Olivier Krumbholz

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Olivier Krumbholz
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Olivier Krumbholz
Personal information
Born (1958-09-12) 12 September 1958 (age 66)
Longeville-lès-Metz, France
Nationality French
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
1976–1986
 SMEC Metz
National team
YearsTeamApps
1983
 France 9
Teams managed
1986–1995
 Metz Handball
1992–1998
 France women's junior
1998–2013
 France women
2016–2024
 France women
Medal record
Women's handball
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris Team
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Croatia Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Germany Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1999 Denmark/Norway Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 China Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Brazil Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Spain Team
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 France Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Denmark Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Denmark Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Sweden Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Sweden Team

Olivier Krumbholz (born 12 September 1958) is a French handball coach of German descent who was the head coach for the French women's national team in two periods from 1998-2013 and again from 2016-2024. He is considered one of the most successful national team coaches of all time and the best French women's coach of all time.

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He was made Chevalier (knight) of the Ordre national du Mérite in 2020. [1]

In both 2010 and 2018, he was named the best women's handball coach in the world by the International Handball Federation. [2] [3]

Career

Krumbholz played in his active years for SMEC Metz. He played 9 matches for the French national team. [4] [5] [5]

His first coaching position at the age of 28 was at the Division 1 Feminine team ASPTT Metz. [6] Here he was between 1986 and 1995. In that time he won French Championship in 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994 and 1995 and the French cup in 1990 and 1994.

In 1992 he became the coach of the France women's junior team. [7]

In 1998 he upgraded from the youth national team to the senior national team. In his first major international tournament, the 1999 World Women's Handball Championship, he won silver medals with the French team.

He led the French team to victory at the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship in Croatia, which was the first ever French gold at any major international tournament. Later coached the team at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics.

He was coach for the French team at the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship in China, where the French team has reached the final, where they lost to Russia 22:25. [8] [9]

He left the position in 2013, to be replaced by Alain Portes, and in turn replaced Portes again, when he returned to the French national team in 2016. [7] In his first tournament back he won silver medals at the 2016 Olympics. A year later he won the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship. In 2018 he won the 2018 European Women's Handball Championship at home, which was France's first ever European Championship.

At the 2020 Olympics he completed his collection of major tournament wins, when he won gold medals at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

After the 2024 Olympics, where he won silver medals with the French team, he retired from the French national team. [10]

He was replaced by his former assistant from 2016 to 2024, Sébastien Gardillou [11]

Private life

He is married to former French international handball player Corinne Krumbholz, who he coached at Metz Handball. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Hand : Olivier Krumbholz chevalier de l'Ordre du mérite" (in French). lequipe.fr. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Krumbholz and Dinart named 2018 IHF Coaches of the Year". ihf.info. International Handball Federation. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Onesta and Krumbholz IHF Coaches of the Year 2010" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. 26 May 2011. p. 1. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Handball : Olivier Krumbholz, l'entraîneur de l'équipe de France, a « souvent peur du crash »" (in French). vosgesmatin.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  5. 1 2 "LES INTERNATIONAUX FRANCAIS" (in French). car.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Olivier Krumbholz, l'âme guerrière du handball féminin" (in French). la-croix.com. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Olivier Krumbholz : "Je suis toujours vivant"" (in French). lasemaine.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "Teams Roaster – France" (PDF). XIX Women's World Championship 2009, China. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  9. ↑ "2018 European Championship roster" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  10. ↑ "Offiziell: Trainerwechsel bei Frankreich" [Official: Coaching change in France] (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  11. ↑ Nielsen, Jeppe (6 September 2024). "Sébastien Gardillou bliver ny fransk landstræner" [Sébastien Gardillou becomes new French national team coach] (in Danish). Europamester.dk. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  12. ↑ "L'Entretien du Lundi - Corinne Krumbholz : « Une révolution »" (in French). Fédération française de handball . Retrieved 7 June 2013.
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