Manon Houette

Manon Houette
Houette in 2022
Personal information
Born (1992-07-02) 2 July 1992
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

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. n 2020 she had a knee injury, and the club brought in Martine Smeets from Molde HK to replace her.[10]

In 2022 she joined Bourg-de-Péage Drôme Handball.[11] In 2022 she joined Chambray Touraine Handball.[12] After the 2023-24 season she retired.[13]

National team

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.[14]

She then competed at the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship[15]

At the 2016 Olympics she won silver medals, losing to Russia in the final.[16] 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

Club

Individual awards

References

  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. ^ "Smeets pour remplacer Houette jusqu'en fin de saison". handnews.fr. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  11. ^ "Manon Houette s'engage avec Bourg de Péage" (in French). handnews.fr. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Manon Houette à Chambray" (in French). handnews.fr. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Manon Houette : "Je ne voulais avoir aucun regret à la fin"" (in French). handnews.fr. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Manon HOUETTE n° 13" (in French). www.femmesdedefis.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  15. ^ "XXII Women's World Championships 2015, Denmark. Team Roster France" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  16. ^ "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.