Pär Johan Petersson (born 29 March 1973) is a

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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 ...

player and handball coach. He won the 1999 World Championship and the

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four times with the Swedish national team. He also competed in the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

and in the

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, where Sweden won silver medals both times.

Career

Petersson started playing handball at

IK Sävehof Idrottsklubben Sävehof better known as IK Sävehof is a Sweden, Swedish professional handball club located in Partille Municipality, Partille. Their home matches are played at the Partille Arena which has a capacity of 4,000. Women's team The ...

, where he debuted for the senior team in 1990 in the

Elitserien Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sports, Elitserien is the highest league, with the second highest named Allsvenskan. Elitserien leagues at present: * Elitserien (badmint ...

. His best results here were two second places in 1993 and 1994. In 1996 he became a professional player at the German club

GWD Minden Grün-Weiß Dankersen-Minden, commonly known as GWD Minden, is a handball club from Minden, Germany, and is competing in the 2. Handball-Bundesliga. History The club was founded on May 31, 1924 in Dankersen, a town of circa 5000 inhabitants. ...

, where he signed on a

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, which was a new phenomenon in Handball. Here he played for one season before joining

HSG Nordhorn HSG Nordhorn-Lingen (''HSG Nordhorn'' until September 2008) is a handball club from Nordhorn, Germany. As of the season 2021/22 HSG Nordhorn-Lingen competes in the 2. Handball-Bundesliga. In 2008 the club won the EHF Cup, which was their first a ...

, where he played with several national team colleagues including

Ola Lindgren Per Ola Markus Lindgren (born 29 February 1964) is a Swedish former handball player and current coach. He has been the head coach for IFK Kristianstad since 2012 and was the head coach for Sweden from 2008 to 2016. As a player, he won two Worl ...

. After 4 years he joined

THW Kiel THW Kiel is a professional handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and are the record champion with 23 titles. 2007 and 2012 were the most successful years in the club's history, as THW completed t ...

, where he once again played with a number of Swedish national team players, including

Magnus Wislander Hans Einar Magnus Wislander (born 22 February 1964) is a Swedish former handball player, who has been voted ''Handball Player of the Century'' and is widely regarded as one of the best players ever. Since his debut in the national team in 1985 h ...

Staffan Olsson Erik Staffan Olsson (born 26 March 1964) is a Swedish handball coach and former player. Olsson, who always played with no 13, was a left-handed right backcourt player with one of the most feared shots of all the elite players. Later in his care ...

and

Stefan Lövgren Lars Stefan Lövgren (born 21 December 1970) is a Swedish former handball player. He was born in Gothenburg. Making his debut in the national team in 1993, he played a total of 268 games and scored 1138 goals. He was included in the European ...

. Here he won the German Championship in 2002 and 2005 and the

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in 2002 and 2004. When he played for IF Hallby Handboll he acted as the

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. Here he barely missed promotion to the top division, the Elitserien. In 2008 he joined

Alingsås HK Alingsås HK is a handball club from Alingsås, Sweden. They currently compete in Handbollsligan. They have won two Swedish championships, in 2009 and 2014. Kits Achievements *Handbollsligan: **''Winners (2)'': 2009, 2014 **''Runners-u ...

. Here he won the Swedish championship in 2009. A year later he retired, but returned in the 2010–2011 season to join

IFK Kristianstad Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Kristianstad (), or IFK Kristianstad, is a Swedish professional handball club based in Kristianstad. They play in Handbollsligan, the top level of Swedish men's handball. The club was founded in 1899 as a multi-spo ...

. In April 2012 he made a second comeback when he joined German side TuS N-Lübbecke for the last match of the season and the

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. In 2015 he made his third comeback for

HSV Hamburg Handball Sport Verein Hamburg is a professional handball club from Germany, located in Hamburg. Currently, Handball Hamburg competes in the Handball-Bundesliga. The full name in German is ''Handball Sport Verein Hamburg e.V.'' but the club has t ...

to replace the injured Hans Lindberg und

Stefan Schröder Stefan Schröder (born 17 July 1981 in Schwerin) is a German former team handball player. He is the World Champion of 2007 playing with the German national team. He participated on the German team that finished 4th at the 2008 European Men's ...

. But in his first game he ruptured his achilles tendon.

National team

He debuted for the Swedish national team in 1993 against Estonia. In 1996, he was a member of the Swedish handball team won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played two matches and scored 13 goals. At the 1999 World Championship and the 2000 European Championship he won gold medals with the Swedish team. He was selected for the all star team on both occasions. In 2000, he was part of the Swedish team which won the Olympic silver medal again. He played four matches and scored 16 goals. In

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he once again won the European Championship. He retired from the national team after the 2008 European Championship in Norway.

Coaching career

In 2017 he took over the coaching duties at the German third-tier side HSV Norderstedt. In the 2018-19 he was the assistant coach at the Swedish second-tier side Kungälvs HK. The season after he became the head coach at the Kärra HF women's team in the second tier. In 2021 he was promoted with the club to the top division. He resigned only days later. In 2021 he was the head coach at

BK Heid Bollklubben Heid, also known as BK Heid, is a handball club from Gothenburg, Sverige, that has seen success in both women's and men's handball. History The club was founded in 1946. The men's team played the early years in division 2 and 3, but ...

for just under two months. He left in December 2021 to join the

Handball-Bundesliga The Handball-Bundesliga (HBL) is the top German professional handball league. From 2007 to 2012, the league was sponsored by Toyota and was officially called the ''Toyota Handball-Bundesliga''. In 2012 the Deutsche Kreditbank AG (DKB) became t ...

side

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. In 2023 he left Leverkusen and returned to Sweden to take over at

Results

* German Champion 2002 and 2005 * Swedish Champion 2009 *

: 2002 und 2004 * European Champion:

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and

* Olympic silver medals: 1996 and 2000 * World Champion

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* 2nd place

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and 2001 world championships, 3rd place World championship 1995

Other positions

Petersson has been the editor-in-chief at the now defunct handball magazine ''Handbollsmagasinet''.

External links

personal web page

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Petersson, Johan 1973 births Living people Swedish male handball players Olympic handball players for Sweden Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Swedish expatriate handball players in Germany Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics IFK Kristianstad players Sportspeople from Karlshamn 20th-century Swedish sportsmen Swedish handball coaches Expatriate handball coaches Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games IK Sävehof players Alingsås HK players