Loui Nelum Sandamali Sand (born Louise Sand; 27 December 1992 in
Modara
Modara ( si, මෝදර, translit=Mōdara; ta, முகத்துவாரம், translit=Mukattuvāram), also known as Mutwal ''(anglicised version)'', is a municipal ward of Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka. The mouth of the river Kelani Gan ...
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Sri Lanka) is a Swedish
handball player. In January 2019, Sand announced his retirement from handball due to
gender dysphoria.
Sand was adopted from Sri Lanka by a Swedish couple and raised in
Gothenburg.
In 2021, he made a comeback in handball, as he signed a contract with the Swedish
Kärra HF's men's team, becoming the first trans professional handball player in Sweden.
Achievements
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Carpathian Trophy (women's handball)
The Carpathian Trophy ( ro, Trofeul Carpaţi) is an annual women's friendly handball tournament organised by the Romanian Handball Federation. The first edition took place in Bucharest in 1959.
Tournament structure
It reached the 51st edition in ...
:
**''Winner'':
2015
References
External links
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1992 births
Living people
Swedish male handball players
Handball players from Gothenburg
Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic handball players for Sweden
IK Sävehof players
Expatriate handball players
Swedish expatriate sportspeople in France
Swedish people of Sri Lankan descent
Transgender sportsmen
Swedish LGBT sportspeople
Swedish transgender people
LGBT handball players
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