Peter Gentzel

Peter Gentzel
Gentzel in 2007
Personal information
Born	(1968-10-12) 12 October 1968 (age 56) Gothenburg, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Height	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs
Years	Team
-1989	IK Heim
1989-1999	Redbergslids IK
1999-2000	CB Cantabria
2000-2001	BM Granollers
2001-2009	HSG Nordhorn
2009-2010	THW Kiel
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992-2009	Sweden	220	(0)
Teams managed
2009-2012	HK Varberg
Medal record Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team European Championship 1998 Italy 2000 Croatia 2002 Sweden World Championship 1999 Egypt 1997 Japan 2001 France

Hans Peter Ludvig Gentzel (born 12 October 1968) is a Swedish former handball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.

He was named Swedish male player of the year in 1998 and in 2003 he was number to in the IHF World player of the year, receiving 29.5% of the votes. ^[1]

In 2000, he was a member of the Swedish handball team that won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all eight matches as goalkeeper. In December 2010, Gentzel ended his career and took a high ranked job within Swedish handball.

Career

Between 1989 and 1999 he played for Swedish top club Redbergslids IK from Gothenburg. Here he won the Swedish Championship in six times and the Swedish cup 3 times.

Between 2001 and 2009 he played for HSG Nordhorn. Here he won the EHF European League. When the club went bankrupt he joined THW Kiel on a one year contract. ^[2] In his only season at the club he won the EHF Champions League and German Championship. Afterwards he ended his career.

After his playing days he worked on the preparations for the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship, which took place in Sweden. Afterwards he has been the director at the organisation "Svensk Elithandboll". ^[3]

Titles

Club

• Swedish Championship: 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997 und 1998
• Swedish Cup: 1996, 1997 und 1998
• EHF European League: 2008
• EHF Champions League: 2010
• Handball-Bundesliga: 2010

External links

• profile

References

1. "Ivano Balic ist Welthandballer 2003". thw-handball.de (in German). THW Kiel. 2 June 2004. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
2. "THW verpflichtet Torhüter Peter Gentzel zur kommenden Saison". thw-handball.de (in German). THW Kiel. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
3. Leifby, Marcus (21 December 2010). "Legendarens nya jobb: chef för svensk handboll" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet . Retrieved 5 February 2025.