Jens Jensen (basketball player)

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Jens Sigve Munthe Jensen (born August 4,  1975 in Skanderborg ) is a former Danish basketball player .

career

Jensen played basketball in the youth division of Skovbakken Basket in the city of Aarhus and from 1993 onwards in Skovbakken's men's team (later renamed Bakken Bears ). From 1997 to 1999, the 1.95 meter tall winger, who made a name for himself as a good long-range shooter and defender, was part of the team at San Jose City College in the US state of California , and in the 1999/2000 season he played for the College team from the University of California, Irvine in the first NCAA division. He played 23 games for "UC Irvine" and posted an average of 1.8 points per encounter. He then left the university and returned to Denmark and Skovbakken. With the exception of the 2002/03 game year, in which he played for the Spanish club CB Los Barrios, Jensen Skovbakken (or Bakken Bears from 2007 called) remained loyal to the end of his performance basketball career in 2013.

He played 521 games for Skovbakken and Bakken and was with the team ten times Danish champions and eight times cup winners. For the Danish national team, he played in 58 international matches.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jens Sigve Munthe Jensen profile, European Championship for Men 2003. Retrieved on May 31, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c legend stopper career. May 25, 2013, accessed May 31, 2019 (Danish).
  3. ↑ ESPN.com - Mens College Basketball - Preview 2000. Retrieved May 31, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Jens Jensen College Stats. Retrieved May 31, 2019 .
  5. ↑ CHRIS FOSTER: Jensen Latest to Quit Irvine Basketball . Ed .: Los Angeles Times. May 3, 2000.
  6. ↑ CB LOS BARRIOS. Temporada: 02/03; JENSEN, JENS SIGVE MUNTHE. In: Federación Española de Baloncesto - Competiciones FEB. Accessed May 31, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Player: Jens Jensen. In: basketligaen.dk. Accessed May 31, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Jens Jensen stopper in Bakken Bears. May 24, 2013, accessed May 31, 2019 (Danish).


personal data
SURNAME Jensen, Jens
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jensen, Jens Sigve Munthe (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Skanderborg