Yanis Lenne

Yanis Lenne
Yanis Lenne in 2017
Personal information
Born	(1996-06-29) 29 June 1996 (age 28) Colmar, France
Nationality	French
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Right Wing
Club information
Current club	Montpellier Handball
Number	32
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2015–2017	Sélestat AHB
2017–2019	FC Barcelona Lassa
2018–2019	→ Pays d'Aix UCH (loan)
2019–2025	Montpellier Handball
2025–	ONE Veszprém
National team 1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–	France	56	(111)
Medal record World Championship 2023 Poland/Sweden European Championship 2024 Germany
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 5 July 2024

Yanis Lenne (born 29 June 1996) is a French handball player for Montpellier Handball and the French national handball team. ^{[1] [2]}

He is the older brother of fellow Montpellier player Arthur Lenne.

Career

Yanis Lenne started playing handball at Sélestat AHB. In the 2014-15 season he made his senior debut for the club in the Ligue Nationale de Handball, but was relegated in his first season. A year later he was however promoted.

He then joined FC Barcelona for a transfer fee of 50,000 euroes on a four year deal. ^[3] Here he won the 2017-18 Liga ASOBAL, Copa ASOBAL, Copa del Rey, Supercopa ASOBAL and the IHF Super Globe.

In the 2018-19 season he returned to France and joined Pays d'Aix UCH on loan. ^[4] In 2019 he joined Montpellier Handball on a four year deal. ^[5] Later he extended his contract until 2024. ^[6] With Montpellier he reached the final of the Coupe de France in 2021, but lost to Paris Saint-Germain 26:30.

For the 2025-26 season he will join Hungarian KC Veszprém. ^[7]

National team

With the French youth national teams Lenne won gold at the 2014 U18 European Championship, 2015 U19 World Championship, bronze at the 2016 U20 European Championship and the 2017 U21 World Championship.

He made his debut for the French senior national team on 3 November 2016 in a 37-20 win over Lithuania. ^[8]

He participated in the 2021 World Championship, where France finished 4th.

At the 2002 European Championship he once again finished fourth, scoring 19 goals in 9 games in the process.

At the 2023 World Championship he won silver medlas with the French team.

A year later he won the 2024 European Championship. He played 7 games, scoring 14 goals. ^[9]

References

1. "LENNE, YANIS". EHF. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
2. "YANIS LENNE". ffhandball.fr. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
3. "Yanis Lenne nouveau blaugrana" (in French). handnews.fr. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
4. "FC Barcelona verleiht Linkshänder an PAUC Aix en Provence" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
5. "El francés Lenne se desvincula del Barça y ficha por el Montpellier" (in Spanish). Marca . Retrieved 23 August 2022.
6. "Montpellier prolonge Yanis Lenne, Diego Simonet et Kevin Bonnefoi jusqu'en 2024" (in French). L'equipe. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
7. "Yanis Lenne a Francia válogatott jobbszélsője nyártól Veszprémben folytatja" (in Hungarian). KC Veszprém. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
8. "Yanis Lenne, première réussie" (in French). handnews.fr. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
9. "EHF Euro 2024: Cumulative Statistics France" (PDF). eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation . Retrieved 29 January 2024.

External links

• Yanis Lenne at the International Handball Federation
• Yanis Lenne at the European Handball Federation
• Yanis Lenne at the Ligue Nationale de Handball (in French)