Torsten Laen

Torsten Laen
Torsten Laen in Kölnarena, 20 February 2008
Personal information
Born (1979-11-26) 26 November 1979 (age 46)
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
Representing  Denmark
Men's handball
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Sweden Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Slovenia Team competition
Junior World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1999 Qatar[1] Team

Torsten Laen (born 26 November 1979) is a Danish team handball administrator and former player. He is currently serving as the chairperson of the Danish Handball Federation.[2] 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.[3] He has also been the ambassador at Kolding Handicap Idræt, an organisation for handicap sports in Kolding, Denmark.[4]

In June 2025 he was appointed the chairperson of the Danish Handball Federation following the death of former chairperson Morten Stig Christensen.[2]

Honours

References

  1. ^ "1999 IHF Men's Junior World Championship" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 5 September 2005.
  2. ^ a b "DanskHåndbolds bestyrelse indstiller Torsten Laen som ny formand" (in Danish). DanskHåndbold. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  3. ^ "Torsten Laen". www.haandboldspiller.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  4. ^ Jørgensen, Stefan (28 January 2015). "Torsten Laen er KHI-ambassadør". Kolding Ugeavis (in Danish). Retrieved 5 September 2024.
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