Léna Grandveau
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Beaune, France
| Léna Grandveau | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
21 January 2003 Beaune, France | ||
| Nationality | French | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Metz Handball | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2008-2017 | Beaune Handball | ||
2017-2020 | Chevigny-St-Sauveur | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2020–2022 | Bourg-de-Péage Drôme | ||
2022–2024 | Neptunes de Nantes | ||
2024– | Metz Handball | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022- | France | 51 | (79) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 27 October 2025 | |||
Léna Grandveau (born 21 January 2003)[1] is a French female handball player for Metz Handball and the French national team.[2] She is a world champion from 2023.[3]
Grandveau started her career at Bourg-de-Péage Drôme, before joining Neptunes de Nantes in 2022.[4] Due to Nantes' financial trouble, she joined Metz Handball in 2024.[5] Here she won the 2025 French Championship and Coupe de France.
International career
Grandveau represented France in the 2019 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship, where she received bronze.[6] She was awarded to the All-Star Team, as best Centre back of the tournament.[7]
She debuted for the French senior national team on 30 October 2022 in a 31:28 win against Poland. With France she won the 2023 World Championship.[3] At the 2024 Olympics at home soil she won silver medals, losing to Norway in the final.[8]
For the 2025 World Championship she won bronze medals losing to Germany in the semifinal and beating Netherlands in extra time in the third place playoff.[9]
Achievements
- World Championship:
- Youth European Championship:
- Bronze Medalist: 2019
