Grégory Tarlé (born 11 April 1983) is a French
ice hockey
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coach and the current head coach of the
French women's national team. Prior to his coaching career, he played as a
forward
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with the Docks du Havre and the
Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne
The Hockey Club Neuilly-sur-Marne 93, abbreviated HCNM93, is a French ice hockey club based in Neuilly-sur-Marne, Île-de-France. The men's representative team, , plays in the second-tier FFHG Division 1 and the women's representative team, , pla ...
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Coaching career
Tarlé started with the national team as an assistant coach to head coach Christine Duchamp ahead of the
2011 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II. He remained in role until being promoted to head coach in 2013. His first major tournament as head coach was the
2014 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I Group A.
Under Tarlé, France achieved promotion to the World Championship Top Division tournament for the first time in national team history and made their debut at the
2019 IIHF Women's World Championship
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The United States won the ...
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2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster
/ref> They returned to the Top Division for the 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship
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1983 births
Living people
Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne players
French ice hockey coaches
French ice hockey forwards
Sportspeople from Rouen
21st-century French sportsmen