{{short description|Swedish handball player and coach (born 1966)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox handball biography |name= |image = Robert Hedin 01.jpg | image_size = |caption=Hedin in 2009 |birth_date= {{birth-date and age|2 February 1966}} |birth_place= Ystad, Sweden |death_date= |death_place= | height = 198 cm | weight = 97 kg | position = left back | youthclubs1= Köpingebro IF | youthclubs2= IFK Ystad | youthyears2= 1980-1982 | youthclubs3= Ystads IF | youthyears3= 1982-1985 | years1= 1985–1990 | clubs1= Ystads IF | years2= 1990–1992 | clubs2= Stavanger IF | years3= 1992–1993 | clubs3= BM Benidorm | years4= 1993–1998 | clubs4= GWD Minden | years5= 1998–2001 | clubs5= TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen | years6= 2001–2002 | clubs6= SV Post Schwerin | years7= 2002–2003 | clubs7= TuS N.-Lübbecke | years8= 2003–2004 | clubs8= Ystads IF | nationalyears1 = 1988-1998 | nationalteam1 = Sweden | nationalcaps1 = 194 | nationalgoals1 = 333<ref name=total>{{cite web |language=sv |url=https://www.handbollslandslaget.se/herr/statistik/ |title=Statistik |accessdate=23 September 2021|publisher=Swedish Handball Federation}}</ref> | ntupdate = | manageryears1=1998–2001 | managerclubs1=TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen | manageryears2=2002–2003 | managerclubs2= TuS N.-Lübbecke | manageryears3=2004–2007 | managerclubs3= Ystads IF | manageryears4=2007–2009 | managerclubs4= MT Melsungen | manageryears5=2008–2014 | managerclubs5= Norway | manageryears6=2011–2012 | managerclubs6= Aalborg Håndbold | manageryears7=2015–2017 | managerclubs7= Bregenz Handball | manageryears8=2018–2025 | managerclubs8= USA | manageryears9=2019–2020 | managerclubs9= St. Hallvard | manageryears10=2020–2023 | managerclubs10= Nøtterøy Håndball | manageryears11=2023– | managerclubs11= Fjellhammer IL | manageryears12=2025– | managerclubs12= Bahrain | show-medals=yes | medaltemplates= {{MedalOlympics}} {{MedalSilver| 1992 Barcelona |Team}} {{MedalSilver| 1996 Atlanta |Team}} {{MedalWorldChampionships}} {{MedalBronze|1993 Sweden|Team}} {{MedalEuropeanChampionships}} {{MedalGold|1994 Portugal|Team}} }} '''Gunnar Robert Hedin''' (born 2 February 1966) is a Swedish handball coach and retired player who won silver medals at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. He also won a bronze medal at the 1993 World Championship, playing alongside his younger brother Tony<ref name=sr/> and gold medals at the 1994 European Championship.
Today he is the head coach of the United States men's national handball team<ref name=USA>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thelantern.com/2016/02/ohio-state-alumna-working-toward-olympic-dreams-after-lone-year-of-club-sport/|title=Ohio State alumna working toward Olympic dreams after lone year of club sport|work=The Lantern|access-date=2018-07-18|language=en-US}}</ref> and the Norwegian club Fjellhammer IL.<ref name=Fjellhammer>{{cite web|url=https://fjellhammer.no/2023/01/06/robert-hedin-klar-som-ny-hovedtrener/|title=Robert Hedin klar som ny hovedtrener!|accessdate=20 April 2023|publisher=Fjellhammer IL|language=no}}</ref>
From 2008 to 2014 he was the coach of the Norwegian national handball team.<ref name=sok/>
==Career== Hedin played for IFK Ystad HK in Sweden, Stavanger in Norway, Benidorm in Spain, GWD Minden, TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke and SV Post Schwerin in Germany and TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen in Switzerland.<ref name="Cederlund">{{cite news |first=Christer |last=Cederlund |title=Robert Hedin klar för spel |url=http://www.ystadsallehanda.se/sport/robert-hedin-klar-for-spel/ |publisher=Ystads Allehanda |date=2003-11-08 |accessdate=2019-08-08 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808104937/http://www.ystadsallehanda.se/sport/robert-hedin-klar-for-spel/ |archivedate=2019-08-08|language=sv }}</ref>
From January 2007 to the summer of 2009 he was the coach of the German Handball-Bundesliga team MT Melsungen.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.handball-news.info/module-Pagesetter-viewpub-tid-1-pid-5127-title-Robert.Hedin.neuer.Trainer.in.Melsungen.htm|publisher=handball-news.info|date=17 January 2007|title=Robert Hedin neuer Trainer in Melsungen|language=de|trans-title=Robert Hedin new coach in Melsungen|archive-date=12 January 2016|access-date=6 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112173008/http://www.handball-news.info/module-Pagesetter-viewpub-tid-1-pid-5127-title-Robert.Hedin.neuer.Trainer.in.Melsungen.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archiv.thw-handball.de/thw/09032321.htm |publisher=THW Kiel|website=archiv.thw-handball.de|title=THW empfängt MT Melsungen am Mittwoch|date=25 March 2009|language=de}}</ref>
In October 2008 he took over as the Norwegian national team head coach.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.seknews.de/2008/10/13/mt-trainer-hedin-nimmt-zweitjob-in-norwegen-an/ |publisher=SEK-News|title=MT-Trainer Hedin nimmt Zweitjob in Norwegen an|language=de|date=13 October 2008}}</ref> Here he was until 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.handball.no/p1.asp?p=43100 |title=Robert Hedin slutter|publisher=Norwegian Handball Federation|website=handball.no|date=20 February 2014|language=no|trans-title=Robert Hedin stops}}</ref> He was in this position until 2014, where he was replaced by Christian Berge.
In October 2011 he took over the Danish team Aalborg Håndbold, where he coached the rest of the season.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-1-1-20-34233.html |title=Hedin wird Vereinstrainer in Aalborg|publisher=handball-world.com |date=19 October 2011|language=de|trans-title=Hedin becomes coach in Aalborg}}</ref>
In the summer of 2014 after stopping as the Norwegian head coach, he became a consultant at the Austrian club Bregenz Handball, and in February 2025 he became the head coach of the tema.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://hla.at/2015/02/robert-hedin-ergaenzt-bregenzer-trainerteam/ | title=Robert Hedin ergänzt Bregenzer Trainerteam | date=2015-02-08 | accessdate=2015-05-20 | publisher=Austrian Bundesliga | website=hla.at | language=de | archive-date=5 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305021825/http://hla.at/2015/02/robert-hedin-ergaenzt-bregenzer-trainerteam/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> He was named coach of the year in the Austrian top division in 2014-15.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://oehb.sportlive.at/news/beitrag/ziura-acimovic-handballer-des-jahres.html | title=Ziura & Acimovic "Handballer des Jahres" | date=2015-06-08 | accessdate=2015-06-09 | publisher=Austrian Handball Federation|website=oehb.sportlive.at | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712225734/http://oehb.sportlive.at/news/beitrag/ziura-acimovic-handballer-des-jahres.html | archive-date=2015-07-12}}</ref> He left Bregenz in 2017.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hla.at/8-hla-aktuell/292-bregenz-handball-und-robert-hedin-gehen-getrennte-wege.html | title=Bregenz Handball und Robert Hedin gehen getrennte Wege |accessdate=2017-02-16 | publisher=Austrian Bundesliga|website=hla.at|language=de}}</ref>
In July 2018 he took over as the USA national team head coach.<ref name=USA /> From the 2019-2020 in addition to being the US head coach, he also became the head coach of Norwegian team St. Hallvard for a single season.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ystadsallehanda.se/sport/i-norska-st-hallvard-blir-det-rena-slaktfesten-for-familjen-hedin/ | title=I norska St Hallvard blir det rena släktkalaset för familjen Hedin | date=2019-05-28 | accessdate=2019-08-31 | publisher=Ystads Allehanda|language=sv}}</ref> In 2020 he took over the Nøtterøy Håndball,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tv2.no/a/11308834/ | title=Tidligere landslagssjef Robert Hedin tar over Nøtterøy | date=2020-03-18 | accessdate=2021-03-25 | publisher=tv2.no | language=no|trans-title=Former national team coach Robert Hedin takes over at Nøtterøy}}</ref> which he guided to promotion to the top Norwegian division in 2021.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://handbollskanalen.se/norge/robert-hedin-och-notteroy-upp-i-eliten/ | title=Robert Hedin och Nøtterøy upp i eliten | date=2021-05-27 | accessdate=2021-05-27 | publisher=handbollskanalen.se | language=sv|trans-title=Robert Hedin and Nøtterøy up into the elite}}</ref> In January 2023 he moved to league rivals Fjellhammer IL.<ref name=Fjellhammer />
==Private life== He is educated as an engineer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiv.thw-handball.de/thw/02genett.htm |publisher=THW Kiel|website=archiv.thw-handball.de|title=Gegnerkader TuS N-Lübbecke Saison 2002/2003|language=de|accessdate=6 February 2025}}</ref>
His brother Tony Hedin is also a handball player. He has 6 kids of which one of them, Amadeus Hedin, is also a handball player, and so is his nephew Viktor Hedin.
==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=sr>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204614/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/robert-hedin-1.html Robert Hedin]. sports-reference.com</ref> <ref name=sok>[http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/r/robert-hedin.html Robert Hedin]. Swedish Olympic Committee</ref> }}
== External links == * {{Sports links}} {{Sweden handball squad 1992 Summer Olympics}} {{Sweden handball squad 1996 Summer Olympics}} {{Norway squad 2010 European Men's Handball Championship}} {{Norway squad 2011 World Men's Handball Championship}} {{Norway squad 2012 European Men's Handball Championship}} {{Norway squad 2014 European Men's Handball Championship}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hedin, Robert}} 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:Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Category:Swedish handball coaches Category:Expatriate handball coaches Category:Handball coaches of international teams Category:Olympic medalists in handball Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Category:20th-century Swedish sportsmen Category:Ystads IF players Category:Sportspeople from Ystad Category:Handball players from Skåne County