Lysa Tchaptchet Defo (born 20 December 2001) is a professional handballer who plays as a pivot for Danish club Odense Håndbold. Born in Cameroon, she moved to Spain at the age of 5, and she represents Spain at international level.[1][2]

Tchaptchet represented Spain at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship.[3][4]

Career

Tchaptchet began playing handball at CD Beti Onak.[5] In 2019 she joined top league team CB Elche.[6] Here she played for 2 seasons before joining Norwegian team.Vipers Kristiansand.[7] Here she won the Norwegian championship three times; in 2022, 2023 and 2024 and the EHF Champions League in 2022 and 2023. In 2024 she transferred to Danish side Odense Håndbold.[8]

She debuted for the Spanish national team on November 27th 2020.

Private life

Tchaptchet has a younger sister, Lyndie Tchaptchet Defo, who also play handball in the Spanish Subnational handball team.[9]

Achievements

References

  1. ^ "EHF profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  2. ^ Profile
  3. ^ "Carmen Campos, principal novedad en la lista para el EHF EURO 2020". rfebm.com (in Spanish). 18 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  4. ^ "2020 European Women's Handball Championship Roster" (PDF). livecache.sportresult.com. 3 December 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Lysa Tchaptchet: "Es un sueño que se cumple después de muchas horas de esfuerzo y sacrificio"" (in Spanish). noticiasdenavarra.com. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Lysa Tchaptchet, una joya camerunesa para el Elche" (in Spanish). informacion.es. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Lysa Tchaptchet abandona el Elche tras una oferta millonaria en Noruega" (in Spanish). as.com. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Dobbelt Champions League-vinder skifter til Odense Håndbold…" [Double Champions League winner transfers to Odense Håndbold…]. odensehaandbold.dk (in Danish). Odense Håndbold. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  9. ^ „La saga Tchaptchet“, www.rfebm.com, 15. March 2022, retrieved 31. Oktober 2022


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