Egypt, which is represented by the Egyptian Olympic Committee (EOC), competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States from July 19 to August 4, 1996. Twenty-nine Egyptian athletes, twenty-seven men and two women, competed in boxing, handball, judo, rowing, shooting, swimming, weightlifting, and wrestling, but the nation did not win any medals.
Sophie Duarte is a French runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She placed fifth at the 2007 World Championships, setting a French record, and won the individual gold medal at 2013 European Cross Country Championships.
Anita Görbicz is a Hungarian former professional handballer who played for Győri ETO KC and the Hungary national team. She is widely regarded as one of the best handball players of all time, and was voted IHF World Player of the Year in 2005 by the International Handball Federation. Görbicz has also been given the nickname the Queen of Handball internationally.
Valérie Nicolas is a French handball goalkeeper and former player of the French national team. She became World Champion in 2003 with the French team, and was also voted Most Valuable Player and Best Goalkeeper. She was voted into the All-Star Team in the 2007 World Championship. Among her other triumphs are a silver medal from the World Championships, two bronze medals from the European Championships, victories at the Champions League, the EHF Cup, the Cup Winners' Cup, and both French and Danish national championships.
Camilla Røseler Andersen is a former Danish team handball player, two times Olympic champion and a World champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She is widely regarded as one of the best players Danish handball has ever seen. With 846 goals she has scored the most goals in the Danish Women's national team, ever and she has played the 4th most matches on the national team.
Beáta Siti is a Hungarian former handball player, and later coach. During her active career she was European champion and silver medalist from both World Championships and the Olympic Games. Her biggest success with the national team was in 2000, when she obtained the gold medal at the European Championship.
Ágnes Farkas is a former Hungarian handball player. She won a gold medal at the 2000 European Championship, and earned a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and at the 1995 and 2003 World Championships.
The French Handball Federation (FFHB) is the national handball association in France. Founded on 1 September 1941, FFHB organizes handball and beach handball within France and represents France internationally. It sorts under the French Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The federation is a member of the European Handball Federation (EHF), Mediterranean Handball Confederation and the International Handball Federation (IHF). The current president of FFHB is Philippe Bana since 28 November 2020.
Mariama Camara Signaté is a French handball player. Her playing position is left back.
Joanne Dudziak is a French handball goalkeeper. She has played for the Club HBC Nîmes and for the French national team.
Isabelle Wendling is a French handball player and member of a former World Champion France national team.
Cléopatre Darleux is a French handball goalkeeper for Brest Bretagne Handball and the French national team.
Tina Flognman is a Swedish former handball player who played for the Danish clubs Viborg HK and GOG Håndbold, French Toulon Métropole Var Handball and IK Sävehof and HK Varberg in Sweden. She also featured in the Sweden women's national handball team.
Yuri Alvear Orejuela is a Colombian judoka, three times World Champion in her division.
Nina Kamto Njitam is a French handball player, born in Cameroon. She plays for the French national team. She participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China, where the French team placed fifth, and in the 2012 Summer Olympics, where the French team also finished in 5th.
Alexandra Maïté Lacrabère is a French handball player. She is a former player of the French national team.
The Congo women's national handball team is the national team of Republic of the Congo. It takes part in international handball competitions.
Luisa Kiala is an Angolan handball player. She is a member of the Angola women's national handball team and participated at the 2011 and 2013 World Women's Handball Championships in Brazil and Serbia.
Jéssica Da Silva Quintino is a Brazilian handball player for HC Dunărea Brăila and the Brazilian national team.
Chambray Touraine Handball is the name of a French handball club from Chambray-lès-Tours. This team currently competes in the French Women's Handball First League from 2016.
