Marie Gerbron

{{Short description|French-British handball player (born 1986)}}

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| nationality = British / French

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| birth_place = Harfleur, France

| height = 166 cm

| position = Right back / right wing

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Marie Gerbron (born 23 December 1986, Harfleur{{Cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ge/marie-gerbron-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040347/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ge/marie-gerbron-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Marie Gerbron |access-date=2016-06-25}}) is a French-British handball player.{{Cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/JO/jeux-olympiques-londres-2012/jo-de-londres-marie-gerbron-so-british-23-02-2012-1874395.php|title=JO de Londres : Marie Gerbron, so british|last=|first=|date=2016-10-04|website=|publisher=|language=fr|access-date=2016-10-04}} She plays as a right winger.

She played for the British national team, and competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.{{cite web |title=Marie Gerbron |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/gerbron-marie-1094415/ |work=Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games |accessdate=29 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404123302/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/gerbron-marie-1094415/ |archivedate=4 April 2013 }}

Club career

Gerbron began playing handball as a school child and won the French Cup in 2006.{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamgb.com/athlete/marie-gerbron/5HC4PMsHCuFR7d4wwM0Mue|title = Marie Gerbron}} From 2006 to 2009, she played with Le Havre AC, winning the Cup Winners' Cup three times.{{Cite web|url=http://history.eurohandball.com/ec/cwc/women/2008-09/player/529978/Marie+Gerbron|title = European Handball Federation - Marie Gerbron / Player}} In 2012, she was playing club handball with French second tier side Octeville.{{Cite web|url=http://www.slate.fr/life/59117/jo-londres-handball-francais-grande-bretagne|title=Handball: Les binationaux Frenchies de l'équipe olympique britannique|date=28 July 2012}}

International career

Gerbron made her debut for Great Britain in 2010, qualifying for the team through her British mother.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/handball/8602684.stm|title = GB handball team fail in Euro bid|date = 4 April 2010}} She made her Olympic debut against Montenegro, scoring six goals in a 31-19 defeat.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/18910653|title=Britain suffer Montenegro defeat|work=BBC Sport}} She scored nine goals against Angola in the final game of the group stage. Great Britain lost all of their games in the tournament but media praised Gerbron's performances.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/other-events/handball-angola-ensure-team-gb-women-slump-another-defeat-8005001.html|title = Handball: Angola ensure Team GB women slump to another defeat|website = Independent.co.uk|date = 3 August 2012}}

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