Orlane Ahanda

Orlane Ahanda
Orlane Ahanda (2021)
Personal information
Born	(1998-11-20) 20 November 1998 (age 26) Nantes, France
Nationality	French
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Neptunes de Nantes
Number	20
Youth career
Team
	ALPAC Nantes
2011–2017	Neptunes de Nantes
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2017–	Neptunes de Nantes
National team 1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2021–	France	8	(3)
Medal record World Championship 2021 Spain
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 22 September 2024

Orlane Ahanda (born 20 November 1998) is a French handball player who plays for Neptunes de Nantes and the French national team. ^{[1] [2]}

Career

Ahanda started playing handball at ALPAC Nantes before joining the youth team of Neptunes de Nantes in 2011. In 2016 she won the French U18 Championship with the club. She made her senior debut on 30 September 2016 against Brest Bretagne Handball. ^[3] In February 2020 she signed her first professional contract with the club. ^[4]

With the club she won the 2020-21 European League, beating Hungarian Siófok KC in the final. ^[5]

When Neptunes de Nantes declared bankruptcy in 2024, she followed the team into the LFH Division 2 Féminine.^{[ citation needed ]}

National team

Ahanda made her debut for the French national tem on October 6th, 2021 against Czechia. ^[6] At the 2021 she replace the injured Laura Flippes. ^[7] At this occasion she won silver medals, losing to Norway in the final. ^[8]

References

1. "Orlane Ahanda - Career & Statistics". European Handball Federation . Retrieved 14 December 2021.
2. "DHDb profil". Damehåndbolddatabasen. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
3. "Orlane Ahanda, un bras gauche prometteur". ouest-france.fr (in French). Retrieved 18 December 2021.
4. "Orlane Ahanda signe pro avec le NAHB". handlfh.org (in French). LFH Division 1 Féminine . Retrieved 18 December 2021.
5. "EHF FINALS hosts Baia Mare meet Nantes, Siófok play Herning-Ikast". eurohandball.com. 15 April 2021.
6. "Une jeunesse éclatante". handlfh.org (in French). LFH Division 1 Féminine . Retrieved 18 December 2021.
7. "Orlane Ahanda rejoint le groupe en Espagne". handlfh.org (in French). LFH Division 1 Féminine . Retrieved 18 December 2021.
8. "16:4-Spurt im Finale der Handball-WM der Frauen: Norwegen krönt sich gegen Frankreich zum Weltmeister" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

External links

• Orlane Ahanda at the European Handball Federation
• Orlane Ahanda at the Ligue Féminine de Handball (in French)