Nikola Portner

{{Short description|Swiss handball player (born 1993)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Nikola Portner

| image = 2024-10-27 Handball TVB Stuttgart - SC Magdeburg by mroptimax-15.jpg

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|11|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lyon, France

| nationality = Swiss

| height = 1.94 m

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = SC Magdeburg

| clubnumber = 80

| youthyears1 = 2004-2006

| youthclubs1 = BSC Grosshöchstetten

| youthyears2 = 2006-2007

| youthclubs2 = Handball Grauholz

| youthyears3 = 2007-2009

| youthclubs3 = TV Steffisburg

| years1 = 2009–2010

| clubs1 = Handball Grauholz

| years2 = 2010–2014

| clubs2 = BSV Bern Muri

| years3 = 2014–2016

| clubs3 = Kadetten Schaffhausen

| years4 = 2016–2020

| clubs4 = Montpellier Handball

| years5 = 2020–2022

| clubs5 = Chambéry SMB HB

| years6 = 2022–

| clubs6 = SC Magdeburg

| nationalyears1 = 2011–

| nationalteam1 = Switzerland

| nationalcaps1 = 135

| nationalgoals1 = 30

| ntupdate = 8 January 2025

}}

Nikola Portner (born 19 November 1993) is a Swiss handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Swiss national team.

In April 2024 while playing for Magdeburg, Portner was tested positive for Methamphetamine prior to league match against Füchse Berlin.{{cite web|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2024-04-19-topspiller-mistaenkt-for-doping-nu-er-der-nye-oplysninger|title=Topspiller mistænkt for doping – nu er der nye oplysninger|date=19 April 2024|access-date=17 January 2025|work=TV2 Danmark|language=DA|trans-title=Top player accused of doping - Now there is new information}} He denied allegations of deliberate doping, and in June it was ruled that there was not a high enough level of the drug that deliberate use was likely, and he was acquitted of all charges.{{cite web|url=https://hbold.dk/landsholdsspiller-frikendt-for-doping|title=Landsholdsspiller frikendt for doping|date=26 June 2024|access-date=17 January 2025|work=TV2 Danmark|language=DA|trans-title=National team player acquitted of doping charges}}

He represented Switzerland at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.handball.ch/de/news/2020/die-schweizer-starten-am-freitag-mit-zuversicht-in-die-ehf-euro/|title=Die schweizer starten am freitag mit zuversicht in die EHF EURO|date=8 January 2020|work=handball.ch}}{{Cite web |url=https://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC20M/PDF_ROSTER_SUI.PDF |title=2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad |access-date=21 June 2020 |archive-date=11 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111154316/https://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC20M/PDF_ROSTER_SUI.PDF |url-status=dead }}