Jan Grebenc

Jan Grebenc
Personal information
Born	(1992-08-18) 18 August 1992 (age 32) Ljubljana, Slovenia
Nationality	Slovenian
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	RD Slovan
Number	28
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000–2017	RD Riko Ribnica
2017–2018	RK Gorenje Velenje
2018–2019	Skjern Håndbold
2019–2021	RK Celje
2021–2022	GWD Minden
2022–2024	RD Riko Ribnica
2024–	RD Slovan
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–	Slovenia	17	(26)
Medal record World Championship 2017 France

Jan Grebenc (born 18 August 1992) is a Slovenian handball player who plays for RD Slovan and the Slovenian national handball team. ^[1]

Club

In 2017 he left RD Riko Ribnica and signed RK Gorenje Velenje. ^[2] 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. ^[3] In 2019 he left because he hadn't a lot of playing time. ^[4] He went back to his home country and played for RK Celje. ^[5] For the 2021–22 he signed a contract with the German club GWD Minden. ^[6] 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. ^[7] He missed the Preliminary round because of an illness. ^[8]

References

1. EHF profile
2. "JBabić poleti prevzema Gorenje; prihaja tudi Grebenc". Radiotelevizija Slovenija (in Slovenian). 7 April 2017. Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
3. "Jan Grebenc gre k danskemu prvaku Skjernu". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). 5 July 2018. Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
4. John, Thomsen (8 May 2019). "Jan Grebenc stopper i Skjern Håndbold". Dagbladet Ringkøbing-Skjern (in Danish). Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
5. "Celjane okrepil občasni slovenski reprezentant". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). 8 May 2019. Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
6. "Handball-Bundesliga: Jan Grebenc verstärkt GWD Minden". Die Harke (in German). 18 August 2021. Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
7. "25th Men's World Championship 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
8. Lojze, Grčman (25 January 2017). "Jan Grebenc: prve tekme spremljal po TV, zdaj je v polfinalu SP". siol (in Slovenian). Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.