Allison Marie Pineau (born 2 May 1989) is a French handballer for

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and the French national team. She won gold medal at the 2017 World Championship, 2018 European Championship and

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. She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 2009 by the

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Career

In March 2012, Pineau agreed with Romanian

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and joined the club on 1 July 2012. Between 2013 and 2015, she played for

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and

. With

, she again reached the semifinals of the Champions League in the 2013–14 season claiming the bronze medal after beating

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34–31. In the summer of 2015, she returned to Romania after the three months at Nîmes in France. In 2017 she signed a contract with French team Brest Bretagne HB.

International honours

;National team * Olympics: **''Gold Medalist: 2020'' **''Silver Medalist: 2016'' *

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: **''Gold Medalist:'' 2017 **''Silver Medalist'': 2009, 2011, 2021 * European Championship: **''Gold Medalist'': 2018 **''Bronze Medalist'': 2016 ;Club *

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: **''Bronze Medalist'':

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**''Semifinalist'': 2013

Individual awards

* IHF World Player of the Year: 2009 *All-Star Playmaker of the World Championship: 2009, 2011 * Championnat de France Best Defender: 2018

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pineau, Allison 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Chartres Olympic handball players of France Expatriate handball players French expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia French expatriate sportspeople in Romania French expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia French female handball players French people of Guadeloupean descent SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea (handball) players CS Minaur Baia Mare (women's handball) players Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic medalists in handball European champions for France Mediterranean Games medalists in handball Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games