Pascal "Pommes" Hens (born March 26, 1980 in Daun

Daun, Germany

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, Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate

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) is a German

Germany

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 team handball

Team handball

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 player and World Champion. He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

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 in Athens

Athens

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 with the German national team

Germany national handball team

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. He is World Champion from 2007, and European champion from 2004.
He currently plays for the German Bundesliga club HSV Handball

HSV Handball

HSV Hamburg is a team handball club from Germany, locates in Hamburg. Currently, HSV Hamburg competes in the Bundesliga First Division. The full name in German is Handball Sport Verein Hamburg e.V. but the club is usually called HSV Handball, HSV Hamburg or just HSV.HSV Hamburg is the former...

 and won the EHF Cup Winner's Cup

EHF Cup Winner's Cup

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 in 2007 with the HSV. He represented his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

 in Beijing, China.

External links

• "Pascal Hens", n°16 on Time
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  ’s list of "100 Olympic Athletes To Watch"
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