Camille Ayglon
| Camille Ayglon | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Ayglon-Saurina in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Camille Ayglon-Saurina | ||
| Born |
21 May 1985 Avignon, France | ||
| Nationality | French | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1999–2008 | Handball Cercle Nîmes | ||
2008–2010 | Metz Handball | ||
2010–2016 | Handball Cercle Nîmes | ||
2016–2018 | CSM București | ||
2018–2021 | Nantes Handball | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2021 | France | 270 | (550) |
| Teams managed | |||
2024- | French U20 Women | ||
Camille Ayglon-Saurina (née Camille Ayglon, 21 May 1985) is a French handball coach and former player who represented the French national team.[1][2] She is a World Champions from 2017 and a European Champion from 2018.[3][4] She also competed in the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympic Games.[5][6]
On 1 December 2016, Ayglon-Saurina was awarded the rank of Chevalier (knight) of the French National Order of Merit.[7]
Career
Camille Ayglon started her career in 1999 at Handball Cercle Nîmes. Between 2008 and 2010 she played for Metz Handball, before returning to HBC Nîmes.[8] With Metz she won the 2009 French championship, the 2010 French cup and 2009 and 2010 French league cup.
In 2016 she joined Romanian CSM București.[9] Here she won the 2017 and 2018 Romanian league and cup double and came third in the EHF Champions League in both seasons.
In July 2018 she joined Nantes Loire Atlantique Handball.[10] She retired after the 2020–21 season.[11]
National team
Ayglon played for various French youth teams.[8] She debuted for the French national team on 1 March 2007 against China.
At the 2016 Olympics she won a silver medal, losing to Russia in the final.[12] A year later she won gold medals at the 2017 World Championship.[4] In 2018 she won another gold medal, when France won the 2018 European Championship. This was the first time, France won the European Championship.[3]
Post-playing career
From September 2024 she became the assistant coach for the French women's youth national team.[13]
Honours
- Olympic Games:
- Silver Medalist: 2016
- World Championship:
- European Championship:
- Bronze Medalist: 2016
- Romanian Championship:
- Winner: 2017, 2018
- Romanian Cup:
- Winner: 2017, 2018
- Romanian Supercup:
- Winner: 2016, 2017
- French Championship:
- Winner: 2009
- French Cup:
- Winner: 2010
- Finalist: 2009, 2011, 2015
- French League Cup:
- Winner: 2009, 2010
- Finalist: 2013
- EHF Champions League:
- EHF Challenge Cup:
- Semifinalist: 2011
Individual awards
- French Championship Best Right Back: 2010, 2011
Personal life
She is married to Guillaume Saurina.
References
- ^ EHF profile
- ^ "2018 European Women's Handball Championship roster" (PDF). sportresult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ a b "French girls take European crown for the first time!". handball-planet. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ a b "23rd Women's World Championship 2017" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- ^ "Camille Ayglon Statistics". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 28 January 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
- ^ "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). handball.sportresult.com. EHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ "Décret du 30 novembre 2016 portant promotion et nomination" (in French). gouv.fr. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Dossier de presse" (PDF) (in French). car.fr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "La Nîmoise Camille Ayglon signe avec le club de handball de Bucarest" (in French). france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "Nantes rüstet mit drei Nationalspielerinnen auf" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Handball. LFH : cinq nouveaux visages attendues au Nantes AHB en 2021-2022" (in French). ouest-france.fr. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ "JO 2016 – Les athlètes du Gard rapportent deux médailles d'argent de Rio : pour les handballeuses et en tir à l'arc" (in French). francebleu.fr. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "Michaël Guigou, nommé entraîneur national" (in French). handnews.fr. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
External links
- Camille Ayglon-Saurina at the European Handball Federation
- Camille Ayglon-Saurina at Olympics.com
- Camille Ayglon-Saurina at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in French)
- Camille Ayglon-Saurina at Team France (in French)
- Camille Ayglon-Saurina at Olympedia