Pauline Coatanea


Pauline Coatanea is a French handball player who plays for Brest Bretagne Handball and the French national team as a right wing.
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Career

Coatanea started playing handball aged 8 at Locmaria Handball, where she played together with Maud-Éva Copy. In 2011 she joined Arvor 29. Between 2010 and 2012 she played 6 senior matches in the League.
In 2012 she joined second league team Nantes Loire Atlantique Handball. She won the French second league 2013, and was promoted to the first league. In 2015-16 she played in the EHF Cup for the first time in club history, reaching the third round. In 2017 she rejoined Brest Bretagne HB. Here she won the 2018 and 2021 French Cup and the 2021 French championship.

National team

Coatanea debuted for the French national team on 16 March 2017 against Denmark. With the French team she won the 2018 European Championship on home soil. In the final against Russia, she scored one single goal.
A year later at the 2019 World Championship she and the French team disappointed by finished 13th.
At the 2018 European Championship she reached the final with the French team, losing to Norway.
At the 2020 Olympics she won gold medals with the French team. During the tournament she scored 20 goals.

Achievements

Club

International

Domestic

French league:

National team

Olympic Games

Individual awards

Honors

the Legion of Honor with the rank of Chevalier: 2021