Samuel Honrubia

Samuel Honrubia
Personal information
Born (1986-07-05) 5 July 1986
Béziers, France
Nationality French
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Left wing
Youth career
Team
Montagnac HB
HBC Clermont-Salagou
CREPS Montpellier
Senior clubs
Years Team
2001–2012
Montpellier Handball
2012–2016
PSG Handball
2016–2019
Tremblay Handball
2019–2021
Pays d'Aix Université Club
2021–
Istres Provence Handball
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2017
France 87 (198)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2012 London Team
World Championship
2011 Sweden
2015 Qatar
European Championship
2014 Denmark

Samuel Honrubia (born 5 July 1986)[1] is a former French handball player, who competed for and the French national team. He has competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where France won the gold medal and at the 2015 World Championship and 2011 World Championship where France also won gold medals.[2]

Career

Honrubia started playing handball at Racing Club Montagnac. His senior debut came for Montpellier HB, where he played until 2012. In 2012 he joined PSG Handball.[3] Here he won the French Championship in 2013, 2015 and 2016, as wella s the 2014 and 2015 French Cup.

In 2016 he joined Tremblay-en-France Handball.[4] He retired in 2019, but reconsidered and joined Pays d'Aix Université Club.[5] In 2021 he joined Istres Provence Handball.[6]

National team

Honrubia played at the 2010 European Men's Handball Championship,[7] and at the 2014 European Men's Handball Championship, where he became European Championship.

References

  1. ^ "Samuel Honrubia". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  2. ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Französischer Nationalspieler für Paris" (in German). Handball-world. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Bingo s'en va, Honrubia et Pitre arrivent" (in French). handnews.fr. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Comeback von Olympiasieger: Füchse-Gegner Aix en Provence verstärkt Kader" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  6. ^ "A Istres, Samuel Honrubia veut faire durer le plaisir" (in French). handzone.net. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  7. ^ cms.eurohandball.com, abgerufen am 7. Januar 2010 (PDF; 347 kB)