Cléopatre Darleux
| Cléopatre Darleux | |||
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 Darleux in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Cléopatre Darleux Mingam | ||
| Born |
1 July 1989 Wittenheim, France | ||
| Nationality | French | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Metz Handball | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1997–2002 | Wittenheim/Ensisheim | ||
2003–2004 | Kingersheim | ||
2005–2006 | ES Besançon | ||
2007–2009 | Issy les Moulineaux | ||
2009–2011 | Metz Handball | ||
2011–2012 | Arvor 29 | ||
2012–2014 | Viborg HK | ||
2014–2016 | Nice Handball | ||
2016–2024 | Brest Bretagne Handball | ||
2024– | Metz Handball | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008– | France | 200 | (5) |
Cléopatre Darleux (French pronunciation: [kleɔpatʁ daʁlø]; born 1 July 1989) is a French handball goalkeeper for Metz Handball and the French national team.[1][2]
She won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic title in the history of France's national team. She also competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, where France finished in fifth place.[3]
Darleux also became World Champion in 2017[4] and won three silver medals, at the 2009, 2011 and 2021 World Women's Handball Championships. Runner-up at the 2020 European Championship, she was awarded Best Goalkeeper at the 2022 edition.[5]
Achievements
[edit]Club
[edit]International
- EHF Champions League
- Finalist: 2021 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup
- Winner: 2014 (with Viborg HK)
Domestic
- French league:
- Winner: 2011 (with Metz Handball), 2012 (with Arvor 29) and 2021 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
- Runner up: 2017, 2018 and 2022 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
- Tied 1st: 2020 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
- French Cup (Coupe de France):
- Winner: 2010 (with Metz Handball), 2018 and 2021 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
- French Women's League Cup Championship (Coupe de la Ligue):
- Winner: 2010 and 2011 (with Metz Handball), 2012 (with Arvor 29)
- Runner up: 2016 (with OGC Nice)
- Danish league (Damehåndboldligaen):
- Winner: 2014 (with Viborg HK)
- Danish Cup:
- Winner: 2013 (with Viborg HK)
National team
[edit]- Olympic Games
- World Championship:
- European Championship
- Other senior competitions
Gold at the Mediterranean Games in 2009
Bronze at the GF World Cup in 2008- Gold at the Tournoi de Paris Île-de-France in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2017
- Junior competitions
- Bronze at the European Women's U-17 Handball Championship in 2005
- 4th at the IHF Women's Youth World Championship (U18) in 2006
- 5th at the European Women's U-19 Handball Championship in 2007
- 7th at the IHF Women's Junior World Championship (U20) in 2008
Individual awards
[edit]Honors
[edit]- Inducted into the Legion of Honor with the rank of Chevalier: 2021[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, France" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ EHF profile
- ^ "Cleopatre Darleux". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
- ^ "Teams Roaster – France" (PDF). XXIII Women's World Championship 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ "L'Alsacienne Cléopatre Darleux désignée meilleure gardienne de l'Euro". L'Alsace. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ "Cléopâtre Darleux élue MVP du Championnat de France 2017-2018". L'Équipe. Retrieved 28 August 2021..
- ^ "All-Star LFH - Le palmarès complet de la saison 2017-18". Ligue féminine de handball. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018..
- ^ "Mars 2016 : Cléopâtre DARLEUX, joueuse du mois de mars !". Ligue féminine de handball. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2022..
- ^ "Cléopâtre Darleux élue joueuse du mois d'octobre - Women Sports". 14 November 2016. Archived from the original on 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022..
- ^ "La Brestoise, Cléopatre Darleux, meilleure joueuse du mois d'Avril en LFH - autres - handball". newsouest.fr. Retrieved 7 February 2022..
- ^ "Cléopatre Darleux élue meilleure joueuse du mois de mars". Ouest-France. 12 April 2018..
- ^ "Septembre 2018 : Cléopatre DARLEUX, Joueuse du mois !". Ligue féminine de handball. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2022..
- ^ "Trophée FDJ - Cleopatre Darleux élue meilleure joueuse du mois de janvier". Ligue féminine de handball. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022..
- ^ "MVP Reistad leads EHF EURO 2022 All-Star Team". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "Cléopatre Darleux, 2e du Championne des championnes 2021 France : l'année de toutes les émotions". L'Équipe. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "Décret portant nomination". legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
External links
[edit]- Cléopatre Darleux Mingam at the International Handball Federation
- Cléopatre Darleux Mingam at the European Handball Federation
- Cleopatre Darleux Mingam at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Cléopatre Darleux at Olympedia
- Cléopatre Darleux at Équipe de France (in French)
- Cléopatre Darleux at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)
- Cléopatre Darleux on Instagram
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Categories:
- 1989 births
- Living people
- French female handball players
- Olympic handball players for France
- Olympic gold medalists for France
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Mediterranean Games medalists in handball
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France
- Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
- Viborg HK players
- Sportspeople from Mulhouse
- French expatriate handball players in Denmark
- 21st-century French sportswomen