Cléopatre Darleux

Cléopatre Darleux (French pronunciation: [kleɔpatʁ daʁlø]; born 1 July 1989) is a French handball goalkeeper for Brest Bretagne Handball and the French national team.^[1][2]

Cléopatre Darleux
Darleux in 2017
Personal information
Born	(1989-07-01) 1 July 1989 (age 34) Wittenheim, France
Nationality	French
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Brest Bretagne Handball
Number	16
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1997–2002	Wittenheim/Ensisheim
2003–2004	Kingersheim
2005–2006	ES Besançon
2007–2009	Issy les Moulineaux
2009–2011	Metz Handball
2011–2012	Arvor 29
2012–2014	Viborg HK
2014–2016	Nice Handball
2016–	Brest Bretagne Handball
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–	France	200	(5)
Medal record Olympic Games 2021 Tokyo World Championship 2017 Germany 2009 China 2011 Brazil 2021 Spain European Championship 2020 Denmark Mediterranean Games 2009 Pescara

She won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic title in the history of France's national team. She also competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, where France finished in fifth place.^[3]

Darleux also became World Champion in 2017^[4] and won three silver medals, at the 2009, 2011 and 2021 World Women's Handball Championships. Runner-up at the 2020 European Championship, she was awarded Best Goalkeeper at the 2022 edition.^[5]

Achievements

Club

International

• EHF Champions League
  • Finalist: 2021 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)

• EHF Cup Winners' Cup
  • Winner: 2014 (with Viborg HK)

Domestic

• French league:
  • Winner: 2011 (with Metz Handball), 2012 (with Arvor 29) and 2021 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
  • Runner up: 2017, 2018 and 2022 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
  • Tied 1st: 2020 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)

• French Cup (Coupe de France):
  • Winner: 2010 (with Metz Handball), 2018 and 2021 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)

• French Women's League Cup Championship (Coupe de la Ligue):
  • Winner: 2010 and 2011 (with Metz Handball), 2012 (with Arvor 29)
  • Runner up: 2016 (with OGC Nice)
• Danish league (Damehåndboldligaen):
  • Winner: 2014 (with Viborg HK)
• Danish Cup:
  • Winner: 2013 (with Viborg HK)

National team

• Olympic Games
  • 2012: 5th
  • 2020:   Gold

• World Championship:
  • 2009:   Silver
  • 2011:   Silver
  • 2013: 6th
  • 2017:   Gold
  • 2021:   Silver

• European Championship
  • 2008: 14th
  • 2010: 5th
  • 2012: 9th
  • 2020:   Silver
  • 2022: 4th
• Other senior competitions
  •   Gold at the Mediterranean Games in 2009
  •   Bronze at the GF World Cup in 2008
  •   Gold at the Tournoi de Paris Île-de-France [fr] in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2017
• Junior competitions
  •   Bronze at the European Women's U-17 Handball Championship in 2005
  • 4th at the IHF Women's Youth World Championship (U18) in 2006
  • 5th at the European Women's U-19 Handball Championship in 2007
  • 7th at the IHF Women's Junior World Championship (U20) in 2008

Individual awards

• French Championship
  • MVP / Best player: 2018^[6]
  • Best Goalkeeper (2): 2012 and 2018^[7]
  • Player of the month (6): March 2016,^[8] October 2016,^[9] April 2017,^[10] March 2018,^[11] September 2018,^[12] January 2022^[13]
• European Championship
  • Best Goalkeeper: 2022^[14]
• Other:
  • 2nd biggest champion of the year selected by L'Équipe in 2021^[15]

Honors

• Inducted into the Legion of Honor with the rank of Chevalier: 2021^[16]

References

1. (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
2. EHF profile
3. Cléopatre Darleux at Olympics.com  
4. "Teams Roaster – France" (PDF). XXIII Women's World Championship 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
5. "L'Alsacienne Cléopatre Darleux désignée meilleure gardienne de l'Euro". L'Alsace. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
6. "Cléopâtre Darleux élue MVP du Championnat de France 2017-2018". L'Équipe. Retrieved 2021-08-28..
7. "All-Star LFH - Le palmarès complet de la saison 2017-18". Ligue féminine de handball. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018..
8. "Mars 2016 : Cléopâtre DARLEUX, joueuse du mois de mars !". Ligue féminine de handball. 2016-04-26. Retrieved 2022-02-07..
9. . 2016-11-14. Archived from the original on 2022-02-07. Retrieved 2022-02-07..
10. "La Brestoise, Cléopatre Darleux, meilleure joueuse du mois d'Avril en LFH - autres - handball". newsouest.fr. Retrieved 2022-02-07..
11. "Cléopatre Darleux élue meilleure joueuse du mois de mars". Ouest-France. 12 April 2018..
12. "Septembre 2018 : Cléopatre DARLEUX, Joueuse du mois !". Ligue féminine de handball. 2018-10-10. Retrieved 2022-02-07..
13. "Trophée FDJ - Cleopatre Darleux élue meilleure joueuse du mois de janvier". Ligue féminine de handball. Retrieved 2022-02-07..
14. "MVP Reistad leads EHF EURO 2022 All-Star Team". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
15. "Cléopatre Darleux, 2e du Championne des championnes 2021 France : l'année de toutes les émotions". L'Équipe. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
16. "Décret portant nomination". legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 13 September 2021.

External links

• Cléopâtre Darleux at the European Handball Federation 
• Cléopâtre Darleux at the Ligue Féminine de Handball (in French) 
• Cléopâtre Darleux at Olympics.com 
• Cléopâtre Darleux at Olympedia 
• at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in French) 
• Cléopâtre Darleux at Team France (in French)