Olivier Krumbholz

Career

Krumbholz played in his active years for SMEC Metz. He played 9 matches for the French national team.

His first coaching position at the age of 28 was at the Division 1 Feminine team ASPTT Metz. Here, he was between 1986 and 1995. In that time, he won French Championship in 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, and 1995 and the French cup in 1990 and 1994.

In 1992, he became the coach of the France women's junior team.

In 1998, he upgraded from the youth national team to the senior national team. In his first major international tournament, the 1999 World Women's Handball Championship, he won silver medals with the French team.

He led the French team to victory at the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship in Croatia, which was the first ever French gold at any major international tournament. Later coached the team at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics.

He was coach for the French team at the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship in China, where the French team has reached the final, where they lost to Russia 22:25.

He left the position in 2013, to be replaced by Alain Portes, and in turn replaced Portes again, when he returned to the French national team in 2016. In his first tournament back he won silver medals at the 2016 Olympics. A year later, he won the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship. In 2018 he won the 2018 European Women's Handball Championship at home, which was France's first ever European Championship.

At the 2020 Olympics, he completed his collection of major tournament wins, when he won gold medals at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

After the 2024 Olympics, where he won silver medals with the French team, he retired from the French national team.

He was replaced by his former assistant from 2016 to 2024, Sébastien Gardillou.

Personal life

He is married to former French international handball player Corinne Krumbholz, who he coached at Metz Handball.

References

References

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12. "L'Entretien du Lundi - Corinne Krumbholz : « Une révolution »". [[Fédération française de handball]].