Bjarne Jeppesen
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| Bjarne Andersen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
19 August 1954 Glostrup Denmark | ||
| Died |
14 October 2024 (aged 70) Fredericia, Denmark | ||
| Nationality | Danish | ||
| Playing position | Left wing | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Efterslægten | |||
| Fredericia KFUM | |||
1983-1985 | Kolding HK | ||
1985-1991 | KIF Kolding | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1977-1982 | Denmark | 88[1] | (290) |
| Teams managed | |||
1985-1994 | KIF Kolding | ||
Bjarne Jeppesen (19 August 1954 – 14 October 2024) was a Danish handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics. He was known for his speed on the left wing.[1] He died on 14 October 2024, at the age of 70.[2]
National team
Jeppesen started his handball career at Efterslægten,[1] and joined Fredericia KFUM in the late 1970s. In 1976 he reached the final of the EHF Cup with the club, but lost to Borac Banja Luka in the final.[3] In 1979 he was named Danish male handball player of the year.[1] In the 1981-82 he was the top scorer in the Danish handball league with 117 goals.
In 1983 he joined Kolding HK where he was the player-coach for two years before joining city rivals KIF Kolding, once again as a player coach. Here he won the Danish championship four times in a row between 1987 and 1991; the first championships in club history.[4] He retired in 1991 at the age of 37.[5] He then continued as a coach at the club for three more years, winning a fifth Danish championship.[4] Later he played for a short while for TMS Ringsted.[6]
He debuted for the Danish national team on February 24th, 1977 and played a total of 88 national team matches. His last match was in 1982.[7]
In 1980 he finished ninth with the Danish team in the Olympic tournament. The Danish team only one a single match. He played five matches and scored 24 goals. [8]
His most famous moment was when he scored the winning goal against Spain at the 1982 World Championship in West Germany.[5] Denmark had finished third in the preliminary round. In the main round a draw against Hungary meant that the team did not reach the final, but had to contend with the third place play-off against Poland, which they lost by a single goal.
