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

Individual awards

References

  1. ^ "Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  2. ^ DHDb Profile
  3. ^ a b "Team cumulative statistics France" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Léna Grandveau, jeune internationale française, signe aux Neptunes de Nantes" (in French). 6 May 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Metz HB verpflichtet Beste Nachwuchshandballerin der Welt 2023" (in German). 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  6. ^ "2019 W17 EHF EURO – Final Tournament". EHF. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Golden generations: Hungary also win W17 EHF EURO". EHF. 11 August 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Paris 2024: Medallists" (PDF). olympics.com. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  9. ^ "IHF | 2023 IHF World Player of the Year winners revealed".


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