Pascal "Pommes" Hens (born 26 March 1980) is a former German team handball player and former World Champion. He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team.[1] He is World Champion from 2007, and European champion from 2004. He also represented his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.[2]
Hens started playing handball at the age of 6 at TG Kastel.[3] At 12 he joined SV Kostheim 1912. He played his first Bundesliga game on his 21st birthday in the 1999-2000 season for SG Wallau-Massenheim, where he scored 5 goals in a 29-18 win.[3] In 2000 he signed his first professional contract at the club. In March 2001 he made his debut for the Germany national team. In 2003 he joined HSV Hamburg, while drawing interest from THW Kiel, TBV Lemgo and SC Magdeburg. In 2008 he was named Hamburg sportsperson of the year.[3] In October 2015 he played his 500th game for Hamburg. He won the EHF Cup Winner's Cup in 2007 and the EHF Champions League in 2013 with HSV Hamburg.
When the club went bankrupt in February 2016 he joined Danish team HC Midtjylland for the rest of the season.[4] The following summer he returned to Germany to join HBW Balingen-Weilstetten.[5] After the 2016-17 he retired.[6]
| Season(s) | Team | League | Games | Goals | Penalty goals | Outfield goals |
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| 2000–02 | SG Wallau/Massenheim | Bundesliga | 68 | 245 | 12 | 233 |
| 2002/03 | SG Wallau/Massenheim | Bundesliga | 25 | 113 | - | 113 |
| 2003/04 | HSV Hamburg | Bundesliga | 26 | 106 | - | 106 |
| 2004/05 | HSV Hamburg | Bundesliga | 14 | 54 | - | 54 |
| 2005/06 | HSV Hamburg | Bundesliga | 34 | 159 | 1 | 158 |
| 2006/07 | HSV Hamburg | Bundesliga | 31 | 142 | - | 142 |
| 2007/08 | HSV Hamburg | Bundesliga | 33 | 158 | - | 158 |
| 2008/09 | HSV Hamburg | Bundesliga | 21 | 81 | - | 81 |
| 2009/10 | HSV Hamburg | Bundesliga | 30 | 93 | - | 93 |
| 2010/11 | HSV Hamburg | Bundesliga | 31 | 84 | - | 84 |
| 2011/12 | HSV Hamburg | Bundesliga | 33 | 103 | - | 103 |
| 2012/13 | HSV Hamburg | Bundesliga | 28 | 88 | - | 88 |
| 2013/14 | HSV Hamburg | Bundesliga | 28 | 69 | - | 69 |
| 2014/15 | HSV Hamburg | Bundesliga | 35 | 86 | - | 86 |
| 2016/17 | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | Bundesliga | 16 | 19 | - | 19 |
| 2000–2017 | Total | Bundesliga | 435 | 1600 | 13 | 1587 |
After his playinig career he has worked as a sports commentated at Eurosport and Dyn.[7][8]
He has also been involved in the German anti-racism project Respekt! Kein Platz für Rassismus.[9]
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