Manon Vernay

Manon Vernay is an Australian beach handball player. She plays for Sydney University and represents Australia in the women's national team.^[2] Before, Vernay played for various EBT clubs in Germany, Switzerland and France.^[3][4]

Manon Vernay
Personal information
Born	(1989-01-08) 8 January 1989 (age 36)[1] France
Nationality	French Australian
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	HSV Solingen-Gräfrath
Senior clubs
Years	Team
	West Adelaide Handball Club
	Melbourne HC
	MTV 1860 Altlandsberg
	HSV Solingen-Gräfrath
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–	Australia	17	(0)

Before focusing fully on beach handball, Vernay was an elite basketball player.^[5][6][7] She then turned to indoor handball and played in Australia and Germany.^[8] She last played for HSV Solingen-Gräfrath in Germany and on the Australian national team .^{[9][10][11][12][13][14]}

Vernay was best goalkeeper at the Handball Asian Championships in Kumamoto (2018) ^[15] and represented Australia at the IHF Handball World Championships 2019 in Japan, and 2018 in Russia as well as the World Games 2017 in Poland.^{[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]}

Awards

Beach Handball  : Australian Championships Best Goalkeeper : 2018, 2016, 2015 Australian Championships MVP (mixed cat) : 2016

Handball : Oceanian Championships Best Goalkeeper : 2019, 2015 Oceanian Open Clubs Championships Best Goalkeeper : 2017 ^[25]