Johan Eklund | |
Nationality: | Swedish |
Birth Date: | 18 February 1964 |
Birth Place: | Stockholm, Sweden |
Full Name: | Johan Torsten Eklund |
Position: | Line player |
Currentclub: | Retired |
Youthyears1: | -1983 |
Youthclubs1: | HK Cliff |
Years1: | 1983-1984 |
Clubs1: | HK Cliff |
Years2: | 1984-1992 |
Clubs2: | Redbergslids IK |
Nationalyears1: | 1985-1991 |
Nationalteam1: | Sweden |
Nationalcaps1: | 23 |
Nationalgoals1: | 82 |
Johan Eklund (born 18 February 1964) is a Swedish former handball player and handball coach. He is a world champion from 1990. He competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]
Eklund started his career at the Swedish club HK Cliff, where he won the Swedish junior championship in 1983. The year after, in 1984, he transferred to Redbergslids IK, where he won his first Swedish league in 1985. Here he started taking coaching courses in 1992.[2]