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Born | Le Chesnay, France | 16 June 2006||||||||||||||||
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||||||
Current club | Racing Club de France | ||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
2022– | France U–21 | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | France | 31 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Paola Le Nindre (born 16 June 2006) [1] is a French field hockey player. [2] [3]
Paola Le Nindre was born and raised in Le Chesnay, a former commune in the Yvelines department in the region of Île-de-France. [4] [5]
In 2022, Le Nindre debuted for the French U–21 team. She was a member of the squad at the EuroHockey Junior Championship II in Vienna. [6]
Le Nindre made her senior international debut for France in 2023. Following her debut, she went on to win her first medal with the national team, taking home gold at the EuroHockey Championship II in Prague. [6] [7]
In 2024, Le Nindre became an Olympian. [8] She was named in the French squad for the XXXIII Summer Olympics in Paris. [9] During the competition, in France's opening match against the Netherlands, Le Nindre scored France's second ever goal at an Olympic Games. [6] She was also the youngest of the French squad, at just 18 years of age. [10]
Since the Olympic Games, Le Nindre has continued to represent the national team. She was most recently named in the squad for the 2024–25 FIH Nations Cup II in Wałcz. [6]
Major International Tournaments
The following is a list of goals scored by Le Nindre at international level.
Goal | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 30 July 2023 | SK Slavia Prague, Prague, Czechia | ![]() | 7–0 | 8–0 | 2023 EuroHockey Championship II | [11] |
2 | 31 July 2023 | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–1 | [12] | ||
3 | 2 August 2023 | ![]() | 4–0 | 5–0 | [13] | ||
4 | 5–0 | ||||||
5 | 22 January 2024 | South African College Schools, Newlands, South Africa | ![]() | 3–0 | 4–1 | Test Match | [14] |
6 | 4 July 2024 | Cambrai Hockey Club, Cambrai, France | 1–0 | 4–1 | [15] | ||
7 | 2–0 | ||||||
8 | 27 July 2024 | Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Paris, France | ![]() | 2–4 | 2–6 | 2024 Olympics Games | [16] |
9 | 22 August 2024 | Douai Hockey Club, Douai, France | ![]() | 4–0 | 22–0 | 2025 EuroHockey Qualifier B | [17] |
10 | 8–0 | ||||||
11 | 10–0 | ||||||
12 | 11–0 | ||||||
13 | 14–0 |