Tomas Ryde

Tomas Ryde

Personal information
Full name	Tomas Robert Ryde
Nationality	Swedish
Teams managed
1990–1994 1999–2002 0000–2005 2005–2008 2015–2016	Tyresö HF Skuru IK Sweden Women Sweden Women Ikast-Bording Djurgården Viborg HK Romania Women

Tomas Robert Ryde (born August 1960)^[1] is a retired Swedish handball coach who last trained the Romanian women's national team.

At the end of the 2007-08 season, he left Danish Viborg 'for family reasons' to return to Sweden. His assistant coach Jakob Vestergaard then took over as head coach after Ryde.^[2]

Ryde took over the position as head coach of the Romanian women's national team by mid-March 2015 after being previously eyed for Romania Women job in 2008.^[3][4]

On 4 October 2016, the Romanian Handball Federation (FRH) and Ryde have reached an agreement to terminate the employment contract by mutual agreement after 16 months. Ryde will now dedicate himself to a business career.^[5]

Coaching honours

• Elitserien:
  • Winner: N/A
• Swedish Cup:
  • Winner: N/A
• Danish League:
  • Winner: 2006, 2008
• Danish Cup:
  • Winner: 2007, 2008
• Women's EHF Champions League:
  • Winner: 2006
• EHF Women's Champions Trophy:
  • Winner: 2006
• IHF World Women's Handball Championship:
  • Bronze medalist: 2015

Personal life

Tomas lives in Lidingö and has three children with his wife Marie.^[6] He's a former police officer.^[7]

References

1. "Tomas Robert Ryde Personprofil" (in Swedish). Allabolag.se. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
2. "Ryde leaves fantastic times behind". European Handball Federation. 28 May 2008.
3. "Thomas Ryde i spidsen for Rumænien" (in Danish). dr.dk. 10 September 2008.
4. "Tomas Ryde este noul antrenor al naționalei feminine de handbal" (in Romanian). Romanian Handball Federation. 9 March 2015.
5. "AMBROS MARTIN - NOUL ANTRENOR AL NAȚIONALEI DE HANDBAL FEMININ A ROMÂNIEI" (in Romanian). Romanian Handball Federation. 4 October 2016.
7. "Ryde to leave Viborg". European Handball Federation. 19 February 2008.