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Grace Zaadi
Zaadi in 2015
Personal information
Full name Grâce Zaadi Deuna
Born (1993-07-07) 7 July 1993 (age 31)
Courcouronnes, France
Nationality French
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club CSM București
Number 7
Youth career
Years Team
2003-2006
 Villepinte
2006-2010
 Issy-les-Moulineaux
Senior clubs
Years Team
2013–2020
 Metz HB
2020–2022
 Rostov-Don
2022
 Metz HB
2022–2024
 CSM București
2024–
 RK Krim
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–
 France 192 (374)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Germany
Gold medal – first place 2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden
Silver medal – second place 2021 Spain
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 France
Silver medal – second place 2020 Denmark
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Sweden
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 12 November 2024

Grâce Zaadi Deuna (born 7 July 1993) is a French handball player for CSM București and the French national team.[1][2][3]

Career

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Zaadi started okaying handball in 2003 at Villepinte. Three years later she joined Issy-les-Moulineaux at the age of 16.[4] In 2010 she joined Metz Handball.[5] Here she won the French Championship in 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, the League Cup in 2014 and the French Cup in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019. In 2013 she reached the final of the EHF European League.

In 2020 she joined the Russian club Rostov-Don.[6]

Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine in March 2020 she signed a contract to return to Metz Handball.[7] She once again one the French championship and the French cup in 2022.

The following summer she signed for Rumanian team CSM București.[8] Here she won the Romanian league and Romanien cup in 2023 and 2024.

In 2024 she joined Slovenian top club RK Krim.[9]

National team

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In 2012 Zaadi won a silver medal at the U-20 Women's world championship.[4]

She played her first match for the senior national team on October 24th 2013 against Slovakia in a qualification match for the 2014 European Women's Handball Championship.[10]

She represented France at the 2013 and 2015 World Women's Handball Championship.[11]

At the 2016 Olympics she won gold medals with the French team.[12]

At the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship she won bronze medals.[13]

She won gold medals at the 2017 World Championship in Germany,[14] where she was part of the tournament all star team.[15]

At the 2018 European Championship at home she won gold medals.[16]

At the 2020 Olympics she once again won golds medals with the French team, beating Russia in the final 30:25.[17] Zaadi was selected for the tournament all star team, scoring 33 goals.[18][19]

At the 2023 World Championship she once again won gold medals with the French team.[20]

At the 2024 Olympics at home she won silver medals.[21]

Personal life

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Born in France, Zaadi is of Cameroonian descent.[22]

Individual awards

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References

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  1. ^ "GRACE ZAADI DEUNA - Career & Statistics | EHF". www.eurohandball.com.
  2. ^ "2018 European Women's Handball Championship roster" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  3. ^ JureD (29 December 2023). "V Krim Mercator prihaja Grace Zaadi, aktualna svetovna prvakinja". RK Krim Mercator (in Slovenian). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Actualités de Zaadi GRACE" (in French). www.mosellesport.fr. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Handball : élan de Grace" (in French). www.mosellesport.fr. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Grâce Zaadi (Metz) signe à Rostov" (in French). lequipe.fr. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Grâce Zaadi is back !". metz-handball.com. Metz Handball. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Al patrulea transfer al verii la CSM București » O campioană olimpică a semnat cu „tigroaicele"" (in Romanian). gsp.ro. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  9. ^ "The reigning world champion takes up the position of centre back in the new season". rkkrim.com. RK Krim. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Grâce ZAADI n° 10" (in French). www.femmesdedefis.com. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  11. ^ "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  12. ^ Grace Zaadi Deuna. nbcolympics.com
  13. ^ "Grâce Zaadi". www.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  14. ^ "23rd Women's World Championship 2017" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  15. ^ "Im Video: Medaillengewinner dominieren All-Star Team der WM" [Medal winners dominates the WC all star team] (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  16. ^ "Handball. Euro féminin 2018. Zaadi: « On s'est vraiment senti en osmose avec le public »" (in French). ouest-france.fr. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  17. ^ "Doppel-Gold in Tokio: Frankreich holt sich auch bei den Frauen den Olympiasieg" [Double goal in Tokyo: France also takes the women's victory] (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  18. ^ "Cumulative Statistics: France" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  19. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Women's All-Star Team". ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  20. ^ "Team cumulative statistics France" (PDF). www.ihf.info. International Handball Federation. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  21. ^ olympics.com: Paris 2024: Medallists, read 11. August 2024
  22. ^ Demmerlé, Arnaud (16 November 2012). "Zaadi en état de Grâce".
  23. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Women's All-Star Team". International Handball Federation. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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