Handball - KRUMBHOLZ Olivier

He played for French first division club Metz for 10 years and represented France on 10 occasions. (sport-avenir.com, 16 Mar 2004)

He coached the France women's team to the silver medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He won world titles in 2003 and 2017, and also led the team to silver at the world championships in 1999, 2009 and 2011. At the European championships he guided the team to bronze in 2016, gold in 2018 and silver in 2020. (tellerreport.com, 11 Jan 2021; lequipe.fr, 30 Jun 2019; la-croix.com, 05 Dec 2018; sport24.lefigaro.fr, 18 Dec 2017; bmcbj.org, 27 Jul 2012)

He coached the ASPTT Metz women's team to five French national titles between 1989 and 1995. (ehf-euro.com, 01 Dec 2010)

In 2021 he was named as a Knight of the Order of Merit in France in recognition of his coaching career. (tellerreport.com, 11 Jan 2021)

In 2010 and 2018 he was named Coach of the Year in women's handball by the International Handball Federation [IHF]. (lequipe.fr, 30 Jun 2019)

2016

He was technical adviser to the French national team from 1984 to 1992, which he combined with a coaching role at the ASPTT Metz women's team from 1986 to 1995. He coached the French junior women's team from 1992 to 1998, and then had his first spell as head coach of the French women's team between 1998 and 2013.