Laura Flippes

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Laura Flippes

| image = Laura Flippes 20160131 1.jpg

| caption = Flippes in 2016

| fullname = Laura Esther Ghislaine Flippes

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|12|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Strasbourg, France

| nationality = French

| height = 1.71 m

| position = Right wing, Right back

| currentclub = Metz Handball

| clubnumber = 20

| youthclubs1 = HBC Lingolsheim

| years1 = 2005–2013

| clubs1 = Achenheim Truchtersheim HB

| years2 = 2013–2020

| clubs2 = Metz Handball

| years3 = 2020–2023

| clubs3 = Paris 92

| years4 = 2023–2024

| clubs4 = CSM București

| years5 = 2024–

| clubs5 = Metz Handball

| nationalyears1 = 2016–

| nationalteam1 = France

| nationalcaps1 = 141

| nationalgoals1 = 278

| ntupdate = 12 November 2024

| medaltemplates =

}}

Laura Esther Ghislaine Flippes (born 13 December 1994) is a French handballer for Metz Handball and the French national team.{{cite web |url=http://www.eurohandball.com/player/545189 |title=Laura Flippes |publisher=European Handball Federation |accessdate=28 November 2016}}{{dead link|date=November 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/caES1xt8EOsMrHyxzpGaRA/laura-flippes/ |title=Laura Flippes |publisher=European Handball Federation |accessdate=26 December 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://www.handlfh.org/joueuse/flippes-laura/ |title=Laura Flippes |publisher=handlfh.org |language=fr |accessdate=1 December 2016}} She is an Olympic champion in 2021, a World champion in 2017 and 2023, and European champion in 2018.{{cite news|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-26-43298.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Doppel-Gold in Tokio: Frankreich holt sich auch bei den Frauen den Olympiasieg|access-date=8 August 2021|language=de}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/competitions/29fa120a-f09a-4648-8ce7-963c3618fc5f/pdf/FRATOTAL.PDF?n=1703004988 |publisher=International Handball Federation|website=ihf.info|title=Team cumulative statistics France|date=17 December 2023|access-date=23 December 2023}}

Career

Flippes started playing handball at HBC Lingolsheim.{{cite web|url=https://www.dna.fr/sport/2019/12/17/l-alsacienne-laura-flippes-va-quitter-metz-pour-paris-92-en-fin-de-saison |publisher=dna.fr|title=L'Alsacienne Laura Flippes va quitter Metz pour Paris 92 en fin de saison|access-date=26 January 2021|language=fr}} In 2005, she joined Achenheim Truchtersheim HB. Here she won the 2013 French third league. The following summer, she joined top league side Metz Handball. Here, she won the 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 French Championship, the 2015, 2017, and 2019 French Cup, and the 2014 French League Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.sportmag.fr/collectif/handball/handball-laura-flippes-la-gauchere-caviar-des-bleues/ |publisher=sportmag.fr|title=Laura Flippes, la gauchère caviar des Bleues|access-date=26 January 2021|language=fr}}

In 2020, she joined league rivals Paris 92.{{cite web|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-3-39098.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Welt- und Europameisterin verlässt HB Metz|access-date=26 January 2021|language=de}} In 2023 she joined Romanian CSM București.{{cite web|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-3-47103.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=CSM Bukarest mit vier Personalentscheidungen|access-date=5 October 2018|language=de}} Here, she won the 2024 Romanian league and cup double, before returning to Metz Handball a year later.{{cite web|url=https://handnews.fr/2024/lbe-laura-flippes-de-retour-a-metz/ |publisher=handnews.fr|title=Laura Flippes de retour à Metz|access-date=26 March 2024|language=fr}}

=National team=

Flippes played for various youth national teams.{{cite web|url=https://archive.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/aaa461e6-55be-426a-b564-f2deb7efa95e/pdf/FRATOTAL.pdf |publisher=International Handball Federation|website=archive.ihf.info|title=IV Women's Youth World Championship in MNE: France|access-date=26 January 2021}}

She debuted for the senior national team in June 2016, in preparation for the 2016 Olympics. At the 2016 European Championship, she won bronze medals with the French team. She won the 2017 World Championship and a year later, she won gold medals again at the 2018 European Championship.

At the 2020 European Championship, she won silver medals.{{cite web|url=https://www.ffhandball.fr/fr/equipes-de-france/handball/a/equipe-de-france-feminine/joueuses/laura-flippes |publisher=French Handball Federation|website=ffhandball.fr|title=Laura Flippes|access-date=23 August 2023|language=fr}} The year after, she won Olympic gold at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo. During the tournament, she scored 27 goals and was selected for the tournament all star team.{{Cite web |title=Tokyo 2020 Women's All-Star Team |url=https://www.ihf.info/competitions/women/307/olympic-games-tokyo-2020---womens-tournament/20353/news/65481 |access-date=8 August 2021 |publisher=International Handball Federation|website=ihf.info}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/competitions/d163d492-68ad-402e-b701-50c0c75a6136/pdf/FRATOTAL.PDF?n=1628415058 |publisher=International Handball Federation|website=ihf.info|title=Cumulative Statistics: France|access-date=8 August 2021}} Later the same year, she won silver medals at the 2021 World Championship, losing the final to Norway.{{cite web|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-23-44335.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=16:4-Spurt im Finale der Handball-WM der Frauen: Norwegen krönt sich gegen Frankreich zum Weltmeister|access-date=21 December 2021|language=de}}

In 2023, she won the World Championship. At the 2024 Olympics she won silvermedals with the French team.[https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/HBL/OG2024_HBL_C92C_HBLWTEAM7-------------------------.pdf olympics.com: Paris 2024: Medallists], retrieved 11 August 2024

Achievements

Championnat de France:
Winner: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Coupe de France:
Winner: 2015, 2017
Coupe de la Ligue:
Winner: 2014

Individual Awards

All-Star Team as best Right Wing at the Olympic Games: 2020

References

External links

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{{Olympedia}}
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[https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/laura-flippes_1879830 Laura Flippes] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
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