PINEAU Allison

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
5	Women	2012	London, GBR

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2017	Germany
2	Women	2011	Brazil
2	Women	2009	People's Republic of China
5	Women	2007	France
6	Women	2013	Serbia
7	Women	2015	Denmark
13	Women	2019	Japan

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2018	France
3	Women	2016	Sweden

Bingo (Facebook page, 09 Jul 2016)

Travelling, reading, music. (allisonpineau.com, 2020)

Athlete

Business Administration, Finance - EDHEC Business School, France

English, French

ZRK Buducnost [Podgorica, MNE]

Olivier Krumbholz [national], FRA

Centre back (Facebook page, 09 Jul 2016)

She won a national youth table tennis title while at school. (NOC Media Guide, 2016)

2007 for France Against People's Republic of China, in Nantes, France (leprogres.fr, 25 Feb 2012)

She sustained a double fracture in her nose while playing a Champions League match in November 2020. The injury prevented her from competing at the 2020 European Championship in Denmark. (lequipe.fr, 15 Nov 2020)

In 2020 she underwent abdomen surgery. (leparisien.fr, 01 Jun 2020)

In July 2016 she suffered an ankle injury during a training camp with the national team in Contrexeville, France, and was expected to be out for three weeks. (handnews.fr, 07 Jul 2016; handlfh.org, 09 Jul 2016)

In December 2011 she ruptured the cruciate ligament in her left knee in the semifinals of the 2011 World Championship in Brazil, which ruled her out of the final that France ultimately lost. She returned in time for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (sports.orange.fr, 07 Jul 2012, eurosport.fr, 07 Mar 2012)

Prva Liga [MNE] (ffhandball.fr, 05 Jul 2021)

She took up the sport as a child in Paris, France. (allisonpineau.com, 21 Mar 2016)

After starting off in ballet, she was noticed on a school sports holiday by a handball player and encouraged to take up the sport. (allisonpineau.com, 21 Mar 2016)

Winning silver at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (YouTube channel, 10 May 2021)

French sprinter Marie-Jose Perec, French swimmer Laure Manaudou. (YouTube channel, 10 May 2021)

Her family. (allisonpineau.com, 21 Mar 2016)

"[On sport] It's second nature to me. I have it in my blood, I live sport even when I'm not playing handball. I'm interested in all sports." (allisonpineau.com, 2020)

"In a team sport, our own progress takes on meaning when we share it with our teammates. Develop to give. This is how I have evolved and this is how I want to continue my journey on and off the court." (allisonpineau.com, 2020)

She was named the Best Centre Back at the world championships in 2009 and 2011. (handball-planet.com, 21 Feb 2012)

She was named Player of the Year by the International Handball Federation [IHF] in 2009. (handball-planet.com, 21 Feb 2012)