Méline Nocandy
| Méline Nocandy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Méline Nocandy in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
25 February 1998 Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe | ||
| Nationality | French | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Paris 92 | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
–2015 | Zayan LA | ||
2015–2016 | Metz Handball | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2016–2022 | Metz Handball | ||
2022–2024 | Paris 92 | ||
2024– | Brest Bretagne Handball | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | France | 80 | (153) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2024 | |||
Méline Nocandy (born 25 February 1998) is a French female handballer for Brest Bretagne Handball and the French national team.[1] She is a World Champion from 2023 and an Olympic champion from 2021.[2][3]
Career
[edit]Nocandy played on Guadeloupe based team Zayen La. In 2015 she joined Metz Handball. [4][5] She started at Metz' B-team and was later promoted to the first team.
With Metz she won the French championship every year from 2016 to 2019 and again in 2022. She also won the 2017, 2019 and 2022 French Cup.
In 2022 she joined league rivals Paris 92.[6] In September 2022 she had a knee injury that kept her out for several months.[7]
In 2024 he joined Brest Bretagne Handball.[8]
National team
[edit]Nocandy played for the French youth team, where she won the U-19 World Championship in 2017. In the final she was named player of the match.[9]
Nocandy was inluded in the French Golden League 2019 team to replace the injured Grâce Zaadi, where she debuted for French national team on 21 March 2019 against Romania.[4][10]
She represented France at the 2019 World Championship, where France finished on a disappointing 13th place. She played 7 games, scoring 14 goals.[11][12]
A year later she won a silver medal at the 2020 European Championship.[13]
At the 2021 Olympics she won gold medals with the French team.[2] She scored 15 goals at the tournament.[14] For this win she was named a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour.[15] Later the same year she won silver medals at the 2021 World Championship.[16]
In 2023 she won the 2023 World Championship.[3]
At the 2024 Olympics she won silver medals with the French team.[17]
Achievements
[edit]Club
[edit]International
[edit]- EHF Champions League:
- Bronze: 2022 (with Metz Handball)
Domestic
[edit]- French league (Division 1 Féminine):
- Winner
: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022 (with Metz Handball) - Tied 1st: 2020 (with Metz Handball)
- Runner up: 2021 (with Metz Handball)
- Winner
- French Division 3 (Championnat de France de Nationale 1):
- Winner : 2015 (with Zayan LA ; youth team)[18]
- Winner
- French Cup (Coupe de France):
- Winner : 2017, 2019 and 2022 (with Metz Handball)
- Runner up: 2023 (with Paris 92)
- Winner
National team
[edit]Senior
[edit]- Olympic Games:
- 2020: Gold
- 2020:
- World Championship:
- European Championship:
- 2020:
Silver
- 2020:
Youth
[edit]Awards and recognition
[edit]Individual
[edit]- French Championship
- Hope of the Season: 2018-2019[19]
State and civic honours
[edit]- Inducted into the Legion of Honor with the rank of Chevalier: 2021[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Meline Nocandy Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Doppel-Gold in Tokio: Frankreich holt sich auch bei den Frauen den Olympiasieg" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Team cumulative statistics France" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Méline Nocandy pour "profiter à fond"" (in French). handnews.fr. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "National Zayen, Amiens, Kourou, Chartres et Le Tampon, champions nationaux !" (in French). handzone.net. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "La demi-centre prodige à PARIS 92" (in French). Paris 92. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ "Communiqué de presse : Blessure de Meline Nocandy"" (in French). Paris 92. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ "MÉLINE NOCANDY ARRIVE AU BBH LA SAISON PROCHAINE !" (in French). Brest Bretagne Handball. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ "France are Women's 19 champions of Europe". history.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "România - Franţa 18-28. Eşec categoric contra campioanei mondiale şi europene" (in Romanian). digisport.ro. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "#EDFF – Le groupe pour le Mondial au Japon". ffhandball.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ 2019 World Women's Handball Championship squad
- ^ "2020 Women's EHF EURO". history.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Cumulative Statistics: France" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Décret portant nomination". legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "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
- ^ "#Finalités #N1F : Zayen complète le tableau".
- ^ " #LFH #LigueButagazEnergie - Une rentrée de marque". 2019.
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External links
[edit]
- Méline Nocandy at the European Handball Federation
- Méline Nocandy at the Ligue Féminine de Handball (in French)
- Méline Nocandy at Team France (in French)
- Méline Nocandy at Olympedia
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- French female handball players
- Guadeloupean female handball players
- People from Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe
- Black French sportspeople
- French people of Guadeloupean descent
- Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Olympic gold medalists for France
- Olympic handball players for France
- Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- 21st-century French sportswomen
- Brest Bretagne players
- Metz Handball players