Isabelle Cendier Ajaguin
{{short description|French team handball player (born 1977)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Sonia Cendier Ajaguin
| image =
| caption =
| full_name = Isabelle Cendier Ajaguin
| nationality = French
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|5|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Le Port, Réunion
| height = 172 cm
| position = Back
| currentclub = Retired
| youthyears1 = 1990-1996
| youthclubs1 = AS Saint-Gilles les Hauts
| years1 = 1996-2000
| clubs1 = Toulouse Féminin Handball
| years2 = 2000-2007
| clubs2 = Metz Handball
| years3 = 2007-2009
| clubs3 = Yutz
| years4 = 2009-2010
| clubs4 = Toulouse Féminin Handball
| years5 = 2010-2011
| clubs5 = Bruguières OC 31
| nationalyears1 = 1999-2004
| nationalteam1 = France
| nationalcaps1 = 98
| nationalgoals1 = 188
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| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Country|{{hbw|FRA}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Championship}}
{{Medal|Gold | 2003 Croatia | Team }}
{{Medal|Silver | 1999 Denmark/Norway | Team }}
{{Medal|Competition|Mediterranean Games}}
{{Medal|Gold|2001 Tunis|Team}}
}}
Isabelle "Sonia" Cendier Ajaguin (born 22 May 1977){{cite web |url=https://www.handzone.net/Home/Joueur/871/- |title=Isabelle Cendier Ajaguin |website=Handzone.net |language=fr}} is a French team handball player. In 2003 she won the World Championship with France. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where the French team placed sixth. She also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where France placed fourth.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ce/sonia-cendier-ajaguin-1.html |title=Sonia Cendier Ajaguin |accessdate=30 January 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104173412/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ce/sonia-cendier-ajaguin-1.html |archivedate=4 November 2012}}
Career
Cendier started playing handball at the age of 13 at Saint-Gilles on Réunion. In 1996 she joined Toulouse Féminin HB. After three seasons she was promoted to the top division LFH Division 1 Féminine with the team. In 2000 she joined Metz Handball, one o fthe dominating teams in France. Here she won the French Championship 5 times and the League Cup three times. In 2007 she joined Yutz in the second tier.{{cite web|title=Handzone - LBE Yutz :Aujourd'hui c'est demain : Casting serré ! samedi |date=17 November 2007|url=https://www.handzone.net/Home/Actu.aspx?actID=12755|publisher=handzone.net|accessdate=2022-06-22|language=fr}} In 2009 she rejoined Toulouse Feminin HB. In 2011 she retired.{{cite web|title=INTERVIEW DE SONIA CENDIER: »QUAND J’ARRÊTERAI,JE LE DIRAI ! »|url=https://www.media-pitchounes.fr/interview-de-sonia-cendier/|publisher=Média Pitchounes|accessdate=2022-06-22|language=fr-FR}}
She debuted for the French national team in 1999 in a match against Ukraine.
Her first name is legally Isabelle, but she goes by Sonia.{{cite web|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/1999/12/16/226621-isabelle-cendier-c-est-fort-ce-qu-on-a-fait.html|title=Isabelle Cendier : « C'est fort ce qu'on a fait »|website=ladepeche.fr|publisher=La Dépêche du Midi|date=16 December 1999|accessdate=29 September 2019|language=fr}}.
References
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External links
- {{European Handball Federation|516015|Sonia Cendier}}
- {{European Handball Federation|522738|Isabelle Cendier}}
- {{Olympics.com|isabelle-cendier|Isabelle Cendier}}
- {{Olympics.com|isabelle-cendier-ajaguin|Isabelle Cendier Ajaguin}}
- {{Olympedia|name=Sonia Cendier Ajaguin}}
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Category:French female handball players
Category:Olympic handball players for France
Category:Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in handball
Category:Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
Category:21st-century French sportswomen