Aïssatou Kouyaté (born 19 April 1995) is a French female
handball
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player who plays for
ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica and the
French national team as a right back.
She represented France at the
2020 European Women's Handball Championship
The 2020 European Women's Handball Championship was held from 3 to 20 December 2020. The games were played in Herning and Kolding, Denmark.
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In April 2021, she suffered from an
anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury on her left knee which made her forfeit the
2020 Summer Olympics
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About a year later in February 2022, she suffered an injury on the same knee during a Champions league match. She had recently come back on the pitch after physical therapy.
Achievements
Club
Domestic
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Bibliography
* Pierre Phi ...
(''Division 1 Féminine''):
** Runner up: 2022
(with Brest Bretagne Handball)
** 3rd: 2021
(with ES Besançon)
* French Women's League Cup Championship
(''Coupe de la Ligue''):
** Finalist: 2016
(with OGC Nice HB)
National team
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European Championship
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2020
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Junior World Championship
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2014
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: 5th
References
External links
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1995 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine
French female handball players
21st-century French sportswomen
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