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Manon Houette

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Manon Houette
Houette in 2022
Personal information
Born (1992-07-02) 2 July 1992 (age 33)
Le Mans, France
Nationality French
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Left wing
Club information
Current club Retired
Number 13
Youth career
Team
HBC Pays de Sillé
CSCM Le Mans
Senior clubs
Years Team
2010–2016
Fleury Loiret HB
2016–2017
Thüringer HC
2017–2021
Metz Handball
2021–2022
Bourg-de-Péage Drôme Handball
2022–2024
Chambray Touraine Handball
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2024
France 104 (248)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Germany
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 France
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Sweden

Manon Houette (born 2 July 1992) is a French handball player, who played for the French national team.[1][2] She is a World Champions from 2017 and a European Champion from 2018.[3][4]

Club career

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Houette started her career at HBC Pays de Sillé followed by CSCM Le Mans, before joining Fleury Loiret HB in 2010.[5] Here shw won the French Championship and French League Cup in 2015, and the French Cup in 2014.[6] She was named Best Left Winger in the French Division 1 league in 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons.[7]

In 2016 she joined German side Thüringer HC.[8] A season later she returned to France to join Metz Handball.[9] Here she won the French Championship in 2018 and 2019 and the French Cup in 2019.

In 2022 she joined Bourg-de-Péage Drôme Handball.[10] In 2022 she joined Chambray Touraine Handball.[11] After the 2023-24 season she retired.[12]

National team

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Houette won silver medals at the 2012 Women's Junior World Handball Championship.[6]

She made her debut for the French national team on 27 October 2013 against Finland.[13]

She then competed at the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship[14]

At the 2016 Olympics she won silver medals, losing to Russia in the final.[15] Later the same year she won bronze medals at the 2016 European Championship.

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]

Titles

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Club

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Individual awards

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References

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  1. ^ EHF profile
  2. ^ "2018 European Women's Handball Championship roster" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  3. ^ a b "French girls take European crown for the first time!". handball-planet. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b "23rd Women's World Championship 2017" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Jeux Olympiques. Manon Houette est soutenue par le comité des fêtes". lesalpesmancelles.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Portrait von Manon Houette" (in French). handlfh.org. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  7. ^ Manon Houette. nbcolympics.com
  8. ^ "THC verpflichtet zwei Spielerinnen mit Champions-League-Erfahrung" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Metz verpflichtet Linksaußen vom Thüringen HC" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Manon Houette s'engage avec Bourg de Péage" (in French). handnews.fr. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Manon Houette à Chambray" (in French). handnews.fr. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Manon Houette : "Je ne voulais avoir aucun regret à la fin"" (in French). handnews.fr. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Manon HOUETTE n° 13" (in French). www.femmesdedefis.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  14. ^ "XXII Women's World Championships 2015, Denmark. Team Roster France" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  15. ^ "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.
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