Alexandra Lacrabère

Alexandra Lacrabère
Lacrabère in 2016
Personal information
Full name Alexandra Maïté Lacrabère
Born (1987-04-27) 27 April 1987
Pau, France
Nationality French
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club TMS Ringsted
Senior clubs
Years Team
2006–2008
CA Béglais
2008–2009
Akaba Bera Bera
2009–2010
Toulouse Féminin Handball
2010–2012
Arvor 29
2012–2013
Zvezda Zvenigorod
2013–2014
Mios-Biganos-Bègles
2014–2016
OGC Nice Côte d'Azur
2016–2018
ŽRK Vardar
2018–2021
Fleury Loiret HB
2021–2022
Chambray Touraine
2022
Rapid București
2024–
TMS Ringsted
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2021
France 256 (833)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo Team
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
2017 Germany
2011 Brazil
European Championship
2018 France
2020 Denmark
2016 Sweden

Alexandra Maïté Lacrabère (born 27 April 1987) is a French handball player for TMS Ringsted. She is a former player of the French national team.[1][2]

Career

Lacrabère started playing handball in FR Gan in her hometown.[3] She then joined Bordes Sports Handball followed by CA Bèglais Handball. In the 2008-09 season she joined Spanish team Akaba Bera Bera, where she won the EHF Cup.

She then returned to France and joined Toulouse Féminin Handball, and a year later she joined Arvor 29, where she won the French championship in 2012.

Arvor 29 did however go bankrupt in the following summer, and therefore she joined Russian team Zvezda Zvenigorod for a single season, before joining Mios-Biganos-Bègles.[4]

In the 2013-14 season she was the top scorer in the French league with 129 goals.[5]

The following season she joined league rivals OGC Nice Côte d'Azur.[6]

Two years later she joined North Macedonian team ŽRK Vardar.[7] Here she won the 2017 and 2018 North Macedonian championhip.

In 2018 she once again returned to France and joined Fleury Loiret HB.[8] After three years she joined Chambray Touraine Handball.[9]

A year later she moved to Romanian side Rapid București for a single season,[10] before she retired.[11]

A year later she came out of retirement to join the Danish second tier team TMS Ringsted.[12]

International handball

Lacrabère has won gold medals at 2017 World Championships,[13] the 2018 European Championships[14] and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games[15] in addition to silver medals at the 2011 World Championships,[16] 2016 Olympic Games[17] and the 2020 European Championships.[18] She also has a bronze medal from the 2016 European Championships.

Personal life

She is openly lesbian.[19][20]

Individual awards

  • French Championship Top Scorer: 2012, 2014[5]
  • French Championship Best Right Back: 2012, 2014
  • French Championship MVP: 2012

References

  1. ^ EHF profile
  2. ^ "2018 European Women's Handball Championship roster" (PDF). sportresult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Un village, un visage : Alexandra Lacrabère, le Béarn lui va comme un Gan". leprogres.fr (in French). Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Mios/Begles verpflichtet ehemalige THC-Keeperin" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  5. ^ a b "LFH - Nuit du hand - Lacrabère honorée" (in French). umbb-handball.fr. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  6. ^ "Zwei Nationalspielerinnen für Nizza" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  7. ^ "Vardar verpflichtet Routiniers aus Frankreich und Norwegen" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Französischer Erstligist verpflichtet Weltmeisterin von Vardar Skopje" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Alexandra Lacrabère va quitter Fleury pour Chambray" (in French). lequipe.fr. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Lacrabère au Rapid Bucarest, c'est officiel" (in French). handnews.fr. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Siraba Dembélé-Pavlovic et Alexandra Lacrabère prendront leur retraite sportive en fin de saison" (in French). lequipe.fr. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Alexandra Lacrabère sort de sa retraite sportive" (in French). handnews.fr. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  13. ^ "IHF Activity Report 2017-2019" (PDF). Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  14. ^ "France beat Russia to win women's European handball gold". France 24. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Agenda item no.: 8 President's report" (PDF). XXXVIII Ordinary IHF Congress.
  16. ^ "Allison Pineau, the French handball genius". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  17. ^ "Olympedia – Alexandra Lacrabère". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  18. ^ "Women's EHF Euro 2020 Norway/Denmark - Results, fixtures, tables and stats - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  19. ^ Zeigler Jr., Cyd (7 February 2012). "Top French handballer Alexandra Lacrabère comes out, will play in Summer Olympics". OutSports. Archived from the original on 26 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  20. ^ "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). handball.sportresult.com. EHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2014.