Tomas Sivertsson
Lars Thomas Sivertsson is a Swedish handball player and handball coach who was a part of the Swedish golden generation nicknamed the Bengan Boys. He won both the European Championship and the World Championship as a player.
Playing career
Sivertsson began playing handball at his hometown club Halmstad HP IF and joined top league team HK Drott, where he won the Swedish Championship four times. In 2000 he joined Spanish top league team BM Granollers for one season. Next season he joined Danish side KIF Kolding. Here he won the Danish championship five times.Sivertsson was on the team that won the European Championship three times in a row; in 1998, 2000 and 2002. He also won the 1999 World Championship with Sweden, and he competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
In 1996 he was a member of the Swedish handball team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored twelve goals. Four years later he was part of the Swedish team which won the silver medal again. He played all seven matches and scored eleven goals.
Coaching career
After his playing time at KIF Kolding he became the assistant coach and in 2008 to 2009 he became the coach of the club. In 2009 he became the coach of the Polish team Wisła Płock. From 2005 to 2010 he was the assistant coach to Portugal men's team under Mats Olsson.In 2012 he became the assistant at the Sweden [women's national handball team|Swedish women's national team]. When Torbjörn Klingvall ceased to be the coach of the Swedish women's team, Sivertsson took over in cooperation with Helle Thomsen. Here he stayed until January 2016.
In June 2018 he took over the Estonia men's national handball team.