Pauline Coatanea
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| Born |
6 July 1993 Saint-Renan, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Right wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Brest Bretagne HB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Locmaria Handball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011-2012 | Arvor 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2011–2012 | Arvor 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2017 | Nantes Loire Atlantique HB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017– | Brest Bretagne HB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017– | France | 72 | (127) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pauline Coatanea (born 6 July 1993) is a French handball player who plays for Brest Bretagne Handball and the French national team as a right wing.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Coatanea started playing handball aged 8 at Locmaria Handball, where she played together with Maud-Éva Copy.[3] In 2011 she joined Arvor 29[4]. Between 2010 and 2012 she played 6 senior matches in the League.[5]
In 2012 she joined second league team Nantes Loire Atlantique Handball.[4][5] She won the French second league 2013, and was promoted to the first league.[6] In 2015-16 she played in the EHF Cup for the first time in club history, reaching the third round. In 2017 she rejoined Brest Bretagne HB.[7] Here she won the 2018 and 2021 French Cup and the 2021 French championship.[8]
National team
[edit]Coatanea debuted for the French national team on 16 March 2017 against Denmark.[9] With the French team she won the 2018 European Championship on home soil. In the final against Russia, she scored one single goal.[10][11]
A year later at the 2019 World Championship she and the French team disappointed by finished 13th. [12]
At the 2018 European Championship she reached the final with the French team, losing to Norway.[13][14]
At the 2020 Olympics she won gold medals with the French team.[15] During the tournament she scored 20 goals.[16]
Achievements
[edit]Club
[edit]International
[edit]- EHF Champions League
- Finalist: 2021 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
Domestic
[edit]- French league:
- Winner
: 2021 (with Brest Bretagne Handball) - Runner up: 2022 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
- Tied 1st: 2020 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
- Winner
- French Cup (Coupe de France):
- Winner : 2018 and 2021 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
- Runner up: 2019 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
- Winner
- French Women's League Cup Championship (Coupe de la Ligue):
- Runner up: 2011 (with Arvor 29)
- French 2nd division league (Division 2 Féminine):
- Winner : 2013 (with Nantes Loire Atlantique Handball)
- Winner
National team
[edit]- Olympic Games
- 2020: Gold
- 2020:
- European Championship
- Junior competitions
- 10th at the European Women's U-19 Handball Championship in 2011
Silver at the IHF Women's Junior World Championship (U20) in 2012
Individual awards
[edit]- All-Star Team Right Wing of the Junior World Championship: 2012
- Championnat de France:
Honors
[edit]- Inducted into
the Legion of Honor with the rank of Chevalier: 2021[19]
References
[edit]- ^ "Pauline Coatanea Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ "2018 European Women's Handball Championship roster" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Handball. Euro 2018. Coatanéa, la fille de Locmaria" (in French). letelegramme.fr. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ a b "3 choses à savoir sur … Pauline Coatanea, l'ailière droite du BBH" (in French). lesportaufeminin.fr. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Le portrait de la semaine. Coatanea, l'heure du choix" (in French). letelegramme.fr. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Nantes LA, «La victoire au féminin»" (in French). handlfh.org. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "News - Pauline Coatanea 1ère recrue du Brest Bretagne" (in French). handlfh.org. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Brest Bretagne Handball" (in French). handlfh.org. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Les Bleues sérieuses face au Danemark" (in French). handnews.fr. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "France claim title in front of record EHF EURO crowd". fra2018.ehf-euro.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "2018 Women's European Championship: Russia vs. France" (PDF). livecache.sportresult.com. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "Hungary vs. France" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "Stalwart Norway seal record eighth EHF EURO title". women2020.ehf-euro.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "2020 Women's European Championship: France vs. Norway" (PDF). livecache.sportresult.com. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "Doppel-Gold in Tokio: Frankreich holt sich auch bei den Frauen den Olympiasieg" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Cumulative Statistics: France" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "All-Star LFH - Le palmarès complet de la saison 2017-18". Ligue féminine de handball. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018..
- ^ "Le palmarès complet de la saison 2019-2020 !". Ligue féminine de handball. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ "Décret portant nomination". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 September 2021.
External links
[edit]- Pauline Coatanea at the European Handball Federation
- Pauline Coatanea at the Ligue Féminine de Handball (in French)
- Pauline Coatanea at Team France (in French)
- Pauline Coatanea at Olympedia
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