Jan Leslie (born 20 May 1971) is a Danish

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

coach and former player. Previously he was head coach for

Team Esbjerg Team Esbjerg is a professional women's handball team based in Esbjerg, Denmark, that competes in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen and the 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League. They play their home matches in Blue Water Dokken, which have capacity for ...

between 2002 and 2006, and

Randers HK Randers HK is a women's handball club based in Randers, Denmark. They competes in the Danish 1st Division for the 2024/25 season and plays their home matches in Arena Randers. History Randers HK was founded in 1996 as a collaborative effort ...

from 2009 to 2014, where he won the first Danish Championship in 2012 to the club and qualification for the

Women's EHF Champions League The EHF Women's Champions League is the competition for the top women's handball clubs in Europe, organised annually by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the most prestigious tournament for clubs, with the champions of Europe's top na ...

, the following season. He also won the

2009–10 Women's EHF Cup The 2009–10 Women's EHF Cup was the 29th edition of the competition. It was won by Randers HK, beating Spanish runner-up CBF Elda in the final. This was the sixth trophy won by a Danish club, now leading the rankings,CBF Elda Club Balonmano Femenino Elda, also known as Elda Prestigio for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish women's handball team from Elda, Valencian Community founded in 1985. Elda was promoted in 1992 to the División de Honor, where it played for the n ...

in the final. He was hired as new head coach for the new Russian handball club

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow () is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was the central part of the Armed Forces (sports ...

, in July 2019. Only two years before he left Russia, after spending three years as head coach for

Rostov-Don Rostov-Don () is a professional female handball team from Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Established in 1965, the club was called Rostselmash until 2002. Rostov-Don is competing in the Russian Super League. They have won the league seven times, in 1994, 2 ...

, where he won the Russian Championship in 2015.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Leslie, Jan Danish handball coaches Danish male handball players 1971 births Living people Danish expatriate sportspeople in Russia Handball players from Esbjerg