Jesper Holmris

Jesper Holmris
Personal information
Full nameJesper Holmris Hansen
NationalityDanish
Born (1970-12-21) 21 December 1970 (age 55)
Aarhus, Denmark
Sport
SportHandball
Current clubRingkøbing Håndbold (coach)
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
–Bjerringbro KFUM
1998–2000Yellow Winterthur
2000–2003Bjerringbro FH
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1995 Denmark 55 (129)
Teams managed
2003–2004Yellow Winterthur
2004–2006SK Aarhus
2008–2012Great Britain (w)
2012–2016Switzerland (w)
2013–2017SK Aarhus
2017–2/2018China (w)
2019–Ringkøbing Håndbold

Jesper Holmris (born 21 December 1970) is a Danish handball coach for Ringkøbing Håndbold.

Career

Holmris started playing handball at the age of 7. He played for Yellow Winterthur in Switzerland and Bjerringbro FH in Denmark. He played 55 matches for the Danish national team. When he made his debut for the Danish national team in 1989, he became the first ever Bjerringbro player to play for the national team.

At the age of 29 he became player-assistant coach at the Swiss club Yellow Winterthur. After two seasons he returned to Denmark to join Bjerringbro FH in the second tier. In the 2001-02 season he reached the final of the Danish Championship, where Bjerringbro lost to KIF Kolding.

After retiring he became the head coach of his former club Yellow Winterthur in the 2003-04 season. He was the coach for SK Aarhus from 2004 to 2006 and from 2013 to 2017.

From 2006 to 2012 he coached the Great Britain women's national handball team. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he got a 12th place finish with the team. Afterwards, he became the head coach of the Swiss national team, where he was until 2016.

In 2017 he was appointed head coach of China, with the ambition to lead them to the 2020 Olympics. At the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship he coached the Chinese women's national team, where they got a 22nd place. In February 2018 he was fired as the Chinese head coach.

In 2019 he became the head coach of Ringkøbing Håndbold. In 2022 he extended his contract until 2024, and in 2024 he extended it once again until 2026.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Hvem er Jesper Holmris?" (in Danish). Jyllands-Posten. 4 October 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  2. ↑ Dansk Håndbold profile
  3. ↑ "Historien om BFH" (in Danish). Bjerringbro FH. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "Håndbold: Jesper Holmris til Bjerringbro" (in Danish). Jyllands-Posten. 7 February 2000. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Håndbold: Kolding IF blev mestre" (in Danish). Politiken. 2002-05-20. Retrieved 2025-07-12.
  6. 1 2 "Jesper Holmris ny træner i Ringkøbing Håndbold" (in Danish). Dagbladet Ringkøbing-Skjern. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "New handball coach for GB women". BBC. 5 February 2008.
  8. ↑ "Dansker napper nyt landstræner-job" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  9. ↑ 2017 World Women's Handball Championship roster - IHF
  10. ↑ "Chinas handball women make denmark their new base". Archived from the original on 2017-12-03. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
  11. ↑ "Kina fyrer dansk landstræner og hele hans stab" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  12. ↑ "Jesper Holmris forlænger med yderligere 2 år" (in Danish). Ringkøbing Håndbold. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  13. ↑ "Holmris forlænger sin kontrakt" (in Danish). Ringkøbing Håndbold. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2026.