Nodjialem Myaro
| Nodjialem Myaro | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Myaro in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
5 September 1976 (age 49) N'Djamena, Chad | ||
| Nationality | French | ||
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1991–1995 | Toulouse Cheminot Marengo Sport | ||
1995–2002 | ASPTT Metz | ||
2002–2003 | Ikast-Bording Elite Håndbold | ||
2003–2005 | KIF Kolding | ||
2005–2006 | Le Havre AC Handball | ||
2006–2007 | Handball Plan-de-Cuques | ||
2007–2009 | HBC Saint Pierre à la Réunion | ||
2010–2013 | OGC Nice Côte d'Azur Handball | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996-2013[1] | France | 151 | (499) |
Medal record | |||
Nodjialem Myaro (born 5 September 1976 in N'Djamena, Chad) is a French handball player. She won silver at the 1999 World Championship and gold in 2003.[1] She also competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.[2]
She was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023.[3]
Career
Myaro started playing handball in 1991 at Toulouse Cheminot Marengo Sport. In 1995 she joined ASPTT Metz. With Metz she won 5 times the French championship, 4 years in a row from 1996 to 2000 and again in 2002. She also won the 1998 and 1999 French Cup.
In the 2002-03 season she played for Danish club Ikast-Bording Elite Håndbold. Here she came second in both the Danish Cup and the Danish League. After a season she joined league rivals KIF Kolding. In 2005 she returned to France and joined Le Havre AC Handball, where she won the French Cup again. In 2006 she joined Handball Plan-de-Cuques. A year later she joined HBC Saint Pierre à la Réunion, where she played for two years. She then took a maternity leave, before joining OGC Nice Côte d'Azur Handball.[1] Here she played for three years before retiring.[1][4]
National team
Myaro made her debut for the French National Team on 4 Octover 1996 in a match against Austria.[1] 1997 Mediterranean Games she won gold medals. Later the same year she represented France at the 1997 World Championship, where France finished 6th.
Two years later she played at the 1999 World Women's Handball Championship, where France won silver medals, losing to Norway, and Myaro was included in the tournament all star team.[5]
At the 2000 European Women's Handball Championship she finished 5th with France.[2]
In 2001 she won her second gold medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games. The same year she and France finished 5th at the 2001 World Championship.[6]
At the 2002 European Women's Handball Championship she won a bronze medal, losing to Norway in the semifinal and beating Russia in the third-place playoff.[7]
The year after she won the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship with France.[1][8] In the final against Hungary, France were down by 7 goals, but managed to take the game to extra time, where they won 32-29.[9]
Her last tournament with France was the 2004 Olympics, where France lost the third place play-off to Ukraine.[1][2]
Post playing career
Since 2013 she is the president of the Ligue Féminine de Handball, the governing body of women's professional handball in France.[1] Since 2021 she is also a member of the Executive committee of the EHF as representative of Women's Handball Board.[10][11]
She has also worked as a handball commentator on French TV.[5]
Private life
Born in Chad, Myaro moved to Toulouse at the age of two due to instability in Chad.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Nodjialem MYARO, présidente de la Ligue féminine de handball" (PDF) (in French). handlfh.org. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nodjialem Myaro". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
- ^ "LEGENDARY PLAYERS ENTER THE HALL OF FAME OF EUROPEAN HANDBALL". www.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Nodjialem Myaro, un bon bras pour le handball français". jeuneafrique.com (in French). Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Hall of Fame: Nodjialem Myaro". EHF. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
- ^ "2021 World Championship - 5th place playoff match report" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 March 2003. Retrieved 13 March 2003.
- ^ 2002 bronze match - match report
- ^ "XVI. – 2003 – CRO" (PDF). p. 49. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Le Top 5 des plus belles victoires du handball féminin français" (in French). equipe.fr. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ "Nodjialem Myaro réélue présidente de la Ligue féminine de handball" (in French). L'Equipe. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ eurohandball.com: EHF Commissions: Executive Committee (EXEC), retrieved 12 February 2021
External links
- Nodjialem Myaro at the European Handball Federation
- Nodjialem Myaro at Olympics.com
- Nodjialem Myaro at Olympedia
- Nodjialem Myaro at InterSportStats