Debbie Bont

Debbie Bont
Bont in 2022
Personal information
Born	(1990-12-09) 9 December 1990 (age 34) Edam-Volendam, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Right wing
Senior clubs
Years	Team
	HC Volendam
0000–2012	VOC Amsterdam
2012	FC Midtjylland Håndbold
2012–2014	HC Leipzig
2014–2015	SERCODAK Dalfsen
2015–2020	København Håndbold
2020–2023	Metz Handball
National team 1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2022	Netherlands	216	(425)
Teams managed
2024-	Garage Kil/Volendam
Medal record World Championship 2019 Japan 2015 Denmark 2017 Germany European Championship 2016 Sweden 2018 France
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 5 August 2025

Debbie Bont (born 9 December 1990) is a Dutch handball former player and current coach. Since July 2024 she has been the coach at the Dutch team Garage Kil/Volendam. ^[1] As a player, she featured in the Dutch national team. ^[2] In 2019 she became a World Champion with the Dutch team.

Career

Bont played in the Netherlands for HC Volendam and VOC Amsterdam. With VOC Amsterdam she won the 2008, 2009 and 2010 Dutch championship, 2009 and 2010 Dutch cup and 2008 and 2010 Dutch supercup.

In January 2012 she joined Danish side FC Midtjylland Håndbold, where she only played for 6 months before joining HC Leipzig for the 2012-13 season. ^[3] Here she won the 2014 DHB-Pokal.

In 2014 she joined Dutch side SV Dalfsen. ^[4] In July 2015 she moved back to Denmark and joined København Håndbold. ^[5] Here she won the 2018 Danish championship; the first title in the history of the club.

In 2020 she joined French team Metz Handball. ^[6] Here she won the 2022 and 2023 French championship and Cup double. She left the club in 2023. ^[7]

National team

Bont debuted for the Dutch national team on March 7th 2009 against Spain.

She represented the Netherlands in six World Championships (in Brazil 2011, in Serbia 2013, winning silver in Denmark 2015, ^{[8] [9]} bronze in Germany 2017, ^[10] gold in Japan 2019 and in Spain 2021), one edition of the Olympic Games and in five European Championships (in Denmark & Norway 2010, in Hungary & Croatia 2014, winning silver in Sweden 2016, bronze in France 2018 and in Denmark 2020).

She retired from the Dutch national team in 2022, one year before stopping at club level. ^[11] She played 216 games for the Dutch team, scoring 425 goals.

References

1. "Debbie Bont benoemd tot nieuwe hoofdtrainer Garage Kil/Volendam" (in Dutch). handbalvolendam.nl. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
2. EHF profile
3. "HCL verpflichtet niederländische Nationalspielerin" (in German). handball-world.com. 27 February 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
4. "Zukunft von Leipzigerin Bont geklärt" (in German). handball-world.com. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
5. "København tiltrækker stærk international profil". kbhbold.dk (in Danish). København Håndbold. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
6. "Metz Handball recrute la championne du monde Debbie Bont" (in French). republicain-lorrain.fr. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
7. "L'effectif 2023/2024 de Metz Handball" (in French). letsgometz.com. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
8. "Selectie Nationaal Team Dames" (in Dutch). Nederlands Handbal Verbond. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
9. "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
10. "The Netherlands claim second consecutive World Championship medal". International Handball Federation. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
11. handbal.nl: Handbalster Debbie Bont beëindigt haar interlandcarrière, retrieved 14. February 2023

External links

• Debbie Bont at the European Handball Federation
• Debbie Bont at the Ligue Féminine de Handball (in French)
• Debbie Bont at Olympics.com
• Debbie Bont at Olympedia
• Debbie Bont at TeamNL ( archive ) (in Dutch)