Torsten "Toto" Jansen (born 23 December 1976) is a former

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, who spent the majority of his career playing for HSV Hamburg in the

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. He was also a regular member of the

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. In March 2017 he took over as head coach of the Handball Sport Verein Hamburg. He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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and also represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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."2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 2, 2008) Jansen became a

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in 2007, and European champion in 2004.

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1976 births Living people People from Adenau 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 Sportspeople from Hamburg Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Rhineland-Palatinate {{Germany-handball-Olympic-medalist-stub