Pauline Coatanea

Pauline Coatanea (born 6 July 1993) is a French handball player who plays for Brest Bretagne Handball and the French national team as a right wing.

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. 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 2020 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

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

Domestic

French league: Winner : 2021 (with Brest Bretagne Handball) Runner up: 2022 (with Brest Bretagne Handball) Tied 1st: 2020 (with Brest Bretagne Handball) French Cup (Coupe de France): Winner : 2018 and 2021 (with Brest Bretagne Handball) Runner up: 2019 (with Brest Bretagne Handball) French League Cup (Coupe de la Ligue): Runner up: 2011 (with Arvor 29) French 2nd division league (Division 2 Féminine): Winner : 2013 (with Nantes Loire Atlantique Handball)

National team

Olympic Games 2020: European Championship 2018: 2020: 2022: 4th Junior competitions 10th at the European Women's U-19 Handball Championship in 2011 at the IHF Women's Junior World Championship (U20) in 2012

Individual awards All-Star Team Right Wing of the Junior World Championship: 2012 Championnat de France: Best Right Wing: 2018, 2020 7 Majeur de la semaine (Best 7 Players of the week): Day 8 & 10 of Season 2018/19

Honors Inducted into the Legion of Honor with the rank of Chevalier: 2021