Béatrice Edwige

Béatrice Edwige
Edwige in 2018
Personal information
Born (1988-10-03) 3 October 1988
Paris, France
Nationality French
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Ikast Håndbold
Number 24
Senior clubs
Years Team
2004–2009
 Celles-sur-Belle
2009–2014
 Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Handball
2014–2016
 OGC Nice Côte d'Azur Handball
2016–2019
 Metz Handball
2019–2021
 Győri ETO KC
2021–02/2022
 Rostov-Don
03/2022–2025
 Ferencvárosi TC
09/2025–12/2025
 Ikast Håndbold
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2024
 France 148 (112)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo Team
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
2017 Germany
2021 Spain
European Championship
2018 France
2020 Denmark
2016 Sweden

Béatrice Edwige (born 3 October 1988) is a French handball player, who previously played for Ikast Håndbold and the French national team.[1]

Career

Edwige was born in Paris and grew up in French Guiana. She moved back to France when she was eleven.[2] Here she played for HBC Celles-sur-Belle from 2004 to 2009.[3] She then joined 1. division side Cercle Dijon Bourgogne.[4] When the team was relegated in 2013, she stayed at the club despite an active release clause.[5]

In the summer of 2014 she joined OGC Nice Côte d'Azur Handball,[6] where she played for 2 years before joining Metz Handball.[7] Here she won the French Championship in 2017, 2018 and 2019 and the French Cup in 2017 nd 2019.

In 2019 she joined Hungarian side Győri ETO KC.[8] Here she won the Hungarian Cup in 2021. Afterwards she joined Russian side Rostov-Don.[9] Already in February in her first season she left Rostov-Don due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and moved back to Hungary. Here she joined Ferencvárosi TC on loan, where she once again won the Hungarian Cup.[10] After the season she joined Ferencváros on a permanent basis.[11]

In the 2022-23 season she won the Hungarian Cup for a third time, although Edwige was out with a cruciate ligament tear from the end of 2022 and the rest of the season.[12] After her comeback she won the Hungarian Championship in 2024 and the Hungarian Cup in 2024 and 2025.

In September 2025 she joined Danish side Ikast Håndbold.[13][14]

National team

Edwige made her debut for the French national team in a qualification game for the 2013 World Championship.

Her first major international tournament was the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship in Denmark.[15]

At the 2016 Olympics she won silver medals, losing to Russia in the final. Later the same year, she won bronze medals at the 2016 European Championship.[16] At this occasion she was part of the tournament all star team as the best defender.[17]

At the 2017 World Championship she won her first title with France.[18] A year later she won the 2018 European Championship on home soil. This was the first time France won the tournament.[19] She scored 38 goals during the tournament.[20]

At the 2020 European Championship she was part of the French team that won silver medals, losing to Norway in the final.[21] She scored 2 goals during the tournament.

At the 2021 Olympics she was part of the French team that won Gold medals, the first for France.[22] Edwige scored 4 goals during the tournament.[23] Later the same year she won silver medals at the 2021 World Championship, once again losing to Norway in the final.[24][25]

Achievements

Individual awards

References

  1. ^ EHF profile
  2. ^ "Béatrice Edwige, ministre de la défense". La Semaine.fr. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  3. ^ "On se méfie du traquenard" (in French). lanouvellerepublique.fr. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Béatrice Edwige quitte le Cercle Dijon Bourgogne" (in French). dijon-sportnews.fr. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Officiel. Béatrice Edwige reste à Dijon" (in French). handlfh.org. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  6. ^ "L'OGC Nice handball recrute la gardienne de l'équipe de France". france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Metz mit namhaften Neuzugang - Vereinsikone beendet Karriere" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Hand: Béatrice Edwige (Metz) signe au club hongrois de Györ" (in French). lunion.fr. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Беатрис Эдвиж – игрок «Ростов-Дона»!" (in Russian). rostovhandball.ru. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Női kézi: Béatrice Edwige a Ferencvároshoz igazolt" (in Hungarian). nemzetisport.hu. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Szerződést hosszabbított Béatrice Edwige!" (in Hungarian). fradi.hu. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Saisonaus für Olympiasiegerin Beatrice Edwige" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  13. ^ "Béatrice Edwige et Ferencváros, clap de fin !" (in French). handnews.fr. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  14. ^ "EM, VM og OL-vinder tilføres truppen i Ikast Håndbold" (in Danish). ikasthåndbold.dk. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  15. ^ "XXII Women's World Championships 2015, Denmark. Team Roster France" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  16. ^ "Dänemark dreht nach Fehlstart auf, aber Frankreich holt Bronze" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  17. ^ "EM-Statistik: Naidzinavicius gewinnt Abwehr-Ranking, Woltering top bei Siebenmetern" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  18. ^ "23rd Women's World Championship 2017" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  19. ^ "French girls take European crown for the first time!". handball-planet.com. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  20. ^ GOALSCORERS at livecache.sportresult.com (Error: unknown archive URL) (archived (Date missing))
  21. ^ "Torhüterinnen dominieren Finale: Norwegen neuer Europameister" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  22. ^ "Doppel-Gold in Tokio: Frankreich holt sich auch bei den Frauen den Olympiasieg" (in German). handball-world.news. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  23. ^ "Cumulative Statistics: France" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  24. ^ "16:4-Spurt im Finale der Handball-WM der Frauen: Norwegen krönt sich gegen Frankreich zum Weltmeister" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  25. ^ "25th IHF Women's World Championship 2021" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
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