Isabelle Wendling

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Isabelle Wendling
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Wendling in 2014
Personal information
Born (1971-01-30) 30 January 1971 (age 54)
Boulay-Moselle, France
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position pivot
Youth career
Team
CESC Handball Boulay
Stade Messin EC
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
1989-2010
Metz Handball
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993-2008
France 338 (543)
Medal record
Women's handball
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Croatia Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1999 Denmark/Norway Team
European Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Denmark Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Sweden Team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 Tunis Team

Isabelle Wendling (born 30 January 1971 in Boulay-Moselle) is a French handball player and member of a former World Champion France national team.

She became World Champion in 2003, when France won the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship in Croatia, and Wendling was selected for the All-Star team, as pivot.

She represented France at three Olympiads: at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, when France placed 6th, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where the France national team placed 4th, and finishing 5th at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. [1]

She has the record for most matches for French national team with 338 matches. She also has the 9th most goals for the French national team.

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Isabelle Wendling". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 June 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2009.