Gnonsiane Niombla

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Gnonsiane Niombla
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Niombla in 2015
Personal information
Born (1990-07-09) 9 July 1990 (age 35) [1]
Villeurbanne, France [1]
Nationality French
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Left back-Centre back
Club information
Current club Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Handball
Number 29
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
–2010
 ASUL Vaulx-en-Velin
2010–2016
 Fleury Loiret HB
2016–2018
 CSM București
2018–2019
 Metz Handball
2019–2021
 Siófok KC
2021–2023
 Paris 92
2023–03/2025
 CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud
03/2025–
 Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Handball
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2019
 France 108 (233)
2023–
 Senegal
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Germany
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 France
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Sweden

Gnonsiane Niombla (born 9 July 1990) is a French-Senegalese female handball player for Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Handball. She has previously represented both the French national team and the Senegal national team. [1] [2]

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She is both a World Champion and European Champion with France. [3] [4] On 1 December 2016, Niombla was awarded the rank of Chevalier (knight) of the French National Order of Merit. [5]

Career

Niombla played for ASUL Vaulx-en-Velin until 2010, where she won the Nationale 1, the third tier of French handball. She then joined Fleury Loiret HB. [6] Here she won the French championship in 2015, the French League Cup in 2015 and 2016 and the Coupe de France in 2014. In 2015 she also reached the final of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.

In 2016 she joined Romanian CSM București. [7] Here she won the double in both of her two seasons at the club.

In 2018 she joined Metz Handball. [8] Here she won the French Championship and Cup in 2019. Afterwards she joined Hungarian Siófok KC. [9]

She returned to France in 2021 and joined Paris 92. [10]

In 2023 she joined Romanian team CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud. [11] In March 2025 she returned to France and Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Handball on a „joker médical“ transfer. [12]

National team

Niombla made her debut for the French national team on 20 March 2013. She then represented France at the 2013 World Championship, 2014 European Championship and the 2015 World Championship.

At the 2016 Olympics she won silver medals, losing to Russia in the final. [13] [14] [15]

At the 2016 European Championship she won bronze medals. [16]

A year later she won her first international gold when France won the 2017 World Championships. [4] A year later she was part of the French team that won the 2018 European Championship, played at home. This was the first time France won the European Championship. [3]

She also represented France at the 2019 World Championship.

In 2023 she represented the Senegalese national team. [17]

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gnonsiane Niombla Profile". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 8 January 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Gnonsiane Niombla Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine . nbcolympics.com
  3. 1 2 3 "French girls take European crown for the first time!". handball-planet.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 "23rd Women's World Championship 2017" (PDF). ihf.info. IHF . Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Décret du 30 novembre 2016 portant promotion et nomination" (in French). gouv.fr. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "L'Asul-Vaulx monte dans l'ascenceur" (in French). 20minutes.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Handball : Gnonsiane Niombla (Fleury) signe en Roumanie, au CSM Bucuresti". larep.fr (in French). Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "Metz: Gnonsiane Niombla pour deux ans" (in French). lequipe. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "EHF-Pokalsieger Siofok verpflicht Welt- und Europameisterin" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  10. ↑ "Gnonsiane Niombla s'engage avec Paris 92" (in French). handnews.fr. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  11. ↑ "Încă o campioană mondială în Liga Florilor! Lovitura anunțată de Gloria Bistrița" (in Romanian). sport.ro. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  12. ↑ "Gnonsiane Niombla arrive en joker médical à Dijon" (in French). handnews.fr. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  13. ↑ "Cumulative Statistics" (PDF). ihf.info. IHF . Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  14. ↑ "Gnonsiane Niombla". eurohandball.com. EHF . Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  15. ↑ "Cumulative Statistics" (PDF). ihf.info. IHF . Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  16. ↑ "Gnonsiane Niombla". eurohandball.com. EHF . Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  17. ↑ "Former Blue Gnonsiane Niombla has chosen the Senegal selection". euro.dayfr.com. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
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