Pascal "Pommes" Hens (born 26 March 1980) is a former

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player and former World Champion. He received a silver medal at the

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with the German national team."2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 2, 2008) He is World Champion from 2007, and European champion from 2004. He also represented his native country at the

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Career

Hens started playing handball at the age of 6 at TG Kastel. At 12 he joined SV Kostheim 1912. He played his first

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game on his 21st birthday in the 1999-2000 season for

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, where he scored 5 goals in a 29-18 win. In 2000 he signed his first professional contract at the club. In March 2001 he made his debut for the Germany national team. In 2003 he joined

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, while drawing interest from

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and

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. In 2008 he was named Hamburg sportsperson of the year. In October 2015 he played his 500th game for Hamburg. He won the

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in 2007 and the

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in 2013 with

. When the club went bankrupt in February 2016 he joined Danish team

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for the rest of the season. The following summer he returned to Germany to join HBW Balingen-Weilstetten. After the 2016-17 he retired.

Career statistics

Post playing career

After his playinig career he has worked as a sports commentated at

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and Dyn. He has also been involved in the German anti-racism project ''Respekt! Kein Platz für Rassismus''.

References

External links

"Pascal Hens"
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''’s list of "100 Olympic Athletes To Watch"
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hens, Pascal 1980 births Living people People from Daun, Germany Handball players from Rhineland-Palatinate German male handball players Olympic handball players for Germany Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Germany Handball players from Hamburg Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics German expatriate handball players in Denmark Handball SV Hamburg players 21st-century German sportsmen