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Martin Boquist

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Martin Boquist
Martin Boquist in August 2007
Personal information
Full name Sven Martin Boquist
Born (1977-02-02) 2 February 1977 (age 48)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position Left back
Youth career
Team
 HP Warta
Senior clubs
Years Team
1996–1998
 HP Warta
1998–2003
 Redbergslids IK
2003–2005
 THW Kiel
2005–2010
 FCK Håndbold
2010–2013
 VästeråsIrsta HF (Player-coach)
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2008
 Sweden 219 (496)
Teams managed
2010–2015
 VästeråsIrsta HF
2015–2017
 Ricoh HK
2016–2022
 Sweden (assistant)
2019–
 VästeråsIrsta HF (assistant)
2022–
 Norway (assistant)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1999 Egypt Team
Silver medal – second place 2001 France Team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Egypt Assistant
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1998 Italy Team
Gold medal – first place 2002 Sweden Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hungary/Slovakia Assistant
Silver medal – second place 2018 Croatia Assistant

Sven Martin Boquist (born 2 February 1977) is a Swedish handball coach, previously handball player.[1] Currently he is assistant coach for VästeråsIrsta HF,[2] and the Norwegian men’s national team.

Career

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Boquist began his career at his hometown club HP Warta, before joining Redbergslids IK in 1998.[3] Here he won the 2000, 2001 and 2003 Swedish Handball League and reached the final of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 2003.[4] The same season he was the top scorer and named Swedish player of the year for a second time.

He then joined German club THW Kiel, where he won the 2005 German Championship and the EHF Cup in 2004.[4]

Due to competition for playing time for Nikola Karabatić he left the club in 2005 for Danish side FCK Håndbold.[5] Here he won the 2008 Danish Championship.[4] Same season he extended his contract until 2010.[5] He then won the 2010 Cup.[4]

In 2010 he returned to Sweden and joined VästeråsIrsta HF as the player-coach. He said that he wanted to play for a club where he was sure to be an important part of the team, and chose Västerås, because his wife, Jenny, is from there.[6][7]

National team

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Boquist won gold medals at the 1999 World Championship and the 1998, 2000 and 2002 European Championships. He also won silver medals at the 2000 Olympics.

Coaching career

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After retiring from playing in 2013 he became the full time head coach of VästeråsIrsta HF. In 2015 he joined Ricoh HK.[8] In 2016 he also became the assistant coach at the Swedish national team.[9] In this position he won gold medals at the 2022 European Championship and silver medals at the 2018 European Championship and the 2021 World Championship. In 2017 he stopped as the coach of Ricoh HK.[10] In 2019 he returned to VästeråsIrsta HF, this time as the assistant coach.[11]

He ceased to be the assistant coach for Sweden in 2022, just after Sweden won the 2022 European Championship.[12] The same year he became the assistant coach at the Norwegian men’s national team.[13]

Private

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He has the nickname Boken (eng: 'The Book') or Einstein.[4]

He is married with former Swedish national team player Jenny Lindblom, and has a son, Arvid, from 2005.[4] His son also plays handball and Martin has previously been his coach.[14]

Achievements

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As player

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Individual awards
  • Handball player of the year in Sweden: 2002, 2003

As Coach

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References

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  1. ^ "Sven Martin Boquist". EHF. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Martin Boquist klar som ny assisterande förbundskapten". Handbollslandslaget. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Arkiverade kopian" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Martin Boquist 19 - THW Archive". archiv.thw-handball.de. THW Kiel. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Boquist i FCK til 2010" (in Danish). Jyllands-Posten. 9 September 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  6. ^ "FCK-anfører vil hjem til Sverige". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 20 March 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  7. ^ "Martin Boquist sadlar om" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. 25 April 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  8. ^ "Ehemaliger Kieler wird Trainer in Stockholm" (in German). handball-world.com. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  9. ^ ""Konnte unmöglich nein sagen" - Ex-Kieler Boquist Schwedens neuer Co-Trainer" (in German). handball-world.com. 30 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  10. ^ "Ex-Kieler Boquist tritt als Chefcoach zurück" (in German). handball-world.com. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Boquist tillbaka i VästeråsIrsta – som assisterande tränare" (in Swedish). handbollskanalen.se. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Ingen fortsättning för Martin Boquist" (in Swedish). handbollslandslaget.se. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  13. ^ "Ex-Kieler Martin Boquist wird neuer Co-Trainer der norwegischen Nationalmannschaft" (in German). handball-world.news. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  14. ^ "Stjärnan tränar egna sonen: "Jävligt svårt vara objektiv"" (in Swedish). Vestmanlands Läns Tidning. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
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