Estelle Nze Minko (born 11 August 1991) is a French professional handball player for Győri ETO KC and the French national team.[1][2][3] She is an Olympic champion from 2021,[4] world champion from 2017[5] and 2023,[6] and a European champion from 2018.[7]

Career

Nze Minko started playing handball at the age of 12 at Saint-Julien-de-Concelles.[8][9][10] In 2009 she joined Toulouse Féminin Handball. Here she played for a season before joining Mios Biganos.[11][12] With Mios-Biganos she won the 2011 EHF Challenge Cup.

In 2012 she joined Handball Cercle Nîmes. A year later she returned to Nantes Handball. In 2015 she joined Fleury Loiret HB for a single season. Here she won the French league cup.

In 2016 she joined Hungarian side Siófok KC.[13] Here she won the 2019 EHF Cup. The following summer she joined league rivals Győri ETO KC.[14] Here she won the 2021 Hungarian Cup, the 2022 and 2023 Hungarian championship and the 2024 EHF Champions League.

National team

With the French youth team Nze Minko won gold medals at the 2007 U17 European Championship.[15]

She debuted for the French national team on October 24th against Slovakia. Her first major international tournament was the 2014 European Championship.[16]

A year later she was part of the French team at the 2015 World Championship. She scored 24 goals during the tournament.[17]

In 2016 she played at both the 2016 Olympics and the 2016 European Championship.[18] At the Olympics she won silvermedals and at the European Championship she won bronze medals.

At the 2017 World Championship she won her first title with France.[5] A year later she won the 2018 European Championship on home soil. This was the first time France one the tournament.[7] She scored 38 goals during the tournament.[19]

At the 2020 European Championship she won silver medals with the French team, losing the final to Norway.[20] Scoring 26 goals, she was included in the tournament all-star team.[21]

At the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo she won Gold medals with the French team.[4] Later the same year she won silver medals at the 2021 World Championship.[22]

At the 2023 she won gold medals at a World Championship for a second time.[6] She was included in the tournament all-star team.[23]

At the 2024 Olympics in Paris she won silver medals with the French team, and was once again included in the all-star team.[24]

Personal life

Born in France, Nze Minko is of Gabonese descent.[25]

Achievements

Individual awards

References

  1. ^ "Profile". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  2. ^ "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). handball.sportresult.com. EHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. ^ Estelle Nze Minko. nbcolympics.com
  4. ^ a b "Doppel-Gold in Tokio: Frankreich holt sich auch bei den Frauen den Olympiasieg" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b "23rd Women's World Championship 2017" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Finalisten dominieren das All-Star-Team der Handball-WM" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  7. ^ a b "French girls take European crown for the first time!". handball-planet.com. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Handball. Une Nantaise championne du monde" (in French). ouest-france.fr. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  9. ^ "A Saint-Julien-de-Concelles, la championne du monde de hand a été acclamée par 400 personnes" (in French). actu.fr. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  10. ^ "Interview des Nouvelles Panthères, gros plan sur Estelle Nze Minko !" (in French). aorleans.info. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  11. ^ "Sept recrues pour le Toulouse Féminin Handball" (in French). ladepeche.fr. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Estelle Nze Minko" (in French). lequipe.fr. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  13. ^ "Francia válogatottakkal erősítünk!" (in Hungarian). Siófok KC. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  14. ^ "Győrben folytatja az aktuális Európa - és világbajnok" (in Hungarian). Győri ETO KC. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  15. ^ "2007 Women's European Championship 17". history.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  16. ^ "Estelle Nze Minko". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  17. ^ "XXII Women's World Championships 2015" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  18. ^ "Estelle Nze Minko". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  19. ^ GOALSCORERS at livecache.sportresult.com (Error: unknown archive URL) (archived (Date missing))
  20. ^ "Torhüterinnen dominieren Finale: Norwegen neuer Europameister" (in French). handball-world.news. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  21. ^ a b "EHF EURO 2020 All-star Team unveiled". fra2018.ehf-euro.com. European Handball Federation. 20 December 2020. Archived from the original on 20 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  22. ^ "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.
  23. ^ a b "2023 IHF Women's World Championship: All-Star Team Revealed". ihf.info. IHF. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  24. ^ a b "Paris 2024 Women's All-Star team revealed". ihf.info. IHF. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  25. ^ Essone, Lyonnel Mbeng (20 December 2023). "Handball : Estelle Nze Minko, 2e mondial remporté et 8e médaille avec la France". Gabon Media Time.
  26. ^ "All-Star Team" (in Norwegian). handball.no. 25 November 2018.
  27. ^ "Décret portant nomination". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  28. ^ Décret du 30 novembre 2016 portant promotion et nomination


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