Debbie Bont

Debbie Bont is a Dutch handball former player and current coach. Since July 2024 she has been the coach at the Dutch team Garage Kil/Volendam. As a player, she featured in the Dutch national team. In 2019 she became a World Champion with the Dutch team.

Career

Bont played in the Netherlands for HC Volendam and VOC Amsterdam. With VOC Amsterdam she won the 2008, 2009 and 2010 Dutch championship, 2009 and 2010 Dutch cup and 2008 and 2010 Dutch supercup.
In January 2012 she joined Danish side FC Midtjylland Håndbold, where she only played for 6 months before joining HC Leipzig for the 2012-13 season. Here she won the 2014 DHB-Pokal.
In 2014 she joined Dutch side SV Dalfsen. In July 2015 she moved back to Denmark and joined København Håndbold. Here she won the 2018 Danish championship; the first title in the history of the club.
In 2020 she joined French team Metz Handball. Here she won the 2022 and 2023 French championship and Cup double. She left the club in 2023.

National team

Bont debuted for the Dutch national team on March 7th 2009 against Spain.
She represented the Netherlands in six World Championships, one edition of the Olympic Games and in five European Championships.
She retired from the Dutch national team in 2022, one year before stopping at club level. She played 216 games for the Dutch team, scoring 425 goals.