Blandine Dancette

Blandine Dancette
Dancette in 2013
Personal information
Born (1988-02-14) 14 February 1988 (age 36)
Firminy, France
Nationality French
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Right wing
Club information
Current club Nantes Handball
Number 13
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
 France 108 (144)
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
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Germany
Silver medal – second place 2011 Brazil
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Pescara Team

Blandine Dancette (born 14 February 1988) is a French handball player for Nantes Handball and the French national team.[1]

She participated in the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship[2][3] and 2012, 2016 Olympics, winning a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics.,[4][5][6] and 2020 Olympics, winning the first gold medal at the 2020 Olympics.

In 2009, she was named French Division 1 Newcomer of the Year.[5]

  1. ^ EHF archive
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Official squad 2012 Women’s EHF European Championship. ehf-euro.com Archived 2012-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Blandine Dancette Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  5. ^ a b Blandine Dancette. nbcolympics.com Archived 2016-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Rio 2016 Handball - Results & Videos". International Olympic Committee. 19 June 2017. Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.