Thomas Grønnemark

Thomas Grønnemark
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-12-12) 12 December 1975[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Team information
Current team
 Arsenal (throw-in coach)

Thomas Grønnemark (born 12 December 1975) is a Danish professional football coach and former athlete and bobsledder who is currently the throw-in coach of Premier League club Arsenal.[3]

Prior to football, Grønnemark was a track and field athlete competing as a sprinter and was a member of the Danish athletics and bobsleigh teams. He held the Guinness World Record for the longest throw-in.[4]

Grønnemark moved to football in 2004 and has worked as a throw-in coach for a number of teams, including Viborg, Midtjylland, Silkeborg, Horsens and Brentford; he also worked as a coach for Liverpool between 2018 and 2023.[5][3][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Ugens Profil". christianbirk.com (in Danish). 4 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Ugens Profil". christianbirk.com (in Danish). 4 October 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Liverpool throw-in coach Thomas Gronnemark 'has the weirdest job in football'". BBC Sport. 4 September 2018.
  4. ↑ Sejr, Lars (22 June 2010). "Dansker bag verdens længste indkast" [Dane behind the world's longest throw-in]. Jyllands Posten (in Danish). Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  5. ↑ Bloom, Ben (20 August 2021). "The long throw is back – and Brentford have its most dangerous exponent". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "I work on the long, fast and clever': meet Liverpool's throw-in coach". Guardian. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "Gronnemark: 'I'll forever be grateful to Klopp... Working for Liverpool opened up world'". 12 May 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
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