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{{short description|German handball player (born 1976)}}
{{Distinguish|Torsten Stiig Jansen}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name                = Torsten Jansen
| fullname            = 
| image               = 2024-11-28 TVB Stuttgart - HSV Hamburg by mroptimax-6.jpg
| nationality         = German
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1976|12|23|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Adenau]], [[West Germany]]
| height              = {{height|m=1.85|precision=0}}
| position            = Left Wing
| clubnumber          = 5
| youthyears1         = 1982–1992
| youthclubs1         = [[TV Witzhelden]]
| youthyears2         = 1992–1994
| youthclubs2         = [[Wermelskirchener TV]]
| years1              = 1994–1995
| clubs1              = [[TUSEM Essen]]
| years2              = 1995–2001
| clubs2              = [[SG Solingen]]
| years3              = 2001–2003
| clubs3              = [[HSG Nordhorn]]
| years4              = 2003–2015
| clubs4              = [[HSV Hamburg]]
| years5              = 2015–2016
| clubs5              = [[THW Kiel]]
| years6              = 2016–2017
| clubs6              = [[Handball Sport Verein Hamburg|HSV Hamburg]]
| nationalyears1      = 1999–?
| nationalteam1       = [[Germany men's national handball team|Germany]]
| nationalcaps1       = 178
| nationalgoals1      = 503
| manageryears1 = 2017–
| managerclubs1 = [[Handball Sport Verein Hamburg|HSV Hamburg]]
| medaltemplates      =
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Team Competition]] }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Men's Handball Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2007 World Men's Handball Championship|2007 Germany]] | Team Competition}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}
{{MedalGold | [[2004 European Men's Handball Championship|2004 Slovenia]] | Team Competition}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2002 European Men's Handball Championship|2002 Sweden]] | Team Competition}}
}}
'''Torsten "Toto" Jansen''' (born 23 December 1976) is a former [[Germany|German]] [[team handball|handballer]], who spent the majority of his career playing for [[HSV Hamburg]] in the [[Handball-Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]. He was also a regular member of the [[Germany men's national handball team|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.

He received a silver medal at the [[Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]] and also represented Germany at the [[Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]].<ref name=db-ol-handball>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=26&sp=HAN "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407003625/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=26&sp=HAN |date=2008-04-07 }} ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 2, 2008)</ref> 
Jansen became a [[2007 World Men's Handball Championship|World champion]] in 2007, and [[2004 European Men's Handball Championship|European champion]] in 2004.<ref name=teamhh>{{Citation|author=Staff |title=Team Hamburg – Athleten |date=2008-07-04 |publisher=Team Hamburg of the Hamburg Sport Federation and the Olympic point Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein |url=http://www.team-hamburg.de/team/athleten.php5 |accessdate=2008-08-17 |language=de |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080816231146/http://www.team-hamburg.de/team/athleten.php5 |archivedate=2008-08-16 }}</ref>
He has been awarded the [[Silbernes Lorbeerblatt|Silbernen Lorbeerblatt]] for his triumph at the 2007 world championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.focus.de/sport/mehrsport/handball-wm-merkel-laedt-handball-weltmeister-ins-kanzleramt_aid_287703.html |publisher=focus.de |title=Handball – WM: Merkel lädt Handball-Weltmeister ins Kanzleramt|date=4 June 2007|accessdate=5 April 2014}}</ref>

==Career==
Jansen won the [[2010–11 Handball-Bundesliga|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.welt.de/sport/handball/article116467599/Kopfstoss-bringt-Rekordstrafe-fuer-Torsten-Jansen.html |publisher=welt.de|title=Kopfstoß bringt Rekordstrafe für Torsten Jansen|accessdate=19 May 2019|language=de}}</ref>

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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thw-handball.de/news/weitere/news-artikel/thw-kiel-verpflichtet-linksaussen-torsten-jansen.html |publisher=[[THW Kiel]]|website=thw-handball.de|title=THW Kiel verpflichtet Linksaußen Torsten Jansen|accessdate=26 May 2015|language=de}}</ref>

==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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndr.de/sport/handball/HSV-Handballer-machen-Aufstieg-in-die-Bundesliga-perfekt,hsvhandball802.html |publisher=ndr.de|title=HSV-Handballer machen Aufstieg in die Bundesliga perfekt|accessdate=22 June 2021|language=de}}</ref>

==Titles==
=== Club ===
* [[2010–11 Handball-Bundesliga|Bundesliga 2011]] 
* [[EHF Cup Winners' Cup]] 2007
* [[DHB-Pokal]]-Sieger 2006 und 2010
* [[DHB-Supercup]] 2004, 2006, 2009 und 2010
* [[EHF Champions League]] 2013

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Germany squad 2004 European Men's Handball Championship}}
{{Germany squad 2007 World Men's Handball Championship}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Adenau]]
[[Category:German male handball players]]
[[Category:Olympic handball players for Germany]]
[[Category:Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Germany]]
[[Category:Handball players from Hamburg]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in handball]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Handball players from Rhineland-Palatinate]]
[[Category:HSG Nordhorn-Lingen players]]
[[Category:THW Kiel players]]
[[Category:German handball coaches]]


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