Jan Pytlick
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| Full name | Jan Pytlick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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5 June 1967 Thurø, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Danish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1995 | GOG Women's team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–1997 | Team Esbjerg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–1998 | GOG Men's team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–2006 | Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | GOG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2014 | Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | ŽRK Vardar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2020 | Odense Håndbold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2022 | SønderjyskE Håndbold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Saudi Arabia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jan Pytlick (born 5 June 1967) is a Danish handball coach, and trains Saudi Arabia national team. He was head coach for the Danish women's national handball team from 1998 to 2006, and again from 2007 to 2014.[1] Pytlick has led the women's national team to victory in two Summer Olympics, as they became Olympic Champions in 2000, and again in 2004. After the team's flop at the 2014 European Women's Handball Championship, DHF and Pytlick agreed to end cooperation.[2]
He is educated as a bricklayer. He played handball himself until he was forced to stop by injuries at the age of 19. This lead him to pursue a training career instead.
He was the coach of the Danish teams Team Esbjerg and GOG Handball, both in Women's handball and men's handball,[3] before DHF suggested that he applied to become the Danish national coach. He rejected the idea initially, but decided to apply anyway.
His three children Simon Pytlick, Camilla Pytlick and Josephine Pytlick are all professional handball players,[4][5] and so was his wife, Berit Bogetoft. His nephew Andreas Haagen Pytlick is also a professional handballer.[6]
