Valentin Porte
{{short description|French handball player (born 1990)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Valentin Porte
| image = Valentin Porte-20160416-PSG-TOULOUSE 4.JPG
| caption = Porte in 2016
| nationality = French
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|9|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Versailles, France
| height = 1.90 m
| position = Right back/wing
| currentclub = Montpellier Handball
| clubnumber = 28
| youthyears1 = 1996–2006
| youthclubs1 = HBC Toury
| youthyears2 = 2006–2008
| youthclubs2 = Mainvilliers-Chartres HB
| years1 = 2008–2016
| clubs1 = Fenix Toulouse
| years2 = 2016–
| clubs2 = Montpellier Handball
| nationalyears1 = 2013–2024
| nationalteam1 = France
| nationalcaps1 = 198
| nationalgoals1 = 438
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalGold|2020 Tokyo|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}
{{MedalGold|2015 Qatar|}}
{{MedalGold|2017 France|}}
{{MedalSilver|2023 Poland/Sweden|}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Germany/Denmark|}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Denmark|}}
{{MedalGold|2024 Germany|}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Croatia|}}
}}
Valentin Porte (born 7 September 1990) is a French handball player for Montpellier Handball.[http://www.eurohandball.com/player/535182 EHF profile]{{cite web |url=http://ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/153/pdf/FRA.pdf|title=2015 World Championship Roster|publisher=IHF|access-date=15 January 2015}}
He won the European title in 2014, the world title in 2015 and 2017, and an Olympic gold medal in 2020.[http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=porte-valentin-1129771/index.html Valentin Porte]. nbcolympics.com He also won EHF Champions League in 2018 with Montpellier.
He normally plays as a right wing, but can also play as a right back.
Career
Porte senior debut came in the French top flight, Starligue, in 2008 for Fenix Toulouse Handball.
In the summer of 2016 he joined league rivals Montpellier Handball.{{cite web |url=http://www.lepoint.fr/sport/handball-le-toulousain-valentin-porte-a-montpellier-en-2016-20-01-2015-1898088_26.php |publisher=liberation.fr|title=Hand: le Toulousain Valentin Porte à Montpellier en 2016|date=20 January 2015|accessdate=31 January 2017|language=FR|trans-title=Handball: Toulouse player Valentin Porte to Montpellier in 2016}}
Here he won the EHF Champions League in 2018.
=National team=
He debuted for the French national team in 2013, and his first major international tournament was the World Championship the same year. In 2015 he won the World Championship in Qatar.
At the 2016 Olympics he won a silver medal with the french team, and was in the tournament all-star team.{{cite web |url=http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-1-1-26-84466.html |publisher=handball-world.com|title=All-Star Team mit deutscher Beteiligung: Mikkel Hansen als MVP geehrt|accessdate=23 August 2016|language=de|trans-title=All Star team with German members: Mikkel Hansen as MVP}}
References
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Category:French male handball players
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Category:Montpellier Handball players
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