Pauline Coatanea

Pauline Coatanea
Personal information
Born	(1993-07-06) 6 July 1993 (age 31) Saint-Renan, France
Nationality	French
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Right wing
Club information
Current club	Brest Bretagne HB
Number	55
Youth career
Team
	Locmaria Handball
2011-2012	Arvor 29
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2011–2012	Arvor 29
2012–2017	Nantes Loire Atlantique HB
2017–	Brest Bretagne HB
National team 1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–	France	72	(127)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 0 European Championship 1 1 0 Junior World Championship 0 1 0 Total 2 2 0 Women's Handball Representing   France Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team European Championship 2018 France 2020 Denmark Junior World Championship 2012 Czech Republic
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2024

Pauline Coatanea (born 6 July 1993) is a French handball player who plays for Brest Bretagne Handball and the French national team as a right wing. ^{[1] [2]}

Career

Coatanea started playing handball aged 8 at Locmaria Handball, where she played together with Maud-Éva Copy. ^[3] In 2011 she joined Arvor 29 ^[4] . Between 2010 and 2012 she played 6 senior matches in the League. ^[5]

In 2012 she joined second league team Nantes Loire Atlantique Handball. ^{[4] [5]} She won the French second league 2013, and was promoted to the first league. ^[6] In 2015-16 she played in the EHF Cup for the first time in club history, reaching the third round. In 2017 she rejoined Brest Bretagne HB. ^[7] Here she won the 2018 and 2021 French Cup and the 2021 French championship. ^[8]

National team

Coatanea debuted for the French national team on 16 March 2017 against Denmark. ^[9] With the French team she won the 2018 European Championship on home soil. In the final against Russia, she scored one single goal. ^{[10] [11]}

A year later at the 2019 World Championship she and the French team disappointed by finished 13th. ^[12]

At the 2018 European Championship she reached the final with the French team, losing to Norway. ^{[13] [14]}

At the 2020 Olympics she won gold medals with the French team. ^[15] During the tournament she scored 20 goals. ^[16]

Achievements

Club

International

• EHF Champions League
  • Finalist: 2021 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)

Domestic

• French league :
  • Winner : 2021 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
  • Runner up: 2022 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
  • Tied 1st: 2020 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
• French Cup (Coupe de France):
  • Winner : 2018 and 2021 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
  • Runner up: 2019 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
• French Women's League Cup Championship (Coupe de la Ligue):
  • Runner up: 2011 (with Arvor 29)
• French 2nd division league (Division 2 Féminine):
  • Winner : 2013 (with Nantes Loire Atlantique Handball)

National team

• Olympic Games
  • 2020:  Gold
• European Championship
  • 2018:  Gold
  • 2020:  Silver
  • 2022: 4th
• Junior competitions
  • 10th at the European Women's U-19 Handball Championship in 2011
  •  Silver at the IHF Women's Junior World Championship (U20) in 2012

Individual awards

• All-Star Team Right Wing of the Junior World Championship: 2012
• Championnat de France:
  • Best Right Wing: 2018, ^[17] 2020 ^[18]
  • 7 Majeur de la semaine (Best 7 Players of the week): Day 8 & 10 of Season 2018/19

Honors

• Inducted into

the Legion of Honor with the rank of Chevalier: 2021 ^[19]

References

1. "Pauline Coatanea Profile". European Handball Federation . Retrieved 2 March 2017.
2. "2018 European Women's Handball Championship roster" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
3. "Handball. Euro 2018. Coatanéa, la fille de Locmaria" (in French). letelegramme.fr. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
4. "3 choses à savoir sur … Pauline Coatanea, l'ailière droite du BBH" (in French). lesportaufeminin.fr. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
5. "Le portrait de la semaine. Coatanea, l'heure du choix" (in French). letelegramme.fr. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
6. "Nantes LA, «La victoire au féminin»" (in French). handlfh.org. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
7. "News - Pauline Coatanea 1ère recrue du Brest Bretagne" (in French). handlfh.org. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
8. "Brest Bretagne Handball" (in French). handlfh.org. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
9. "Les Bleues sérieuses face au Danemark" (in French). handnews.fr. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
10. "France claim title in front of record EHF EURO crowd". fra2018.ehf-euro.com. European Handball Federation . Retrieved 28 February 2020.
11. "2018 Women's European Championship: Russia vs. France" (PDF). livecache.sportresult.com. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
12. "Hungary vs. France" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation . Retrieved 28 February 2020.
13. "Stalwart Norway seal record eighth EHF EURO title". women2020.ehf-euro.com. European Handball Federation . Retrieved 28 February 2020.
14. "2020 Women's European Championship: France vs. Norway" (PDF). livecache.sportresult.com. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
15. "Doppel-Gold in Tokio: Frankreich holt sich auch bei den Frauen den Olympiasieg" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
16. "Cumulative Statistics: France" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation . Retrieved 8 August 2021.
17. "All-Star LFH - Le palmarès complet de la saison 2017-18". Ligue féminine de handball. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018..
18. "Le palmarès complet de la saison 2019-2020 !". Ligue féminine de handball. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
19. "Décret portant nomination". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 September 2021.

External links

• Pauline Coatanea at the European Handball Federation
• Pauline Coatanea at the Ligue Féminine de Handball (in French)
• Pauline Coatanea at Team France (in French)
• Pauline Coatanea at Olympedia