{{short description|Swedish handball player (born 1966)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Pierre Thorsson | fullname = Pierre Roger Valdemar Thorsson | image = Pierre Thorsson.jpg | caption = Thorsson in 2011 | nationality = Swedish | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|6|21|df=y}} | birth_place = Linköping, Sweden | height = 1.89 m | position = Right wing / right back | currentclub = ''Retired'' | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Risbrinkspojkarna | years1 = 1986-1989 | clubs1 = IFK Karlskrona | years2 = 1989-1996 | clubs2 = IF Saab/HF Linköpings Lejon | years3 = 1996-2001 | clubs3 = VfL Bad Schwartau | years4 = 2001-2003 | clubs4 = Pallamano Conversano | years5 = 2003-2004 | clubs5 = SG Flensburg-Handewitt | years6 = 2004-2005 | clubs6 = Hästö IF | nationalyears1 = 1988-2000 | nationalteam1 = Sweden | nationalcaps1 = 237 | nationalgoals1 = 557 | ntupdate = | managerclubs1 = Hästö IF | manageryears1 = 2004-2008 | managerclubs2 = Hästö IF (junior) | manageryears2 = 2009-2012 | managerclubs3 = Kungliga Flottans IF women's team | manageryears3 = 2012-2017 | managerclubs4 = HIF Karlskrona assistant | manageryears4 = 2017 | medaltemplates = {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalSilver| 1992 Barcelona |Team}} {{MedalSilver| 1996 Atlanta |Team}} {{MedalSilver| 2000 Sydney |Team}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championship}} {{MedalGold|1994 Portugal|}} {{MedalGold|1998 Italy|}} {{MedalGold|2000 Croatia|}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championship}} {{MedalGold|1990 Czechoslovakia|}} {{MedalGold|1999 Egypt|}} {{MedalBronze|1993 Sweden|}} {{MedalBronze|1995 Iceland|}} {{MedalSilver|1997 Japan|}} }}

'''Pierre Roger Valdemar Thorsson''' (born 21 June 1966) is a Swedish handball player and coach. He was a part of the first generation of the 'Bengan boys', the Swedish golden generation that won both the World Championship and European Championship.

==Career== In his homecountry Thorsson started in career at IFK Karlskrona and later joined IF Saab-HF Linköpings Lejon.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://w1.372.telia.com/~u37210643/landskampen/landskampReserv.html | title=Landskamp i Ljungby }}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> In 1996 he joined German 2. Bundesliga side VfL Bad Schwartau, where he was promoted to the German Bundesliga in 1998 and won the 2001 DHB-Pokal.<ref>[http://www.thw-provinzial.de/thw/00geschw.htm Gegnerkader VfL Bad Schwartau Saison 2000/2001]</ref>

In 2001 he joined the Italian club Papillon Coversano, where he won the Italian championship twice.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.handball-news.info/module-Pagesetter-printpub-tid-1-pid-451.htm |publisher=Handball-news.info|title=Pierre Thorsson – Kandidat für den rechten Rückraum |archive-date=17 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217055400/http://www.handball-news.info/module-Pagesetter-printpub-tid-1-pid-451.htm|date=2003-08-24|language=de}}</ref>

In 2003 he returned to the German Bundesliga to SG Flensburg-Handewitt, where he played for one season. He won the Bundesliga with the club, before returning to Sweden to join Hästö IF in the Swedish Division 1 as player-assistant coach.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hd.se/sport/2004/04/26/pierre_thorsson_klar_foer_haestoe/ |title=Pierre Thorsson klar för Hästö |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109095807/http://hd.se/sport/2004/04/26/pierre_thorsson_klar_foer_haestoe/ |archive-date=2013-11-09|date=26 April 2004 }}</ref>

===National team=== Thorsson won the 1990 and the 1990 World Championships with Sweden. He also competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics where Sweden won silver each time.

In 1992 he was a member of the Swedish handball team won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played six matches and scored 25 goals.

Four years later he was part of the Swedish team which won the silver medal again. He played six matches and scored 30 goals.

At the 2000 Games he won his third silver medal with the Swedish team. He played five matches and scored 13 goals.

==Coaching career== After he retired he bacme the head coach of Hästö IF until 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hastoif.com/nyheter/Lars_H_080408.html |title=Lasse Hällkvist ny tränare i Hästö |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012033814/http://www.hastoif.com/nyheter/Lars_H_080408.html |archive-date=12 October 2008 |language=sv}}</ref> In 2009 he changed job to be a youth coach at the club.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hastoif.com/nyheter/pierre_juniorerna_090512.html }}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>

In August 2012 he took over as the head coach of the Flottans IF women's team.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sydostran.se/artikel/thorsson-tar-over-flottan/ |title=Thorsson tar över Flottan|date=22 August 2012|publisher=Sydöstran|language=sv|trans-title=Thorsson takes over at Flottan}}</ref> Here he was until 2017, when he became the assistant coach at HIF Karlskrona.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://handbollskanalen.se/handbollsligan/extra-pierre-thorsson-tillbaka-tranarroll-hos-hif-karlskrona/ |publisher=handbollskanalen.se|title=Pierre Thorsson tillbaka – i tränarroll hos HIF Karlskrona|date=3 October 2017 |accessdate=22 June 2018|language=sv|trans-title=Piere Thorsson is back - in coaching role at HIF Karlskrona}}</ref>

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417103038/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/pierre-thorsson-1.html Sports reference profile] *[https://history.eurohandball.com/ec/ehfc/men/2001-02/player/500810/PierreThorsson EHF Profile]

==References== {{reflist}} {{Navboxes colour |title= Sweden squads |bg = #FFF01C |fg = #005B99 |bordercolor = #005B99 |list1= {{Sweden squad 1990 World Men's Handball Championship}} {{Sweden handball squad 1992 Summer Olympics}} {{Sweden handball squad 1996 Summer Olympics}} {{Sweden squad 1999 World Men's Handball Championship}} {{Sweden handball squad 2000 Summer Olympics}} }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thorsson, Pierre}} Category:1966 births Category:Living people Category:Swedish male handball players Category:Olympic handball players for Sweden Category:Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Category:Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Category:Swedish expatriate handball players in Germany Category:Olympic medalists in handball Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Category:Sportspeople from Linköping Category:Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Category:20th-century Swedish sportsmen Category:Handball World Champions