Jan Grebenc

Jan Grebenc
Personal information
Born (1992-08-18) 18 August 1992 (age 32)
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Nationality Slovenian
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club RD Riko Ribnica
Number 28
Senior clubs
Years Team
–2017
 RD Riko Ribnica
2017–2018
 RK Gorenje Velenje
2018–2019
 Skjern Håndbold
2019–2021
 RK Celje
2021–2022
 GWD Minden
2022–
 RD Riko Ribnica
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–
 Slovenia 17 (26)
Medal record
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2017 France

Jan Grebenc (born 18 August 1992) is a Slovenian handball player who plays for RD Riko Ribnica and the Slovenian national handball team.[1]

Club

In 2017 he left RD Riko Ribnica and signed RK Gorenje Velenje.[2] In Velenje he played for the first time in the Champions League. In the last game against Kadetten Schaffhausen on 25 November 2017 he got injured and had to pause for a long time. In 2018 he went to Dänmark and played for Skjern Håndbold.[3] In 2019 he left because he hadn't a lot of playing time.[4] He went back to his home country and played for RK Celje.[5] For the 2021–22 he signed a contract with the German club GWD Minden.[6] Since 2022 he plays again for RD Riko Ribnica.

National team

He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship.[7] He missed the Preliminary round because of an illness.[8]

References

  1. ^ EHF profile
  2. ^ "JBabić poleti prevzema Gorenje; prihaja tudi Grebenc". Radiotelevizija Slovenija (in Slovenian). 7 April 2017. Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Jan Grebenc gre k danskemu prvaku Skjernu". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). 5 July 2018. Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  4. ^ John, Thomsen (8 May 2019). "Jan Grebenc stopper i Skjern Håndbold". Dagbladet Ringkøbing-Skjern (in Danish). Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Celjane okrepil občasni slovenski reprezentant". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). 8 May 2019. Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Handball-Bundesliga: Jan Grebenc verstärkt GWD Minden". Die Harke (in German). 18 August 2021. Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  7. ^ "25th Men's World Championship 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  8. ^ Lojze, Grčman (25 January 2017). "Jan Grebenc: prve tekme spremljal po TV, zdaj je v polfinalu SP". siol (in Slovenian). Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.


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