Isabelle Wendling (born 30 January 1971, in
Boulay-Moselle) is a French
handball player and member of a former World Champion
France national team
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She became World Champion in 2003, when France won the
2003 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2003 World Women's Handball Championship, the 16th handball world championship for women, was played in Croatia between 2 and 14 December 2003.
Qualification
The following nations were qualified:
Preliminary round
Group A in Split
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in Croatia, and Wendling was selected for the All-Star team, as
pivot.
She represented France at three Olympiads: at the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...
in Sydney, when France placed 6th, at the
2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where the France national team placed 4th, and finishing 5th at the
2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
References
External links
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1971 births
Living people
People from Boulay-Moselle
French female handball players
Olympic handball players for France
Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Moselle (department)
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