Laura Esther Ghislaine Flippes (born 13 December 1994) is a French

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 ...

er for

Metz Handball Metz Handball is a French handball club from Metz, France. Founded in 1965 under the name ASPTT Metz, the club has an exceptional track record with some 40 titles won, which is the all-time record for a French women's team sport. Chaired by Thierr ...

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

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, a World champion in

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and

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, and European champion in

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

Flippes started playing handball at HBC Lingolsheim. In 2005, she joined Achenheim Truchtersheim HB. Here she won the 2013 French third league. The following summer, she joined top league side

. Here, she won the 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019

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, the 2015, 2017, and 2019 French Cup, and the 2014 French League Cup. In 2020, she joined league rivals

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. In 2023 she joined Romanian

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. Here, she won the 2024 Romanian league and cup double, before returning to

a year later.

National team

Flippes played for various youth national teams. She debuted for the senior national team in June 2016, in preparation for the

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. At the 2016 European Championship, she won bronze medals with the French team. She won the 2017 World Championship and a year later, she won gold medals again at the 2018 European Championship. At the

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, she won silver medals. The year after, she won Olympic gold at the

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in Tokyo. During the tournament, she scored 27 goals and was selected for the tournament all star team. Later the same year, she won silver medals at the 2021 World Championship, losing the final to Norway. In 2023, she won the

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. At the

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she won silvermedals with the French team.olympics.com: ''Paris 2024: Medallists''
retrieved 11 August 2024

Achievements

* Championnat de France: **''Winner'': 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 *

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: **''Winner'': 2015, 2017 *

Coupe de la Ligue The Coupe de la Ligue (), known outside France as the French League Cup, was a knockout cup competition in French football organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel. The tournament was established in 1993 and, unlike the Coupe de France ...

: **''Winner'': 2014 Individual Awards * All-Star Team as best Right Wing at the

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: 2020

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Flippes, Laura 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Strasbourg French female handball players European champions for France Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in handball Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic handball players for France 21st-century French sportswomen Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for France French expatriate handball players in Romania Metz Handball players