Valentin Porte

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Valentin Porte
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Porte in 2016
Personal information
Born (1990-09-07) 7 September 1990 (age 33)
Versailles, France
Nationality French
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Right back/wing
Club information
Current club Montpellier Handball
Number 28
Youth career
YearsTeam
1996–2006
HBC Toury
2006–2008
Mainvilliers-Chartres HB
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2008–2016
Fenix Toulouse
2016–
Montpellier Handball
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2024
France 198 (438)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Qatar
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 France
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Poland/Sweden
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Germany/Denmark
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Denmark
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Germany
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Croatia

Valentin Porte (born 7 September 1990) is a French handball player for Montpellier Handball. [1] [2]

He won the European title in 2014, the world title in 2015 and 2017, and an Olympic gold medal in 2020. [3] He also won EHF Champions League in 2018 with Montpellier.

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References

  1. EHF profile
  2. "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF . Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  3. Valentin Porte. nbcolympics.com