Estelle Nze Minko

Estelle Nze Minko (born 11 August 1991) is a French professional handball player for Győri ETO KC and the French national team. She is an Olympic champion from 2021, world champion from 2017 and 2023, and a European champion from 2018.

Career Nze Minko started playing handball at the age of 12 at Saint-Julien-de-Concelles. In 2009 she joined Toulouse Féminin Handball where she played for a season before joining Mios Biganos. With Mios-Biganos, she won the 2011 EHF Challenge Cup.

In 2012, she joined Handball Cercle Nîmes. A year later she returned to Nantes Handball. In 2015, she joined Fleury Loiret HB for a single season. Here she won the French league cup.

In 2016, she joined Hungarian side Siófok KC. Here she won the 2019 EHF Cup. The following summer she joined league rivals Győri ETO KC. Here she won the 2021 Hungarian Cup, the 2022 and 2023 Hungarian championship, and the 2024 EHF Champions League.

National team With the French youth team Nze Minko won gold medals at the 2007 U17 European Championship.

She debuted for the French national team on October 24th against Slovakia. Her first major international tournament was the 2014 European Championship.

A year later she was part of the French team at the 2015 World Championship. She scored 24 goals during the tournament.

In 2016, she played at both the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 European Championship. At the Olympics she won silvermedals and at the European Championship she won bronze medals.

At the 2017 World Championship she won her first title with France.

At the 2020 European Championship, she won silver medals with the French team, losing the final to Norway. Scoring 26 goals, she was included in the tournament all-star team.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, she won Gold medals with the French team.

At the 2023 she won gold medals at a World Championship for a second time.

At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, she won silver medals with the French team and was once again included in the all-star team.

Achievements EHF Champions League: Winner: 2024, 2025 EHF Cup: Winner: 2019 Hungarian Championship Winner: 2022, 2023, 2025 Hungarian Cup Winner: 2021

Individual awards All-Star left back of the Summer Olympics: 2024 All-Star Left Back of the Møbelringen Cup: 2018 MVP of the EHF Cup Final: 2019 Chevalier in the French Legion of Honour: 2021 Chevalier of the French Ordre national du Mérite: 2016

Personal life Born in France, Nze Minko is of Gabonese descent. On 11 September 2025, Nze Minko announced her pregnancy. Her son, Liam was born on 14 March 2026.