Estelle Nze Minko (born 11 August 1991) is a French professional

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player for

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and the French national team. She is an Olympic champion from

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, world champion from

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and

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, and a European champion from

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

Career

Nze Minko started playing handball at the age of 12 at Saint-Julien-de-Concelles. In 2009 she joined Toulouse Féminin Handball. Here she played for a season before joining Mios Biganos. With Mios-Biganos, she won the 2011

EHF Challenge Cup The EHF European Cup is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the third-tier competition of European club handball, after the EHF Champions League and the EHF European League. Foun ...

. In 2012, she joined

Handball Cercle Nîmes Handball Cercle Nimes was a French women's handball club from Nimes playing in the French Championship. It was established in 1971 and dissolved in 2016. Nimes' was one of the leading teams in the Challenge Cup, having won the competition in ...

. A year later she returned to Nantes Handball. In 2015, she joined

Fleury Loiret HB CJF Fleury Loiret Handball is a women's handball club based in Fleury-les-Aubrais, Loiret, France. The professional team was dissolved in November 2022. Honours *Division 1 Féminine: **''Gold:'' 2015 **''Silver:'' 2016 **''Bronze:'' 2013 *C ...

for a single season. Here she won the French league cup. In 2016, she joined Hungarian side

Siófok KC Siófok Kézilabda Club is a former Hungary, Hungarian professional women's handball team from Siófok, that currently play in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II (women's handball), Nemzeti Bajnokság II. They have competed in lower divisions until 2006, wh ...

. Here she won the 2019

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previo ...

. The following summer she joined league rivals

. Here she won the 2021 Hungarian Cup, the 2022 and 2023 Hungarian championship, and the 2024

EHF Champions League The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...

National team

With the French youth team Nze Minko won gold medals at the 2007 U17 European Championship. She debuted for the French national team on October 24th against Slovakia. Her first major international tournament was the 2014 European Championship. A year later she was part of the French team at the 2015 World Championship. She scored 24 goals during the tournament. In 2016, she played at both the

2016 Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

and the 2016 European Championship. At the Olympics she won silvermedals and at the European Championship she won bronze medals. At the 2017 World Championship she won her first title with France. A year later she won the 2018 European Championship on home soil. This was the first time France one the tournament. She scored 38 goals during the tournament. At the 2020 European Championship, she won silver medals with the French team, losing the final to Norway. Scoring 26 goals, she was included in the tournament all-star team. At the

2020 Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

in Tokyo, she won Gold medals with the French team. Later the same year she won silver medals at the 2021 World Championship. At the

she won gold medals at a World Championship for a second time. She was included in the tournament all-star team. At the

2024 Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

in Paris, she won silver medals with the French team and was once again included in the all-star team.

Personal life

Born in France, Nze Minko is of Gabonese descent.

Achievements

: **''Winner:'' 2024, 2025 *

: **''Winner:''

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* Hungarian Championship **''Winner'':

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

, 2023, 2025 *

Hungarian Cup The Hungarian Cup (, ), officially known as MOL Magyar Kupa for sponsorship reasons, is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association'','' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of ...

**''Winner'': 2021

Individual awards

* All-Star left back of the

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2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

* All-Star left back of the

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

* MVP of the European Championship:

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

EHF Excellence Awards The EHF Excellence Awards is an annual handball awards ceremony held by the European Handball Federation. It was first held in 2023 in Vienna, Austria. The best players of the season on each position both on the men's and women's side are awarded, ...

: Left Back of the Season 2024/25 * All-Star Left Back of the

Møbelringen Cup The Posten Cup, formerly known as the Møbelringen Cup and Intersport Cup, is an annual women's handball tournament arranged by the Norwegian Handball Federation. Norway plus three invited national teams compete for the title, normally in a single ...

: 2018 * MVP of the EHF Cup Final:

* ''Chevalier'' in the French

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

: 2021 * ''Chevalier'' of the French

Ordre national du Mérite The (; ) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle. The reason for the order's establishment was twofold: to replace the large number of ...

: 2016

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nze Minko, Estelle 1991 births Living people French sportspeople of Gabonese descent French female handball players Siófok KC players Győri Audi ETO KC players Olympic handball players for France Olympic medalists in handball Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic silver medalists for France 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 European champions for France Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics French expatriate handball players in Hungary Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century French sportswomen