{{short description|Dutch handball player (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Debbie Bont | image = Debbie Bont 2022-05-21.jpg | caption = Bont in 2022 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|12|9|df=y}} | birth_place = Edam-Volendam, Netherlands | nationality = Dutch | height = 1.75 m | position = Right wing | currentclub = | clubnumber = | years1 = | clubs1 = HC Volendam | years2 = {{0|0000}}–2012 | clubs2 = VOC Amsterdam | years3 = 2012 | clubs3 = FC Midtjylland Håndbold | years4 = 2012–2014 | clubs4 = HC Leipzig | years5 = 2014–2015 | clubs5 = SERCODAK Dalfsen | years6 = 2015–2020 | clubs6 = København Håndbold | years7 = 2020–2023 | clubs7 = Metz Handball | nationalyears1 = 2009–2022 | nationalteam1 = Netherlands | nationalcaps1 = 216 | nationalgoals1 = 425 | managerclubs1 = Garage Kil/Volendam | manageryears1 = 2024- | ntupdate = 5 August 2025 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|World Championship}} {{MedalGold|2019 Japan|}} {{MedalSilver|2015 Denmark|}} {{MedalBronze|2017 Germany|}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championship}} {{MedalSilver|2016 Sweden|}} {{MedalBronze|2018 France|}} }} '''Debbie Bont''' (born 9 December 1990) is a Dutch handball former player and current coach. Since July 2024 she has been the coach at the Dutch team Garage Kil/Volendam.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://handbalvolendam.nl/nieuws/debbie-bont-benoemd-tot-nieuwe-hoofdtrainer-garage-kil-volendam/ |publisher=handbalvolendam.nl|title=Debbie Bont benoemd tot nieuwe hoofdtrainer Garage Kil/Volendam|accessdate=27 February 2024|language=nl}}</ref> As a player, she featured in the Dutch national team.<ref>[https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/NltWHEYWgtHs2h756AC0RQ/debbie-bont/ EHF profile]</ref> In 2019 she became a World Champion with the Dutch team.
==Career== Bont played in the Netherlands for HC Volendam and VOC Amsterdam. With VOC Amsterdam she won the 2008, 2009 and 2010 Dutch championship, 2009 and 2010 Dutch cup and 2008 and 2010 Dutch supercup.
In January 2012 she joined Danish side FC Midtjylland Håndbold, where she only played for 6 months before joining HC Leipzig for the 2012-13 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-1-2-1-13908.html|publisher=handball-world.com|title=HCL verpflichtet niederländische Nationalspielerin|date=27 February 2012|accessdate=14 November 2013|language=de|archive-date=4 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160904053634/http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-1-2-1-13908.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Here she won the 2014 DHB-Pokal.
In 2014 she joined Dutch side SV Dalfsen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-1-2-1-20193.html|publisher=handball-world.com|title=Zukunft von Leipzigerin Bont geklärt|date=30 April 2014|accessdate=30 April 2014|language=de|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305022556/http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-1-2-1-20193.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In July 2015 she moved back to Denmark and joined København Håndbold.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kbhbold.dk/koebenhavn-tiltraekker-staerk-international-profil/|publisher=København Håndbold|website=kbhbold.dk|title=København tiltrækker stærk international profil|date=15 June 2015|accessdate=15 June 2015|language=da|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091640/http://kbhbold.dk/koebenhavn-tiltraekker-staerk-international-profil/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Here she won the 2018 Danish championship; the first title in the history of the club.
In 2020 she joined French team Metz Handball.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/sport/2020/03/01/metz-handball-recrute-la-championne-du-monde-debbie-bont |publisher=republicain-lorrain.fr|title=Metz Handball recrute la championne du monde Debbie Bont|date=1 March 2020|accessdate=2 March 2020|language=fr}}</ref> Here she won the 2022 and 2023 French championship and Cup double. She left the club in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://letsgometz.com/leffectif-2023-2024-de-metz-handball/ |publisher=letsgometz.com|title=L’effectif 2023/2024 de Metz Handball|date=9 July 2023|accessdate=5 August 2023|language=fr}}</ref>
===National team=== Bont debuted for the Dutch national team on March 7th 2009 against Spain.
She represented the Netherlands in six World Championships (in Brazil 2011, in Serbia 2013, winning silver in Denmark 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.handbal.nl/oranje/nationaal-team-dames/Selectie/|title=Selectie Nationaal Team Dames|language=Dutch|publisher=Nederlands Handbal Verbond|accessdate=18 January 2014|archive-date=5 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105231946/https://www.handbal.nl/oranje/nationaal-team-dames/Selectie/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM14W/PDF/NED-R.pdf|title=2014 European Championship Roster|publisher=EHF|accessdate=7 December 2014|archive-date=13 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213012114/http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM14W/PDF/NED-R.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> bronze in Germany 2017,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ihf.info/en-us/mediacentre/news/newsdetails.aspx?ID=5485 |title=The Netherlands claim second consecutive World Championship medal|publisher=International Handball Federation|accessdate=12 December 2017}}</ref> gold in Japan 2019 and in Spain 2021), one edition of the Olympic Games and in five European Championships (in Denmark & Norway 2010, in Hungary & Croatia 2014, winning silver in Sweden 2016, bronze in France 2018 and in Denmark 2020).
She retired from the Dutch national team in 2022, one year before stopping at club level.<ref>[https://www.handbal.nl/blog/2023/02/02/handbalster-debbie-bont-beeindigt-haar-interlandcarriere/ handbal.nl: ''Handbalster Debbie Bont beëindigt haar interlandcarrière''], retrieved 14. February 2023</ref> She played 216 games for the Dutch team, scoring 425 goals.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{sports links|properties=-P9822}} * {{TeamNL|debbie-bont|archive=20251119022620|old_id=5787-debbie-bont}} * {{Instagram}}
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