Pascal Hens
{{short description|German handball player (born 1980)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name =
| image = Pascal Hens - 2022236180745 2022-08-24 Champions for Charity - Sven - 1D X MK II - 1361 - B70I3371.jpg
| caption = Hens in 2022
| nationality = German
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|3|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Daun, West Germany
| height = {{height|m=2.03|precision=0}}
| position = Left back
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1986–1996
| youthclubs1 = TG Kastel
| youthyears2 = 1996–1998
| youthclubs2 = SV Kostheim 1912
| years1 = 1998–1999
| clubs1 = TuS Eintracht Wiesbaden
| years2 = 1999–2003
| clubs2 = SG Wallau-Massenheim
| years3 = 2003–2016
| clubs3 = HSV Hamburg
| years4 = 2016
| clubs4 = HC Midtjylland
| years5 = 2016–2017
| clubs5 = HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
| nationalyears1 = 2001–2012
| nationalteam1 = Germany
| nationalcaps1 = 199
| nationalgoals1 = 565
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalSilver | 2004 Athens | Team Competition }}
{{MedalCompetition|World Men's Handball Championship}}
{{MedalGold | 2007 Germany | Team Competition}}
{{MedalSilver | 2003 Portugal | Team Competition}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Men's Handball Championship}}
{{MedalGold | 2004 Slovenia | Team Competition}}
{{MedalSilver | 2002 Sweden | Team Competition}}
}}
Pascal "Pommes" Hens (born 26 March 1980) is a former German team handball player and former World Champion. He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team.[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=26&sp=HAN "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407003625/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=26&sp=HAN |date=2008-04-07 }} 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 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.{{Citation|author=Staff |title=Team Hamburg - Athleten |date=2008-07-04 |publisher=Team Hamburg of the Hamburg Sport Federation and the Olympic point Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein |url=http://www.team-hamburg.de/team/athleten.php5 |accessdate=2008-08-17 |language=de |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080816231146/http://www.team-hamburg.de/team/athleten.php5 |archivedate=2008-08-16 }}
Career
Hens started playing handball at the age of 6 at TG Kastel. At 12 he joined SV Kostheim 1912. He played his first Bundesliga game on his 21st birthday in the 1999-2000 season for SG Wallau-Massenheim, 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 HSV Hamburg, while drawing interest from THW Kiel, TBV Lemgo and SC Magdeburg. In 2008 he was named Hamburg sportsperson of the year.{{cite web|url=https://www.ndr.de/sport/legenden/Pascal-Hens-Populaerer-Pokalsammler,hens197.html|publisher=NDR|title=Pascal Hens - Populärer Pokalsammler|date=1 July 2015|access-date=14 April 2025|language=de|author=Sonja Wurtscheid}} In October 2015 he played his 500th game for Hamburg. He won the EHF Cup Winner's Cup in 2007 and the EHF Champions League in 2013 with HSV Hamburg.
When the club went bankrupt in February 2016 he joined Danish team HC Midtjylland for the rest of the season.{{cite web|url=http://hcmidtjylland.dk/nyheder/hc-midtjylland-har-skrevet-kontrakt-med-pascal-hens-og-sigter-mod-nye-maal-i-boxerligaen/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203114636/http://hcmidtjylland.dk/nyheder/hc-midtjylland-har-skrevet-kontrakt-med-pascal-hens-og-sigter-mod-nye-maal-i-boxerligaen/|archive-date=3 February 2016|publisher=HC Midtjylland |title=„HC MIDTJYLLAND HAR SKREVET KONTRAKT MED PASCAL HENS“|website=hcmidtjylland.dk|date=2 February 2016 |language=da}} The following summer he returned to Germany to join HBW Balingen-Weilstetten.{{cite web |author=PM Balingen |url=http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-1-1-1-83090.html |title=Transfercoup: HBW holt Weltmeister von 2007 |publisher=handball-world.com |date=2016-07-06 |access-date=2024-02-24|language=de}} After the 2016-17 he retired.{{cite news|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-1-93985.html |title=Pascal Hens beendet Karriere |publisher=handball-world.news |date=2017-06-12 |access-date=2024-02-24}}
=Career statistics=
| class="wikitable" |
| Season(s) || Team || League || Games || Goals || Penalty goals || Outfield goals |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;" | 2000–02
| style="text-align:left;" | SG Wallau/Massenheim | style="text-align:left;" | Bundesliga | style="text-align:center;" | 68 | style="text-align:center;" | 245 | style="text-align:center;" | 12 | style="text-align:center;" | 233 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2002/03
| style="text-align:left;" | SG Wallau/Massenheim | style="text-align:left;" | Bundesliga | style="text-align:center;" | 25 | style="text-align:center;" | 113 | style="text-align:center;" | - | style="text-align:center;" | 113 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2003/04
| style="text-align:left;" | HSV Hamburg | style="text-align:left;" | Bundesliga | style="text-align:center;" | 26 | style="text-align:center;" | 106 | style="text-align:center;" | - | style="text-align:center;" | 106 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2004/05
| style="text-align:left;" | HSV Hamburg | style="text-align:left;" | Bundesliga | style="text-align:center;" | 14 | style="text-align:center;" | 54 | style="text-align:center;" | - | style="text-align:center;" | 54 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2005/06
| style="text-align:left;" | HSV Hamburg | style="text-align:left;" | Bundesliga | style="text-align:center;" | 34 | style="text-align:center;" | 159 | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | 158 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2006/07
| style="text-align:left;" | HSV Hamburg | style="text-align:left;" | Bundesliga | style="text-align:center;" | 31 | style="text-align:center;" | 142 | style="text-align:center;" | - | style="text-align:center;" | 142 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2007/08
| style="text-align:left;" | HSV Hamburg | style="text-align:left;" | Bundesliga | style="text-align:center;" | 33 | style="text-align:center;" | 158 | style="text-align:center;" | - | style="text-align:center;" | 158 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2008/09
| style="text-align:left;" | HSV Hamburg | style="text-align:left;" | Bundesliga | style="text-align:center;" | 21 | style="text-align:center;" | 81 | style="text-align:center;" | - | style="text-align:center;" | 81 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2009/10
| style="text-align:left;" | HSV Hamburg | style="text-align:left;" | Bundesliga | style="text-align:center;" | 30 | style="text-align:center;" | 93 | style="text-align:center;" | - | style="text-align:center;" | 93 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2010/11
| style="text-align:left;" | HSV Hamburg | style="text-align:left;" | Bundesliga | style="text-align:center;" | 31 | style="text-align:center;" | 84 | style="text-align:center;" | - | style="text-align:center;" | 84 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2011/12
| style="text-align:left;" | HSV Hamburg | style="text-align:left;" | Bundesliga | style="text-align:center;" | 33 | style="text-align:center;" | 103 | style="text-align:center;" | - | style="text-align:center;" | 103 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2012/13
| style="text-align:left;" | HSV Hamburg | style="text-align:left;" | Bundesliga | style="text-align:center;" | 28 | style="text-align:center;" | 88 | style="text-align:center;" | - | style="text-align:center;" | 88 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2013/14
| style="text-align:left;" | HSV Hamburg | style="text-align:left;" | Bundesliga | style="text-align:center;" | 28 | style="text-align:center;" | 69 | style="text-align:center;" | - | style="text-align:center;" | 69 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2014/15
| style="text-align:left;" | HSV Hamburg | style="text-align:left;" | Bundesliga | style="text-align:center;" | 35 | style="text-align:center;" | 86 | style="text-align:center;" | - | style="text-align:center;" | 86 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2016/17
| style="text-align:left;" | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | style="text-align:left;" | Bundesliga | style="text-align:center;" | 16 | style="text-align:center;" | 19 | style="text-align:center;" | - | style="text-align:center;" | 19 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2000–2017
| style="text-align:left;" | Total | style="text-align:left;" | Bundesliga | style="text-align:center;" | 435 | style="text-align:center;" | 1600 | style="text-align:center;" | 13 | style="text-align:center;" | 1587 |
Post playing career
After his playinig career he has worked as a sports commentated at Eurosport and Dyn.{{cite web |url=https://www.dwdl.de/nachrichten/93239/neuer_sportstreamer_dyn_stellt_onairteam_vor/ |title=Neuer Sportstreamer Dyn stellt On-Air-Team vor |publisher=DWDL |language=de |access-date=2023-09-13}}{{cite web |url=https://www.presseportal.de/pm/6617/4808453 |title=Ausbau der Zusammenarbeit: Pascal Hens wird Eurosport WM- und Olympia-Experte |publisher=presseportal.de |date=2021-01-30 |access-date=2025-01-30}}
He has also been involved in the German anti-racism project Respekt! Kein Platz für Rassismus.{{cite web|url=http://www.respekt.tv/botschafter/sport/pascal-hens/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214115755/http://www.respekt.tv/botschafter/sport/pascal-hens/|archive-date=14 February 2015 |website=www.respekt.tv|publisher=Respekt! Kein Platz für Rassismus |title=Pascal Hens|access-date=14 February 2015|language=de}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080727092805/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1819129_1819134_1825732,00.html "Pascal Hens"], n°16 on Time’s list of "100 Olympic Athletes To Watch"
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20180407072009/http://www.pascalhens.de/ official Website]
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{{Germany squad 2003 World Men's Handball Championship}}
{{Germany squad 2004 European Men's Handball Championship}}
{{Germany squad 2007 World Men's Handball Championship}}
{{Germany squad 2012 European Men's Handball Championship}}
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Category:People from Daun, Germany
Category:Handball players from Rhineland-Palatinate
Category:German male handball players
Category:Olympic handball players for Germany
Category:Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Germany
Category:Handball players from Hamburg
Category:Olympic medalists in handball
Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:German expatriate handball players in Denmark