{{short description|Danish handball player and coach (born 1971)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Jan Leslie | image = | fullname = Jan Leslie Petersen | nationality = Danish | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|5|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Esbjerg, Denmark | height = | position = | years1 = 1998–2000 | clubs1 = Farsø KFUM | years2 = 2000–2002 | clubs2 = HF Mors | manageryears1 = 2002–2006 | managerclubs1 = Team Esbjerg | manageryears2 = 2006–2007 | managerclubs2 = Aalborg DH | manageryears3 = 2007–2009 | managerclubs3 = Skjern Håndbold (assistant) | manageryears4 = 2009–2014 | managerclubs4 = Randers HK | manageryears5 = 2014–2017 | managerclubs5 = Rostov-Don | manageryears6 = 2017 | managerclubs6 = Ribe-Esbjerg HH | manageryears7 = 2019–2021 | managerclubs7 = CSKA Moscow | manageryears8 = 2021–2023 | managerclubs8 = Horsens | manageryears9 = 2023–2025 | managerclubs9 = Dunărea Brăila | medaltemplates = }} '''Jan Leslie''' (born 20 May 1971) is a Danish handball coach and former player.
Previously he was head coach for Team Esbjerg between 2002 and 2006, and Randers HK from 2009 to 2014, where he won the first Danish Championship in 2012 to the club and qualification for the Women's EHF Champions League, the following season. He also won the 2009–10 Women's EHF Cup, after defeating CBF Elda in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://politiken.dk/sport/haandbold/art5387393/Randers-HK-henter-sin-f%C3%B8rste-DM-titel|title=Randers HK henter sin første DM-titel|publisher=Politiken|date=19 May 2012|accessdate=16 February 2021}}</ref> In 2014 he was named Danish women's coach of the year by Dansk Håndbold.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://danskhaandbold.dk/nyheder/arets-traenere-i-dansk-handbold-er-karet-gjekstad-og-atlason-lober-med-titlerne|publisher=Dansk Håndbold|title=Årets trænere i dansk håndbold er kåret: Gjekstad og Atlason løber med titlerne |date=7 June 2025|access-date=29 March 2026|language=da}}</ref>
In 2017 he was the coach of Ribe-Esbjerg HH, where he left in November on mutual consent.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jan Leslie stopper med øjeblikkelig virkning|language=Danish|date=2017-09-30|accessdate=2017-11-29|publisher=hbold.dk|url=https://www.hbold.dk/2017/11/29/jan-leslie-stopper-oejeblikkelig-virkning/}}</ref> He was hired as new head coach for the new Russian handball club CSKA Moscow in July 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jv.dk/artikel/et-nyt-russisk-eventyr-jan-leslie-pakker-kufferten|title=Et nyt russisk eventyr: Jan Leslie pakker kufferten|publisher=JydskeVestkysten|date=5 July 2016|accessdate=16 February 2021}}</ref> Only two years before he left Russia, after spending three years as head coach for Rostov-Don, where he won the Russian Championship in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jv.dk/artikel/fyret-jan-leslie-slet-ingen-kommentarer|title=Fyret Jan Leslie: Slet ingen kommentarer|publisher=JydskeVestkysten|date=22 November 2016|accessdate=16 February 2021}}</ref>
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