| Allison Pineau | |||
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 Pineau in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Allison Marie Pineau | ||
| Born |
(1989-05-02) 2 May 1989 (age 35) Chartres, France | ||
| Nationality | French | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Metz Handball | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2001–2003 | CM Aubervilliers | ||
| 2003–2006 | Villemomble | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2006–2009 | Issy-les-Moulineaux | ||
| 2009–2012 | Metz Handball | ||
| 2012–2013 | Oltchim Vâlcea | ||
| 2013–2014 | ŽRK Vardar | ||
| 2014–2015 | RK Krim | ||
| 2015 | HBC Nîmes | ||
| 2015–2016 | HCM Baia Mare | ||
| 2016–2019 | Brest Bretagne Handball | ||
| 2019–2020 | Paris 92 | ||
| 2020–2021 | ŽRK Budućnost | ||
| 2021–2024 | RK Krim | ||
| 2024– | Metz Handball | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2021 | France | 273 | (696) |
| Medal record | |||
Allison Marie Pineau (born 2 May 1989) is a French handballer for Metz Handball and the French national team. She won gold medal at the 2017 World Championship, 2018 European Championship and 2020 Olympic Games.
She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 2009 by the International Handball Federation.
Career
In March 2012, Pineau agreed with Romanian CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea and joined the club on 1 July 2012.
Between 2013 and 2015, she played for ŽRK Vardar and RK Krim. With ŽRK Vardar, she again reached the semifinals of the Champions League in the 2013–14 season claiming the bronze medal after beating FC Midtjylland 34–31.
In the summer of 2015, she returned to Romania after the three months at Nîmes in France. In 2017 she signed a contract with French team Brest Bretagne HB.
International honours
- National team
- Olympics:
- Gold Medalist: 2020
- Silver Medalist: 2016
- World Championship:
- Gold Medalist: 2017
- Silver Medalist: 2009, 2011, 2021
- European Championship:
- Gold Medalist: 2018
- Bronze Medalist: 2016
- Club
- EHF Champions League:
- Bronze Medalist: 2014
- Semifinalist: 2013
Individual awards
- IHF World Player of the Year: 2009
- All-Star Playmaker of the World Championship: 2009, 2011
- Championnat de France Best Defender: 2018
References
- "Allison Pineau". Euro Handball. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- "2018 European Women's Handball Championship roster" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- "Player of the Year – Women 2009". IHF. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). handball.sportresult.com. EHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- "Secretele incep sa se risipeasca" (in Romanian). CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea official website. 7 March 2012. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- "ALLISON PINEAU AVEC LE HBC NÎMES" (in French). handnews.fr. 11 March 2015.
External links
- Allison Pineau at the European Handball Federation
- Allison Pineau at Olympics.com
- Allison Pineau at Olympedia
- Allison Pineau at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in French)
- Allison Pineau at Team France (in French)
| France squad – 2011 World Championship – Silver medal | ||
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| France squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – 5th place | ||
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| France squad – 2012 European Championship – 9th place | ||
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| France squad – 2013 World Championship – 6th place | ||
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| France squad – 2014 European Championship – 5th place | ||
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| France squad – 2015 World Championship – 7th place | ||
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| France squad – 2016 Summer Olympics – Silver medal | ||
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| France squad – 2016 European Championship – Bronze medal | ||
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| France squad – 2017 World Championship – Gold medal | ||
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| France squad – 2018 European Championship – Gold medal | ||
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| France squad – 2019 World Championship – 13th place | ||
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| France squad – 2021 World Championship – Silver medal | ||
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| IHF World Player of the Year – Women | |
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| Player of the 20th Century: Zinaida Turchyna (2000) |
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Chartres
- Olympic handball players for France
- French expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia
- French expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
- French female handball players
- French people of Guadeloupean descent
- SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea (handball) players
- CS Minaur Baia Mare (women's handball) players
- Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for France
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- Olympic medalists in handball
- European champions for France
- Mediterranean Games medalists in handball
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France
- Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
- Expatriate handball players in Slovenia
- Expatriate handball players in North Macedonia
- French expatriate handball players in Romania
- Expatriate handball players in Montenegro
- 21st-century French sportswomen