Sven Martin Boquist (born 2 February 1977) is a Swedish

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coach, previously handball player. Currently he is assistant coach for VästeråsIrsta HF, and the Norwegian men’s national team.

Career

Boquist began his career at his hometown club HP Warta, before joining

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in 1998. Here he won the 2000, 2001 and 2003 Swedish Handball League and reached the final of the

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in 2003. The same season he was the top scorer and named Swedish player of the year for a second time. He then joined German club

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, where he won the 2005 German Championship and the

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in 2004. Due to competition for playing time for Nikola Karabatić he left the club in 2005 for Danish side FCK Håndbold. Here he won the 2008 Danish Championship. Same season he extended his contract until 2010. He then won the 2010

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. In 2010 he returned to Sweden and joined VästeråsIrsta HF as the

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. He said that he wanted to play for a club where he was sure to be an important part of the team, and chose Västerås, because his wife, Jenny, is from there.

National team

Boquist won gold medals at the 1999 World Championship and the

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and 2002 European Championships. He also won silver medals at the

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Coaching career

After retiring from playing in 2013 he became the full time head coach of VästeråsIrsta HF. In 2015 he joined Ricoh HK. In 2016 he also became the assistant coach at the Swedish national team. In this position he won gold medals at the 2022 European Championship and silver medals at the 2018 European Championship and the 2021 World Championship. In 2017 he stopped as the coach of Ricoh HK. In 2019 he returned to VästeråsIrsta HF, this time as the assistant coach. He ceased to be the assistant coach for Sweden in 2022, just after Sweden won the 2022 European Championship. The same year he became the assistant coach at the Norwegian men’s national team.

Private

He has the nickname Boken (eng: 'The Book') or Einstein. He is married with former Swedish national team player

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, and has a son, Arvid, from 2005. His son also plays handball and Martin has previously been his coach.

Achievements

As player

**''Winner:'' 2004 **''Runner-up:'' 2008 *

**''Runner-up:'' 2003 * German Bundesliga **''Winner:'' 2005 * Swedish League **''Winner:'' 2000, 2001, 2003 * Danish League **''Winner:'' 2008 *

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**''Winner:'' 2009 ;Individual awards * Handball player of the year in Sweden: 2002, 2003

As Coach

European Men's Handball Championship The European Men's Handball Championship is the official competition for senior men's national handball teams of Europe and takes place every two years since 1994, in the even-numbered year between the World Championship. In addition to crowning ...

** ''Winner'':

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** ''Silver'':

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World Men's Handball Championship The IHF Men's Handball World Championship has been organized indoor by the International Handball Federation since 1938. In the twenty-nine tournaments held, twelve national teams have won the title. France is the most successful team with six ...

** ''Silver'':

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References

External links

sports-reference.com

EHF
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