Alexandra Maïté Lacrabère (born 27 April 1987) is a French handball player. She is a former player of the French national team.[1][2]

Alexandra Lacrabère
Personal information
Full name Alexandra Maïté Lacrabère
Born (1987-04-27) 27 April 1987 (age 36)
Pau, France
Nationality French
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Right back
Senior clubs
Years Team
2006–2008
CA Béglais
2008–2009
Akaba Bera Bera
2009–2010
Toulouse Féminin Handball
2010–2012
Arvor 29
2012–2013
Zvezda Zvenigorod
2013–2014
Mios-Biganos-Bègles
2014–2016
OGC Nice Côte d'Azur
2016–2018
ŽRK Vardar
2018–2021
Fleury Loiret HB
2021–2022
Chambray Touraine
2022
Rapid București
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2021
France 256 (833)
Medal record
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
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 France
Silver medal – second place 2020 Denmark
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Sweden

Career edit

Lacrabère has won gold medals at 2017 World Championships,[3] the 2018 European Championships[4] and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games[5] in addition to silver medals at the 2011 World Championships,[6] 2016 Olympic Games[7] and the 2020 European Championships.[8] She also has a bronze medal from the 2016 European Championships.

She is openly lesbian.[9][10]

Individual awards edit

  • French Championship Top Scorer: 2012, 2014
  • French Championship Best Right Back: 2012, 2014
  • French Championship MVP: 2012

References edit

  1. ^ EHF profile
  2. ^ "2018 European Women's Handball Championship roster" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  3. ^ "IHF Activity Report 2017-2019" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  4. ^ "France beat Russia to win women's European handball gold". France 24. 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  5. ^ "Agenda item no.: 8 President's report" (PDF). XXXVIII Ordinary IHF Congress.
  6. ^ "Allison Pineau, the French handball genius". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  7. ^ "Olympedia – Alexandra Lacrabère". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  8. ^ "Women's EHF Euro 2020 Norway/Denmark - Results, fixtures, tables and stats - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  9. ^ Zeigler Jr., Cyd (7 February 2012). "Top French handballer Alexandra Lacrabère comes out, will play in Summer Olympics". OutSports. Archived from the original on 26 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  10. ^ "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

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