Benoît Kounkoud

Benoît Kounkoud
Personal information
Born (1997-02-19) 19 February 1997
Versailles, France
Nationality French
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Right wing
Club information
Current club Industria Kielce
Number 11
Senior clubs
Years Team
2014–2022
 Paris Saint-Germain
2022–
 Industria Kielce
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–
 France 65 (95)
Medal record
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place2025 Croatia/Denmark/Norway
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2024 Germany
Youth World Championship
Gold medal – first place2015 Russia
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 14 January 2026

Benoît Kounkoud (born 19 February 1997) is a French handball player for Industria Kielce and the French national team.[1]

He participated at the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.[2]

At the 2025 World Championship he won bronze medals with France, losing to Croatia in the semifinal and beating Portugal in the third place playoff.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "EHF Profile". Retrieved 18 January 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ "2016 European Championship roster" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Orup Kristensen, Oliver (2 February 2025). "Sindssyg afslutning på dramatisk bronzekamp" [Insane finish to bronze match] (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
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