2003 World Women's Handball Championship
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2003 Women's World Champions
 
France
France women's national handball team
The France women's national handball team is the national team of France. It is governed by the Fédération Française de Handball and takes part in international team handball competitions.- Olympic games :* 2000 : 6th* 2004 : 4th* 2008 : 5th...


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Team Roster
Stéphanie Cano
Stéphanie Cano
Stéphanie Cano is a French handball player who has played for the French national team. She participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China, where the French team placed fifth.-References:...

, Joanne Dudziak
Joanne Dudziak
Joanne Dudziak is a French handball goalkeeper. She has played for the club HBC Nîmes and for the French national team.She became World Champion in 2003, when France won the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship in Croatia....

, Myriame Said Mohamed, Isabelle Cendier Ajaguin
Isabelle Cendier Ajaguin
Isabelle Cendier Ajaguin is a French team handball player. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where the French team placed sixth. She also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where France placed fourth.-References:...

, Sophie Herbrecht
Sophie Herbrecht
Sophie Herbrecht is a French handball player. She has played for the club Entente Sportive Besançon and for the French national team....

, Estelle Vogein
Estelle Vogein
Estelle Vogein is a French team handball player. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where the French team placed fourth.-References:...

, Leila Lejeune, Isabelle Wendling
Isabelle Wendling
Isabelle Wendling is a French handball player and member of a former World Champion French national team....

, Sandrine Delerce, Myriam Borg-Korfanty, Mélinda Jacques-Szabo, Stéphanie Ludwig, Nodjialem Myaro
Nodjialem Myaro
Nodjialem Myaro is a French handball player who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics.-References:...

, Valérie Nicolas
Valérie Nicolas
Valérie Nicolas is a French handball goalkeeper and former player of the French national team. She became World Champion in 2003 with the French team, and was also voted Most Valuable Player and Best Goalkeeper. She was voted into the All-Star Team in the 2007 World Championship...

, Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland
Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland
Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland is a French former handballer who played for the French national team. She received a gold medal at the 2003 World Championship and a silver medal at the 1999 World Championship. She won the Cup Winners' Cup with ES Besançon in 2003.Pecqueux-Rolland made her debut with...

, Raphaëlle Tervel
Raphaëlle Tervel
Raphaëlle Tervel is a French handball player who plays for the Spanish club SD Itxako. She was born in Besançon.She made her debut with the national team in 1998. She won gold medals with the French team at the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship in Croatia. She competed at the Summer...

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Head Coach: Olivier Krumbholz
Olivier Krumbholz
Olivier Krumbholz is a French handball coach, and head coach for the France women's national handball team. He brought the French team to victory at the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship in Croatia, and has later coached the team at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics.He...

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All Star Team

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Top Goalkeepers

Rank Name Team % Saves Shots
1 Joanne Dudziak
Joanne Dudziak
Joanne Dudziak is a French handball goalkeeper. She has played for the club HBC Nîmes and for the French national team.She became World Champion in 2003, when France won the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship in Croatia....

47% 57 122
2 Heidi Tjugum
Heidi Tjugum
Heidi Marie Tjugum is a Norwegian team handball player and goalkeeper, and World Champion from 1999. She was born in Drammen. She received a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She received a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney...

46% 66 145
3 Cecilie Leganger
Cecilie Leganger
Cecilie Leganger is a Norwegian team handball goalkeeper, World champion, Olympic medalist, European champion, winner of Champions League, and World Player of the year 2001.-International championships:...

43% 89 207
Lene Rantala
Lene Rantala
Lene Rantala is a Danish team handball player, currently playing for the Norwegian club Larvik HK.She debuted on the Danish national team on 14 February 1991, and has since played 226 matches for Denmark...

21 49
5 Katalin Pálinger 42% 141 336
6 Tatiana Alizar 41% 58 141
7 Ildiko Barbu 40% 34 84
Irina Sirina
Irina Sirina
Irina Sirina is a former Hungarian international handball player and current goalkeeping coach of Siófok KC. She participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she placed fifth with the Hungarian national team....

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9 Luminita Dinu 39% 93 239
Valérie Nicolas
Valérie Nicolas
Valérie Nicolas is a French handball goalkeeper and former player of the French national team. She became World Champion in 2003 with the French team, and was also voted Most Valuable Player and Best Goalkeeper. She was voted into the All-Star Team in the 2007 World Championship...

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Top goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals Shots %
1 Bojana Radulović 97 170 57%
2 Olena Tsygitsa
Olena Tsygitsa
Olena Tsygitsa is a Ukrainian team handball player. She received a bronze medal with the Ukrainian national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-References:...

66 120 55%
3 Bojana Petrović 58 104 56%
4 Susana Fraile Celaya 50 116 43%
5 Zsuzsanna Lovasz 48 68 71%
6 Montserrat Puche Díaz 47 84 56%
7 Grit Jurack
Grit Jurack
Grit Jurack is a German team handball player, playing on the German women's national handball team. She was Top Scorer in the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship and included on the All-Star Team., and also obtained bronze medal in the championship.She won the Champions League with Viborg HK...

46 90 51%
8 Woo Sun-Hee
Woo Sun-Hee
Woo Sun-Hee is a female South Korean handball player.In 2003, Woo competed in the World Women's Handball Championship held in Croatia and led her team to the bronze medal. She was finally named to the All-Star team of the competition. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won the silver medal with the...

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9 Ausra Fridrikas
Ausra Fridrikas
Ausra Fridrikas is an Austrian handball player and World champion from 1990. She first played for Soviet Union, later for Lithuania and finally for Austria. She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 1999 by the International Handball Federation...

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10 Elodie Mambo 43 86 50%
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