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Blandine Dancette
Dancette in 2013
Personal information
Born (1988-02-14) 14 February 1988 (age 38)
Firminy, France
Nationality French
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Right wing
Club information
Current club Retired
Senior clubs
Years Team
1999-2006
 HB Saint-Étienne Andrézieux
2006-2016
 Handball Cercle Nîmes
2016-2017
 Chambray Touraine Handball
2017-2021
 Nantes Loire Atlantique Handball
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009-2021
 France 115 (147)
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 place2020 TokyoTeam
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2017 Germany
Silver medal – second place2011 Brazil
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2009 PescaraTeam

Blandine Dancette (born 14 February 1988) is a French former handball player. She retired in 2021 while playing for Nantes Handball. She played for the French national team.[1] She played for HB Saint-Étienne Andrézieux, Handball Cercle Nîmes, Chambray Touraine Handball and Nantes Loire Atlantique Handball. She retired in 2021.[2]

Career

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Dancette started her career in 1999 at HB Saint-Étienne Andrézieux. In 2006 she joined Handball Cercle Nîmes. With them she won the 2009 EHF Challenge Cup.[3] In 2009, she was named French Division 1 Newcomer of the Year.[4]

In 2016 she joined league rivals Chambray Touraine Handball.[5] A year later she joined Nantes Loire Atlantique Handball.[6] Here she won the 2020-21 EHF European League.

She retired after the 2020-21 season.[2]

National team

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Dancette played for various french youth national teams.[3] On 28 June 2009 she made for senior debut for the French national team against Serbia.

She participated in the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship[7][8] and 2012, 2016 Olympics, winning a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics.[9][4][10] and 2020 Olympics, winning the first gold medal at the 2020 Olympics.[11]

At the 2017 World Championship she won gold medals with the French team.[12]

References

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  1. ↑ EHF archive
  2. 1 2 "Blandine Dancette : « Ça y est, il est l'heure de prendre ma retraite »" (in French). nahb.fr. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Dossier de presse" (PDF) (in French). car.fr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  4. 1 2 Blandine Dancette. nbcolympics.com Archived 2016-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Blandine Dancette à Chambray" (in French). handnews.fr. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Blandine Dancette quitte le CTHB pour Nantes" (in French). lanouvellerepublique.fr. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ Official squad 2012 Women’s EHF European Championship. ehf-euro.com Archived 2012-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ "Blandine Dancette Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  10. ↑ "Rio 2016 Handball - Results & Videos". International Olympic Committee. 19 June 2017. Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  11. ↑ "Doppel-Gold in Tokio: Frankreich holt sich auch bei den Frauen den Olympiasieg" (in German). handball-world.news. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  12. ↑ "23rd Women's World Championship 2017" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
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