Léna Grandveau (born 21 January 2003)[1] is a French female handball player for Metz Handball and the French national team.[2] She is a world champion from 2023.[3]
Career
Grandveau started her career at Bourg-de-Péage Drôme, before joining Neptunes de Nantes in 2022.[4] Due to Nantes' financial trouble, she joined Metz Handball in 2024.[5]
National team
She represented France in the 2019 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship, where she received bronze.[6] She was awarded to the All-Star Team, as best Centre back of the tournament.[7]
She debuted for the French senior national team on 30 October 2022 in a 31:28 win against Poland. With France she won the 2023 World Championship.[3] At the 2024 Olympics at home soil she won silver medals, losing to Norway in the final.[8]
Achievements
- Youth European Championship:
- Bronze Medalist: 2019
Individual awards
- All-Star Team Best Centre back of the Youth European Championship: 2019
- IHF Young Female Player of the Year 2023 [9]
References
- ^ "Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ DHDb Profile
- ^ a b "Team cumulative statistics France" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ "Léna Grandveau, jeune internationale française, signe aux Neptunes de Nantes" (in French). 6 May 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Metz HB verpflichtet Beste Nachwuchshandballerin der Welt 2023" (in German). 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ "2019 W17 EHF EURO – Final Tournament". EHF. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Golden generations: Hungary also win W17 EHF EURO". EHF. 11 August 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Paris 2024: Medallists" (PDF). olympics.com. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "IHF | 2023 IHF World Player of the Year winners revealed".
External links
- Léna Grandveau at the International Handball Federation
- Léna Grandveau at the European Handball Federation (also at EHF Archive)
- Léna Grandveau at Équipe de France (in French)
- Léna Grandveau at Olympics.com
- Léna Grandveau at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Léna Grandveau on Instagram
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