Lysa Tchaptchet

Lysa Tchaptchet Defo (born 20 December 2001) is a professional handballer who plays as a pivot for Danish club Odense Håndbold. Born in Cameroon, she moved to Spain at the age of 5, and she represents Spain at international level.^[1][2]

Lysa Tchaptchet
Personal information
Full name	Lysa Tchaptchet Defo
Born	(2001-12-20) 20 December 2001 (age 23) Yaoundé, Cameroon
Nationality	Cameroonian, Spanish
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Pivot
Club information
Current club	Odense Håndbold
Number	20
Youth career
Team
	CD Beti Onak
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2019–2021	CB Elche
2021–2024	Vipers Kristiansand
2024–	Odense Håndbold
National team 1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–	Spain	56	(72)
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 26 August 2024

She is primarily a defensive player.

Tchaptchet represented Spain at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship.^[3][4]

Career

Tchaptchet began playing handball at CD Beti Onak.^[5] In 2019 she joined top league team CB Elche.^[6] Here she played for 2 seasons before joining Norwegian team.Vipers Kristiansand.^[7] Here she won the Norwegian championship three times; in 2022, 2023 and 2024 and the EHF Champions League in 2022 and 2023. In 2024 she transferred to Danish side Odense Håndbold.^[8] In the 2024-25 season, she achieved a perfect regular season with Odense Håndbold, winning 26 of 26 games.^[9] Later the same season she won the Danish Championship, when Odense beat Team Esbjerg in the final 2-1 in matches.^[10]

She debuted for the Spanish national team on November 27th 2020.

Private life

Tchaptchet has a younger sister, Lyndie Tchaptchet Defo, who also play handball in the Spanish Subnational handball team.^[11]

Achievements

• EHF Champions League:
  • Winner: 2021/2022, 2022/2023
  • Silver: 2024/2025
• Norwegian League:
  • Winner: 2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024
• Norwegian Cup:
  • Winner: 2021, 2022/23, 2023/2024
• Danish League:
  • Gold: 2025