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Cléopatre Darleux
French handball player (born 1989) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cléopatre Darleux (French pronunciation: [kleɔpatʁ daʁlø]; born 1 July 1989) is a French former handball goalkeeper for the French national team.[1][2]
She won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics[3] and also became World Champion in 2017[4]
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Career
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Early career
Darleux started playing handball at US Wittenheim/Ensisheim followed by HBC Kingersheim. In 2005 she joined ES Besançon, where she became part of the first team. In 2007 she joined Issy les Moulineaux, where she signed her first professional contract.[5] She played three seasons for the club. She then joined Metz Handball. Here she won the League Cup and French Cup in her first season, and French Championship and Cup in her second season.
Arvor 29
In 2011 she joined Arvor 29. During preseason training, an abscess formed on the cornea of her right eye, which almost blinded her. Her vision has been impaired ever since, and she therefore plays with sports glasses.[6] In the 2011-12 season she won the French Championship and Cup.
Viborg HK
In 2012 she joined Danish side Viborg HK on a two year deal.[7] Here she won the 2013-14 Danish Championship and Cup,[8] as well as the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.
OGC Nice Handball
In 2014 she joined Nice Handball.[9]
Brest Bretagne
In 2016 she joined Brest Bretagne Handball.[10]
Between April 2019 and February 2020 she took a break from handball due to a maternity leave.[11][12]
In 2021 she won the French Championship for a third time, and the same season she and the club reached the final of the Champions League, where they lost to Norwegian Vipers Kristiansand.[13]
After the 2023-24 season she left Brest Bretagne.[14]
Metz Handball
In September 2024 she signed for Metz Handball.[15] After the 2024-25 season she retired.[16]
National team
Darleux won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[3] the first Olympic title in the history of France's national team. She also competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, where France finished in fifth place.[17]
Darleux also became World Champion in 2017[4] and won three silver medals, at the 2009, 2011 and 2021 World Women's Handball Championships. Runner-up at the 2020 European Championship, she was awarded Best Goalkeeper at the 2022 edition.[18]
Her last tournament with France was the 2024 Olympics at home, where France won silver medals, losing to Norway in the final.[19]
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Achievements
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Club
International
- EHF Champions League
- Finalist: 2021 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup
- Winner: 2014 (with Viborg HK)
Domestic
- French league:
- Winner: 2011 (with Metz Handball), 2012 (with Arvor 29) and 2021 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
- Runner up: 2017, 2018 and 2022 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
- Tied 1st: 2020 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
- French Cup (Coupe de France):
- Winner: 2010 (with Metz Handball), 2018 and 2021 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
- French Women's League Cup (Coupe de la Ligue):
- Winner: 2010 and 2011 (with Metz Handball), 2012 (with Arvor 29)
- Runner up: 2016 (with OGC Nice)
- Danish league (Damehåndboldligaen):
- Winner: 2014 (with Viborg HK)
- Danish Cup:
- Winner: 2013 (with Viborg HK)
National team
- Olympic Games
- World Championship:
- European Championship
- Other senior competitions
Gold at the Mediterranean Games in 2009
Bronze at the GF World Cup in 2008- Gold at the Tournoi de Paris Île-de-France in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2017
- Junior competitions
- Bronze at the European Women's U-17 Handball Championship in 2005
- 4th at the IHF Women's Youth World Championship (U18) in 2006
- 5th at the European Women's U-19 Handball Championship in 2007
- 7th at the IHF Women's Junior World Championship (U20) in 2008
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Individual awards
Honors
- Inducted into the Legion of Honor with the rank of Chevalier: 2021[30]
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