Orlane Kanor
| Orlane Kanor | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Kanor in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
16 June 1997 Les Abymes, Guadeloupe | ||
| Nationality | French | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Rapid București | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2010-2013 | Intrépide Handball Club de Sainte-Anne | ||
2014-2015 | Zayen Morne-à-l'Eau | ||
2015-2016 | Metz Handball | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2016–2022 | Metz Handball | ||
2022–2024 | Rapid București | ||
2024– | Ferencvárosi TC | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017– | France | 100 | (225) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2024 | |||
Orlane Kanor (born 16 June 1997) is a French handball player for Rapid București and the French national team.[1] She is a World champion from 2017[2] and 2023,[3] and a European champion from 2018.[4]
Career
[edit]Kanor started playing handball at Intrépide Handball Club de Sainte-Anne on Guadeloupe.[5] She joined Metz Handball in 2015,[6] and became a part of the first team in the 2016-17 season.[7] With Metz she won the 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022 French championship, and the 2017, 2019, and 2022 French Cup.
In April 2021, she ruptured her Achilles.[8]
In 2022, she joined Romanian side Rapid București,[9] where she played for two years. She then joined Hungarian Ferencvárosi TC.[10]
She has one of the best jumping skills in international handball.[11]
National team
[edit]Kanor debuted for the French national team on 15 June 2017.[12] Later the same year, she won the 2017 World Championship with France.[2] In 2018, she won the 2018 European Championship, beating Russia in the final 24-21. This was the first time France won the European Championship.[4]
At the 2020 European Championship, she won a silver medal.[13] She scored 11 goals during the tournament.[14] The year after she won another silver medal at the 2021 World Championship, losing to Norway in the final.[15]
In 2023, she won the 2023 World Championship.[3]
At the 2024 Olympics, she won silver medals with the French team.[16]
Achievements
[edit]- French Championship:
- Winner: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
- Coupe de France:
- Winner: 2017, 2019, 2022
Individual awards
[edit]- Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite[17]
Personal life
[edit]She has an identical twin sister named Laura Kanor who is a handballer for Metz Handball.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Orlane Kanor Profile". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ a b "23rd Women's World Championship 2017" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Team cumulative statistics France" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ a b "French girls take European crown for the first time!". handball-planet.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Rencontre sportive avec les sœurs Kanor et Mathieu Diaz". guadeloupe.franceantilles.fr (in French). 2 July 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ "Orlane Kanor : une étudiante de l'Université de Lorraine Championne du monde de Handball 2017" (in French). factuel.univ-lorraine.fr. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Handball : Orlane Kanor, la nouvelle pépite de Metz ?" (in French). republicain-lorrain.fr. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Rückschlag für französische Nationalmannschaft: Orlane Kanor fällt langfristig aus" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "Ligue féminine : Orlane Kanor quittera le Metz Handball en fin de saison" (in French). francebleu.fr. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "FTC Budapest holt vier internationale Topstars" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Le petit monde de Laura Kanor" (in French). Republicain Lorrain. 31 October 2015.
- ^ "EdF – Les 16 joueuses retenues pour la Norvège". handlfh.org (in French). Ligue féminine de handball. 13 June 2017.
- ^ "Torhüterinnen dominieren Finale: Norwegen neuer Europameister" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ "Women's European Handball Championship" (PDF). livecache.sportresult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ olympics.com: Paris 2024: Medallists, retrieved 11 August 2024
- ^ Décret du 23 septembre 2024 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national du Mérite.
External links
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- French female handball players
- Guadeloupean female handball players
- Sportspeople from Les Abymes
- French people of Guadeloupean descent
- Identical twins
- European champions for France
- French twins
- Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players for France
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- Olympic medalists in handball
- French expatriate handball players in Hungary
- French expatriate handball players in Romania
- Black French sportspeople
- 21st-century French sportswomen
- Metz Handball players