French-British handball player (born 1986)
| Marie Gerbron |
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(1986-12-23) 23 December 1986 (age 37)
Harfleur, France |
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British / French |
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Great Britain |
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Marie Gerbron (born 23 December 1986, Harfleur[1]) is a French-British handball player.[2] She plays as a right winger.
She played for the British national team, and competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[3]
Club career
Gerbron began playing handball as a school child and won the French Cup in 2006.[4] From 2006 to 2009, she played with Le Havre AC, winning the Cup Winners' Cup three times.[5] In 2012, she was playing club handball with French second tier side Octeville.[6]
International career
Gerbron made her debut for Great Britain in 2010, qualifying for the team through her British mother.[7] She made her Olympic debut against Montenegro, scoring six goals in a 31-19 defeat.[8] She scored nine goals against Angola in the final game of the group stage. Great Britain lost all of their games in the tournament but media praised Gerbron's performances.[9]
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