Béatrice Edwige

Béatrice Edwige
Edwige in 2018
Personal information
Born (1988-10-03) 3 October 1988 (age 37)
Paris, France
Nationality French
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Ikast Håndbold
Number 24
Senior clubs
Years Team
2004–2009
 Celles-sur-Belle
2009–2014
 Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Handball
2014–2016
 OGC Nice Côte d'Azur Handball
2016–2019
 Metz Handball
2019–2021
 Győri ETO KC
2021–02/2022
 Rostov-Don
03/2022–2025
 Ferencvárosi TC
09/2025–12/2025
 Ikast Håndbold
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2024
 France 148 (112)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Germany
Silver medal – second place 2021 Spain
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 France
Silver medal – second place 2020 Denmark
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Sweden

Béatrice Edwige (born 3 October 1988) is a French handball player, who previously played for Ikast Håndbold and the French national team.[1]

Career

Edwige was born in Paris and grew up in French Guiana. She moved back to France when she was eleven.[2] Here she played for HBC Celles-sur-Belle from 2004 to 2009.[3] She then joined 1. division side Cercle Dijon Bourgogne.[4] When the team was relegated in 2013, she stayed at the club despite an active release clause.[5]

In the summer of 2014 she joined OGC Nice Côte d'Azur Handball,[6] where she played for 2 years before joining Metz Handball.[7] Here she won the French Championship in 2017, 2018 and 2019 and the French Cup in 2017 nd 2019.

In 2019 she joined Hungarian side Győri ETO KC.[8] Here she won the Hungarian Cup in 2021. Afterwards she joined Russian side Rostov-Don.[9] Already in February in her first season she left Rostov-Don due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and moved back to Hungary. Here she joined Ferencvárosi TC on loan, where she once again won the Hungarian Cup.[10] After the season she joined Ferencváros on a permanent basis.[11]

In the 2022-23 season she won the Hungarian Cup for a third time, although Edwige was out with a cruciate ligament tear from the end of 2022 and the rest of the season.[12] After her comeback she won the Hungarian Championship in 2024 and the Hungarian Cup in 2024 and 2025.

In September 2025 she joined Danish side Ikast Håndbold.[13][14]

National team

Edwige made her debut for the French national team in a qualification game for the 2013 World Championship.

Her first major international tournament was the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship in Denmark.[15]

At the 2016 Olympics she won silver medals, losing to Russia in the final. Later the same year, she won bronze medals at the 2016 European Championship.[16] At this occasion she was part of the tournament all star team as the best defender.[17]

At the 2017 World Championship she won her first title with France.[18] A year later she won the 2018 European Championship on home soil. This was the first time France won the tournament.[19] She scored 38 goals during the tournament.[20]

At the 2020 European Championship she was part of the French team that won silver medals, losing to Norway in the final.[21] She scored 2 goals during the tournament.

At the 2021 Olympics she was part of the French team that won Gold medals, the first for France.[22] Edwige scored 4 goals during the tournament.[23] Later the same year she won silver medals at the 2021 World Championship, once again losing to Norway in the final.[24][25]

Achievements

Individual awards

References

  1. ^ EHF profile
  2. ^ "Béatrice Edwige, ministre de la défense". La Semaine.fr. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  3. ^ "On se méfie du traquenard" (in French). lanouvellerepublique.fr. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Béatrice Edwige quitte le Cercle Dijon Bourgogne" (in French). dijon-sportnews.fr. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Officiel. Béatrice Edwige reste à Dijon" (in French). handlfh.org. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  6. ^ "L'OGC Nice handball recrute la gardienne de l'équipe de France". france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Metz mit namhaften Neuzugang - Vereinsikone beendet Karriere" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Hand: Béatrice Edwige (Metz) signe au club hongrois de Györ" (in French). lunion.fr. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Беатрис Эдвиж – игрок «Ростов-Дона»!" (in Russian). rostovhandball.ru. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Női kézi: Béatrice Edwige a Ferencvároshoz igazolt" (in Hungarian). nemzetisport.hu. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Szerződést hosszabbított Béatrice Edwige!" (in Hungarian). fradi.hu. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Saisonaus für Olympiasiegerin Beatrice Edwige" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  13. ^ "Béatrice Edwige et Ferencváros, clap de fin !" (in French). handnews.fr. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  14. ^ "EM, VM og OL-vinder tilføres truppen i Ikast Håndbold" (in Danish). ikasthåndbold.dk. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  15. ^ "XXII Women's World Championships 2015, Denmark. Team Roster France" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  16. ^ "Dänemark dreht nach Fehlstart auf, aber Frankreich holt Bronze" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  17. ^ "EM-Statistik: Naidzinavicius gewinnt Abwehr-Ranking, Woltering top bei Siebenmetern" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  18. ^ "23rd Women's World Championship 2017" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  19. ^ "French girls take European crown for the first time!". handball-planet.com. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  20. ^ GOALSCORERS at livecache.sportresult.com (Error: unknown archive URL) (archived (Date missing))
  21. ^ "Torhüterinnen dominieren Finale: Norwegen neuer Europameister" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  22. ^ "Doppel-Gold in Tokio: Frankreich holt sich auch bei den Frauen den Olympiasieg" (in German). handball-world.news. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  23. ^ "Cumulative Statistics: France" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  24. ^ "16:4-Spurt im Finale der Handball-WM der Frauen: Norwegen krönt sich gegen Frankreich zum Weltmeister" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  25. ^ "25th IHF Women's World Championship 2021" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
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