Chloé Bouquet Valentini ( Chloé Bouquet, 19 April 1995) is a French female

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

player for

Metz Handball Metz Handball is a French handball club from Metz, France. Founded in 1965 under the name ASPTT Metz, the club has an exceptional track record with some 40 titles won, which is the all-time record for a French women's team sport. Chaired by Thierr ...

and the French national team.

Career

Valentini started playing handball at her hometown club, CA Morteau HB. In 2011, she transferred to ES Besançon. She debuted for the senior team in 2013 in the second best French league. In her first season, the club was promoted to Division 1. In 2017, she signed her first professional contract. In 2021, she switched to league rivals

. Here, she won both the French championship and French cup in 2022, 2023, and 2024. She debuted for the French national on September 25, 2019 against Turkey. The same year, she represented France at the

2019 World Women's Handball Championship The 2019 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 24th event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Japan from 30 November to 15 December 2019. The Netherlands won their first title after defeating Spain in the final. Th ...

, where France came 13th.

Individual awards

* All-Star left wing of the

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* EHF Excellence Awards: Left Wing of the Season 2023/24, 2024/25

References

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* 1995 births Living people French female handball players Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in handball Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic handball players for France 21st-century French sportswomen Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for France Metz Handball players {{France-handball-bio-stub