Jan Grebenc

{{short description|Slovenian handball player}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Jan Grebenc

| image =

| nationality = Slovenian

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|8|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ljubljana, Slovenia

| height = 1.94 m

| position = Left back

| currentclub = RD Slovan

| clubnumber = 28

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–2017

| clubs1 = RD Riko Ribnica

| years2 = 2017–2018

| clubs2 = RK Gorenje Velenje

| years3 = 2018–2019

| clubs3 = Skjern Håndbold

| years4 = 2019–2021

| clubs4 = RK Celje

| years5 = 2021–2022

| clubs5 = GWD Minden

| years6 = 2022–2024

| clubs6 = RD Riko Ribnica

| years7 = 2024–

| clubs7 = RD Slovan

| nationalyears1 = 2016–

| nationalteam1 = Slovenia

| nationalcaps1 = 17

| nationalgoals1 = 26

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}

{{MedalBronze|2017 France|}}

}}

Jan Grebenc (born 18 August 1992) is a Slovenian handball player who plays for RD Slovan and the Slovenian national handball team.[http://www.eurohandball.com/player/570171 EHF profile]

Club

In 2017 he left RD Riko Ribnica and signed RK Gorenje Velenje.{{Cite web |date=7 April 2017 |title=JBabić poleti prevzema Gorenje; prihaja tudi Grebenc |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/sport/rokomet/babic-poleti-prevzema-gorenje-prihaja-tudi-grebenc/419286 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114151045/https://www.rtvslo.si/sport/rokomet/babic-poleti-prevzema-gorenje-prihaja-tudi-grebenc/419286 |archive-date=14 January 2024 |access-date=14 January 2024 |website=Radiotelevizija Slovenija |language=sl}} In Velenje he played for the first time in the Champions League. In the last game against Kadetten Schaffhausen on 25 November 2017 he got injured and had to pause for a long time. In 2018 he went to Dänmark and played for Skjern Håndbold.{{Cite web |date=5 July 2018 |title=Jan Grebenc gre k danskemu prvaku Skjernu |url=https://www.dnevnik.si/1042831962/sport/rokomet/jan-grebenc-gre-k-danskemu-prvaku-skjernu |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114150105/https://www.dnevnik.si/1042831962/sport/rokomet/jan-grebenc-gre-k-danskemu-prvaku-skjernu |archive-date=14 January 2024 |access-date=14 January 2024 |website=Dnevnik |language=sl}} In 2019 he left because he hadn't a lot of playing time.{{Cite web |last=John |first=Thomsen |date=8 May 2019 |title=Jan Grebenc stopper i Skjern Håndbold |url=https://dbrs.dk/sport/jan-grebenc-stopper-i-skjern-haandbold |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114144356/https://dbrs.dk/sport/jan-grebenc-stopper-i-skjern-haandbold |archive-date=14 January 2024 |access-date=14 January 2024 |website=Dagbladet Ringkøbing-Skjern |language=da}} He went back to his home country and played for RK Celje.{{Cite web |date=8 May 2019 |title=Celjane okrepil občasni slovenski reprezentant |url=https://www.dnevnik.si/1042885497/sport/rokomet/celjane-okrepil-obcasni-slovenski-reprezentant |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114144811/https://www.dnevnik.si/1042885497/sport/rokomet/celjane-okrepil-obcasni-slovenski-reprezentant |archive-date=14 January 2024 |access-date=14 January 2024 |website=Dnevnik |language=sl}} For the 2021–22 he signed a contract with the German club GWD Minden.{{Cite web |date=18 August 2021 |title=Handball-Bundesliga: Jan Grebenc verstärkt GWD Minden |url=https://www.dieharke.de/sport/regional/handball-bundesliga-jan-grebenc-verstaerkt-gwd-minden-XHEDGKCY4GIOWP5C5HXAV6RE7Z.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114151654/https://www.dieharke.de/sport/regional/handball-bundesliga-jan-grebenc-verstaerkt-gwd-minden-XHEDGKCY4GIOWP5C5HXAV6RE7Z.html |archive-date=14 January 2024 |access-date=14 January 2024 |website=Die Harke|language=de}} Since 2022 he plays again for RD Riko Ribnica.

National team

He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship, where Slovenia won bronze medals, the country's best result at a World Championship.{{cite web |url=http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HB_PROD/HBWC17M/PDF_ROSTER_SLO.PDF |title=25th Men's World Championship 2017 |accessdate=24 January 2017 |archive-date=13 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113162306/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HB_PROD/HBWC17M/PDF_ROSTER_SLO.PDF |url-status=dead }} He missed the Preliminary round because of an illness.{{Cite web |last=Lojze |first=Grčman |date=25 January 2017 |title=Jan Grebenc: prve tekme spremljal po TV, zdaj je v polfinalu SP |url=https://siol.net/sportal/rokomet/jan-grebenc-prve-tekme-spremljal-po-tv-zdaj-je-v-polfinalu-sp-434222 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114144811/https://web.archive.org/web/20240114150651/https://siol.net/sportal/rokomet/jan-grebenc-prve-tekme-spremljal-po-tv-zdaj-je-v-polfinalu-sp-434222 |archive-date=14 January 2024 |access-date=14 January 2024 |website=siol |language=sl}}

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