Maakan Tounkara (born 1983 in Epernay,

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

) is a French

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player. She plays for the French national team. She participated at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in China, where the French team placed fifth.

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People from Épernay 1983 births Living people French female handball players Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for France French sportspeople of Malian descent French sportspeople of Guinean descent Sportspeople from Marne (department) Black French sportspeople {{France-handball-bio-stub