Blandine Dancette

Blandine Dancette
Dancette in 2013
Personal information
Born (1988-02-14) 14 February 1988
Firminy, France
Nationality French
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Right wing
Club information
Current club Retired
Senior clubs
Years Team
1999-2006
 HB Saint-Étienne Andrézieux
2006-2016
 Handball Cercle Nîmes
2016-2017
 Chambray Touraine Handball
2017-2021
 Nantes Loire Atlantique Handball
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009-2021
 France 115 (147)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 0
World Championship 1 1 0
Mediterranean Games 1 0 0
Total 3 2 0
Women's Handball
Representing France
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo Team
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
2017 Germany
2011 Brazil
Mediterranean Games
2009 Pescara Team

Blandine Dancette (born 14 February 1988) is a French former handball player. She retired in 2021 while playing for Nantes Handball. She played for the French national team.[1] She played for HB Saint-Étienne Andrézieux, Handball Cercle Nîmes, Chambray Touraine Handball and Nantes Loire Atlantique Handball. She retired in 2021.[2]

Career

Dancette started her career in 1999 at HB Saint-Étienne Andrézieux. In 2006 she joined Handball Cercle Nîmes. With them she won the 2009 EHF Challenge Cup.[3] In 2009, she was named French Division 1 Newcomer of the Year.[4]

In 2016 she joined league rivals Chambray Touraine Handball.[5] A year later she joined Nantes Loire Atlantique Handball.[6] Here she won the 2020-21 EHF European League.

She retired after the 2020-21 season.[2]

National team

Dancette played for various french youth national teams.[3] On 28 June 2009 she made for senior debut for the French national team against Serbia.

She participated in the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship[7][8] and 2012, 2016 Olympics, winning a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics.[9][4][10] and 2020 Olympics, winning the first gold medal at the 2020 Olympics.

At the 2017 World Championship she won gold medals with the French team.[11]

References

  1. ^ EHF archive
  2. ^ a b "Blandine Dancette : « Ça y est, il est l'heure de prendre ma retraite »" (in French). nahb.fr. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Dossier de presse" (PDF) (in French). car.fr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  4. ^ a b Blandine Dancette. nbcolympics.com Archived 2016-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Blandine Dancette à Chambray" (in French). handnews.fr. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Blandine Dancette quitte le CTHB pour Nantes" (in French). lanouvellerepublique.fr. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  7. ^ "XX Women's World Championship 2011; Brasil – Cumulative Statistics France" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  8. ^ Official squad 2012 Women’s EHF European Championship. ehf-euro.com Archived 2012-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Blandine Dancette Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Rio 2016 Handball - Results & Videos". International Olympic Committee. 19 June 2017. Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  11. ^ "23rd Women's World Championship 2017" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
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