Pauletta Foppa
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| Pauletta Foppa | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Foppa in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Pauletta Soréa Foppa | ||
| Born |
22 December 2000 Amilly, France | ||
| Nationality | French | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Pivot | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Brest Bretagne Handball | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2017–2018 | Fleury Loiret Handball | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2018– | Brest Bretagne Handball | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018– | France | 59 | (143) |
Pauletta Soréa Foppa[1] (born 22 December 2000) is a French handball player for Brest Bretagne Handball and the French national team.[2][3][4]
Career
[edit]In 2018, at age 17, she began her senior club career with Brest, and made her senior debut on the French national team.
Her sporting achievements include 3 gold medals with the French national team at the European Championships (2018), the Olympic Games (2020) and the World Championships (2023). She won the French league and the French Cup with her club Brest.
Personal life
[edit]Born in France, Foppa is of Cameroonian descent.[5]
Achievements
[edit]Club
[edit]International
[edit]- EHF Champions League
- Finalist: 2021 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
Domestic
- French league:
- Winner
: 2021 (with Brest Bretagne Handball) - Tied 1st: 2020 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
- Runner up: 2022, 2023 and 2024 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
- Winner
- French Cup (Coupe de France):
- Winner : 2021 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
- Runner up: 2019 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
- Winner
National team
[edit]Senior
[edit]
Youth
[edit]- U-17 European Handball Championship:
- 2017: 4th place
- U-16 Mediterranean Handball Championship:
- 2016: Gold
- 2016:
Awards and recognition
[edit]Individual
[edit]- All-Star Line player at the Olympic Games: 2020[6]
- All-Star Line player of the EHF Champions League: 2021[7]
- All-Star Line player of the Youth European Championship: 2017
- Best Young Player of the EHF Champions League: 2022[8]
- All-Star Line player of the World Championship: 2021
- All-Star Line player of the European Championship: 2022[9]
- Best Defender of the European Championship: 2024[10]
- EHF Excellence Awards Rookie of the season: 2022/23[11]
- Best Line player of the French League: 2022/23
- Best Defender of the French League: 2022/23
- Best Player and Topscorer of the U-16 Mediterranean Handball Championship: 2016
State and civic honours
[edit]- Inducted into the Legion of Honor with the rank of Chevalier: 2021[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Pauletta Foppa". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
Full name: Pauletta Soréa Foppa
- ^ "Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 17 November 2018.[dead link]
- ^ "Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ "L'espoir Français Pauletta Foppa à Brest l'an prochain". Ouest-France.fr. 26 January 2018.
- ^ Deleurence, Guillaume (18 December 2023). "Handball : des championnes du monde aux vraies couleurs de la France". POLITIS.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 Women's All-Star Team". IHF. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Fan favourite Oftedal leads Györ quartet in All-star Team". European Handball Federation. 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Györ quintet headline EHF Champions League All-star Team". European Handball Federation. 3 June 2022.
- ^ "MVP Reistad leads EHF EURO 2022 All-Star Team". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "Women's EHF EURO 2024 All-star Team revealed". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "Golden players make the team of the season". EHF. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Décret portant nomination". legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
External links
[edit]- Pauletta Foppa at the International Handball Federation
- Pauletta Foppa at the European Handball Federation
- Pauletta Foppa at Olympics.com
- Pauletta Foppa at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Pauletta Foppa at Équipe de France (in French)
- Pauletta Foppa at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)
- Pauletta Foppa on Instagram
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