Bjarne Jeppesen

Playing career Jeppesen started his handball career at Efterslægten, and joined Fredericia KFUM in the late 1970s. In 1976 he reached the final of the EHF Cup with the club, but lost to Borac Banja Luka in the final. In 1979 he was named Danish male handball player of the year. He then continued as a coach at the club for three more years, winning a fifth Danish championship. Later he played for a short while for TMS Ringsted.

National team He debuted for the Danish national team on February 24th, 1977 and played a total of 88 national team matches. His last match was in 1982.

In 1980 he finished ninth with the Danish team in the Olympic tournament. The Danish team only one a single match. He played five matches and scored 24 goals.

His most famous moment was when he scored the winning goal against Spain at the 1982 World Championship in West Germany. Denmark had finished third in the preliminary round. In the main round a draw against Hungary meant that the team did not reach the final, but had to contend with the third place play-off against Poland, which they lost by a single goal.

Post-playing career Bjarne Jeppesen worked as a teacher in Fredericia.