'''Jan Pytlick''' (born 5 June 1967) is a Danish [[handball]] coach, and trains [[Saudi Arabia men's national handball team|Saudi Arabia]] national team. He was head coach for the [[Denmark women's national handball team|Danish women's national handball team]] from 1998 to 2006, and again from 2007 to 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dhf.dk/Landshold/dame-a-landsholdet/traenere-og-ledere/Landstr%C3%A6neregennem%C3%A5rene |title=Dame A-trænere gennem årene |publisher=Dansk Håndbold Forbund |language=da |access-date=16 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216233924/http://www.dhf.dk/Landshold/dame-a-landsholdet/traenere-og-ledere/Landstr%C3%A6neregennem%C3%A5rene |archive-date=16 December 2013 }}</ref> Pytlick has led the women's national team to victory in two Summer Olympics, as they became [[Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Champions in 2000]], and again in [[Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]]. After the team's flop at the [[2014 European Women's Handball Championship]], DHF and Pytlick agreed to end cooperation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sporten.tv2.dk/haandbold/2014-12-28-chok-jan-pytlick-stopper-efter-em-fiasko |title=Chok: Jan Pytlick stopper efter EM-fiasko |publisher=tv2.dk |language=da |access-date=28 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229012415/http://sporten.tv2.dk/haandbold/2014-12-28-chok-jan-pytlick-stopper-efter-em-fiasko |archive-date=2014-12-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He is educated as a [[bricklayer]]. He played handball himself until he was forced to stop by injuries at the age of 19. This lead him to pursue a training career instead.

He was the coach of the Danish teams [[Team Esbjerg]] and [[GOG Handball]], both in Women's handball and men's handball,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2021-11-19-jan-pytlick-fyret | title=Jan Pytlick fyret - TV 2 | date=19 November 2021 }}</ref> before [[DHF]] suggested that he applied to become the Danish national coach. He rejected the idea initially, but decided to apply anyway.

His three children [[Simon Pytlick]], [[Camilla Pytlick]] and [[Josephine Pytlick]] are all professional handball players,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hbold.dk/simon-pytlick/ |title=Simon Pytlick – Biografi med alder, klubber og 8 fakta |website=hbold.dk |date=15 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://europamester.dk/hadsten-haandbold-henter-josephine-pytlick-til-klubben | title=Hadsten Håndbold henter Josephine Pytlick til klubben | date=30 June 2023 }}</ref> and so was his wife, [[Berit Bogetoft]]. His nephew [[Andreas Haagen Pytlick]] is also a professional handballer.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/haandbold/far-moeder-soen-i-dansk-topkamp-slut-med-varm-mad-og-toejvask/8366204 | title=Far møder søn i dansk topkamp: - Slut med varm mad og tøjvask | date=14 November 2020 }}</ref>

==The Danish Women's national team==
He met success immediately in the position, when he won silver medals at the [[1998 European Women's Handball Championship]] despite the fact, that recently a long list of established players had decided to retire.

He won back-to-back Olympic gold medals as well as gold at the [[2002 European Women's Handball Championship]] and silver at the [[2004 European Women's Handball Championship]].

In 2005 he rejoined his former club [[GOG Håndbold]]. He did however not have much success, as the club finished the season in the middle of the table.

In February 2007 he was once again hired as the [[Denmark women's national handball team|Denmark]] when [[Brian Lyngholm]] decided to withdraw. It was initially only ment to be a temporary return, but in March 2007 he decided to quit his GOG position to focus 100% on the national team. He signed a five-year agreement up to and including the [[2012 Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://politiken.dk/sport/art4682422/Pytlick-er-tilbage-i-dr%C3%B8mmejobbet | title=Pytlick er tilbage i drømmejobbet | date=26 March 2007 }}</ref> 
In the end he was the Danish national coach until 2014.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dr.dk/sporten/haandbold/kvindelandsholdet/jan-pytlick-faerdig-som-landstraener | title=Jan Pytlick færdig som landstræner | date=28 December 2014 }}</ref>

==After the Danish National Team==
He returned to club Handball to coach [[Odense Håndbold]], but was fired in 2019. He then joined [[SønderjyskE Håndbold]], where he was given a three-year deal, but was fired in 2019 due to disappointing results.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2021-11-19-jan-pytlick-fyret | title=Jan Pytlick fyret - TV 2 | date=19 November 2021 }}</ref> He had initially planned to retire after the SønderjyskE position, but was convinced to join the [[Saudi Arabia men's national handball team]] up and until the [[2023 World Men's Handball Championship|2023 World Cup]].

==References==

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| before = [[Ulrik Wilbek]]
| title = [[Denmark women's national handball team]] head coach
| years = 1998–2005
| after = [[Brian Lyngholm]]
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{{s-ttl|title=[[Denmark women's national handball team]] head coach|years=2007–2014}}
{{s-aft|after = [[Klavs Bruun Jørgensen]]}}
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