Tamara Horacek
| Tamara Horacek | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Horacek in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Tamara Horaček | ||
| Born |
5 November 1995 Požega, Croatia | ||
| Nationality | French | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | RK Krim | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2013–2017 | Metz Handball | ||
2017–2020 | Paris 92 | ||
2020–2021 | Siófok KC | ||
2021–2023 | Metz Handball | ||
2023–2024 | Neptunes de Nantes | ||
2024– | RK Krim | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016– | France[1] | 97 | (193) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2024[2] | |||
Tamara Horacek (born Horaček; 5 November 1995) is a Croatian-born French handball player for RK Krim.[3]
With the French national team she won a gold medal at the 2023 World Championship, 2 silver medals at the 2016 Olympic games and at the 2021 World Championship and a bronze medal at the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship.
Career
[edit]Horacek made her senior debut at the of 17 in the 2013-14 season for Metz Handball and won the French championship and cup in her first senior season.[4] In 2015-16 she won her second league title, playing 10 matches and scoring 5 goals.[5]
In 2017 she joined Paris 92. In 2020 she joined Siófok KC.[6] A year later she returned to Metz Handball.[7] Here she won the 2022 and 2023 league and cup doubles.
In 2023 she joined Neptunes de Nantes.[8] A year later she joined RK Krim.[3]
National Team
[edit]Horacek made her debut for the French national team in a qualification matchforthe 2016 European Women's Handball Championship 30-26 win against Iceland. Horacek scored two goals in the match.[9]
At the 2016 Olympics she was named as a French reserved. She entered the tournament in the semifinals to replace the injured Chloé Bulleux. She won silver medals with the French team, when they lost to Russia 19-22 in the final.[10][11]
At the 2016 European Championship she was a part of the team from the start. After losing to Norway in the Semifinals and beating Denmark in the third place play-off she won a bronze medal.[12]
At the 2021 World Championship she won silver medals.[13] Two years later she won the title at the 2023 World Championship.[14]
At the 2024 Olympics she won silver medals.[15]
Private
[edit]Her mother is Vesna Horaček, former Croatian international right back player.[16]
Achievements
[edit]Club
[edit]- EHF European League:
- French league:
- Winner: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2022 (with Metz Handball)
- French Cup (Coupe de France):
- Winner: 2017, 2022 (with Metz Handball)
National team
[edit]- Olympic Games:
- 2016:
Silver
- 2016:
- World Championship:
- European Championship:
- Junior World Championship:
- 2014: 5th
References
[edit]- ^ "Tamara Horacek" (in French). French Handball Federation. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ "Women's EHF EURO 2024: Official Squad Lists" (PDF). ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Tamara Horaček follows her mother's golden path". RK Krim. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "Tamara Horacek veut se faire un prénom..." (in French). Le Républicain Lorrain. 28 September 2014.
- ^ "Tamara Horacek". handlfh.org. Ligue féminine de handball. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ "Újabb korábbi Fradi-kézis kötött ki Siófokon" (in Hungarian). 24.hu. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "Transferts : Tamara Horacek (Siofok) à Metz" (in French). L’Équipe. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Les Neptunes des Nantes verpflichten französische Nationalspielerin" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ "Les bleues sans forcer" (in French). handnews.fr. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "La Française Tamara Horacek remplace Chloé Bulleux pour la finale olympique de hand féminin" (in French). L’Équipe. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Tamara Horacek (handball), l'invitée surprise de la finale" (in French). Le Républicain Lorrain. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "2016 European Championship roster" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ "16:4-Spurt im Finale der Handball-WM der Frauen: Norwegen krönt sich gegen Frankreich zum Weltmeister" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Team cumulative statistics France" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ "Paris 2024: Medallists" (PDF). olympics.com. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Tamara Horacek veut se faire un prénom..." (in French). Le Républicain lorrain. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ "2016 European Championship roster" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
External links
[edit]
- Tamara Horacek at the European Handball Federation
- Tamara Horacek at the Ligue Féminine de Handball (in French)
- Tamara Horacek at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in French)
- Tamara Horacek at Team France (in French)
- Tamara Horacek at Olympedia
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- French female handball players
- People from Požega, Croatia
- Sportspeople from Požega-Slavonia County
- French expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
- Croatian emigrants to France
- Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players for France
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- French expatriate handball players in Hungary
- Expatriate handball players in Slovenia
- 21st-century French sportswomen
- French people of Croatian descent
- Metz Handball players