Jens Larsen (born August 22, 1969 in Aalborg) is a Danish former professional volleyball and beach volleyball player, and now the coach of the German club Wuppertal.
He has played for VHG (Vester Hassing Gymnastikforening), SV Bayer Wuppertal and HIK (Aalborg). He has coached Marienlyst (Denmark) and SV Bayer Wuppertal 1 (Germany)
Wuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in and around the Wupper valley, east of Düsseldorf and south of the Ruhr. With a population of approximately 350,000, it is the largest city in the Bergisches Land. Wuppertal is known for its steep slopes, its woods and parks, and its suspension railway, the Wuppertal Schwebebahn. It is the greenest city in Germany, with two-thirds green space of the total municipal area. From any part of the city, it is only a ten-minute walk to one of the public parks or woodland paths.
Aalborg University (AAU) is a Danish public university with campuses in Aalborg, Esbjerg, and Copenhagen founded in 1974. The university awards bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and PhD degrees in a wide variety of subjects within humanities, social sciences, information technology, design, engineering, exact sciences, and medicine.
Kim Mellius Flyvholm Larsen was a Danish rock and pop musician. He was a major selling Scandinavian act with over 5 million albums sold.
Erich Ribbeck is a former German footballer and manager, best known for coaching in the German Bundesliga.
Josef Emanuel Hubertus "Sepp" Piontek is a German former footballer and manager.
Wuppertaler SV is a German association football club located in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. The city was founded in 1929 out of the union of a number of smaller towns including Elberfeld, Barmen, Vohwinkel, Cronenberg and Ronsdorf – each with its own football club. Wuppertal Sport Verein was formed in 1954 out of the merger of TSG Vohwinkel and SSV Wuppertal and was later joined by Borussia Wuppertal to form the present day club. In addition to the football side, today's sports club includes departments for boxing, gymnastics, handball, and track and field.
The Vikings are Denmark's national Australian rules football team. The team formed in 1992 to play the North London Lions from the British Australian Rules Football League in Denmark.
Aalborg is Denmark's fourth largest city with an urban population of 142,937 (2021).
Peter Woodring is a retired U.S. soccer forward. He spent most of his career in the lower U.S. and German divisions. However, he did spend one season in Major League Soccer with the New England Revolution. He also earned three caps with the U.S. national team in 1993.
Gonzalo Castro Randón is a German footballer who plays for VfB Stuttgart as a midfielder.
Aalborg Handball is a handball club from Aalborg, Denmark that competes in the Danish Handball League. Aalborg Håndbold play there home games in the Gigantium arena in Aalborg - known as Jutlander Bank Arena for sponsorship reasons.
AaB, internationally referred to as Aalborg BK is a professional football team located in Aalborg. The club is represented in the Danish Superliga and has won four Danish football Championships and three Danish Cup trophies. Most recently the team won the double in 2014.
Jens Stryger Larsen is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Udinese and the Denmark national team.
Søren Kusk Larsen is a Danish politician, professional football manager and former player. He is currently representing the Social Democrats in the Aalborg Municipality city council.
Ana Razdorov-Lyø is a Serbian born Dutch former handballplayer. She has played for both the Dutch and the Serbian national team. She has played 70 games for the Netherlands. Among the clubs, she has played for are the Danish clubs Odense hf, GOG, Kolding IF, SK Århus and Slagelse FH. In 2010, she became lady's coach in SUS-Ullerslev. She is currently assistant coach for Team Esbjerg
Jens is a male given name and a Danish, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Faroese and Frisian derivative of Johannes.
Jens Bang's House is a landmark in Aalborg, Denmark. Situated on Østerågade in Nytorv square, it was built in 1624 by Jens Bang in Dutch Renaissance style. Noted for its gables and sculpted auricular window décor, it is said to be the finest privately owned Renaissance building in the country. It also features gargoyles and a sculpture of Bang's face, tongue sticking out. The five-storey building has housed the city's oldest pharmacy for more than 300 years. It is privately owned.
Mads Mensah Larsen is a Danish handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Denmark national team.
Luke Campbell is a former Australian male volleyball player. He was part of the Australia men's national volleyball team. He competed with the national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He played with SV Bayer Wuppertal in 2004.
Bayer Wuppertal was a German professional volleyball club based in Wuppertal.