{{short description|Swedish handball player (born 1992)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Loui Sand | image = Louise Sand cropped from Rio 2016. sx 77 (28750524822).jpg | caption = Sand playing with the women handball squad during the 2016 Summer Olympics | nationality = Swedish | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|12|27|df=y}} | birth_place = Modara, Sri Lanka | height = 1.64 m | position = Left wing | currentclub = Kärra HF | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2001-2005 | youthclubs1 = Kärra HF | youthyears2 = 2005-2009 | youthclubs2 = Önnereds HK | youthyears3 = 2009-2011 | youthclubs3 = IK Sävehof | years1 = 2011–2017 | clubs1 = IK Sävehof | years2 = 2017–2018 | clubs2 = Brest Bretagne Handball | years3 = 2018 | clubs3 = Fleury Loiret Handball |years4 = 2021– |clubs4 = Kärra HF | nationalyears1 = 2012–2018 | nationalteam1 = Sweden | nationalcaps1 = 105 | nationalgoals1 = 221 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|European Championship}} {{MedalBronze|2014 Croatia/Hungary|}} }}
'''Loui Nelum Sandamali Sand''' (born '''Louise Sand'''; 27 December 1992 in Modara, Sri Lanka) is a Swedish handball player.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/player/545870|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141219192449/http://www.eurohandball.com/player/545870|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 19, 2014|title=Louise Sand|publisher=eurohandball.com|accessdate=4 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM14W/PDF/SWE-R.pdf|title=2014 European Championship Roster|publisher=EHF|accessdate=7 December 2014|archive-date=5 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005094141/http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM14W/PDF/SWE-R.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In January 2019, Sand announced his retirement from handball due to gender dysphoria.<ref name=transition>{{cite news |last1=Sörensen |first1=Daniel |title=Loui Sand ends his handball career |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/4daBRg/loui-sand-avslutar-handbollskarriaren |accessdate=12 January 2019 |work=Aftonbladet |date=7 January 2019 |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Handball player Loui Sand concludes his career: "I was born in the wrong body" |url=https://www.dn.se/sport/handbollsspelaren-loui-sand-avslutar-karriaren-star-i-ko-for-konsdysfori-/ |access-date=12 January 2019 |work=Dagens Nyheter |date=7 January 2019 |language=sv}}</ref> In 2021, he made a comeback in handball, as he signed a contract with the Swedish Kärra HF's men's team, becoming the first trans professional handball player in Sweden.<ref name=comeback>{{Cite web|title=Sand blir historisk – klar för herrlag|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/pWM93X/sand-blir-historisk--klar-for-herrlag|access-date=13 August 2021|website=Aftonbladet|date=12 August 2021 |language=sv}}</ref>
==Early life== Sand was adopted from Sri Lanka by a Swedish couple and raised in Gothenburg.<ref>{{cite news |title=Swedish handball player Louise Sand withdraws from sports for sex change surgery |url=https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-esential-22899950-handbalista-suedeza-louise-sand-retrage-din-activitatea-sportiva-pentru-face-operatie-schimbare-sex.htm |accessdate=15 January 2019 |work=HotNews.ro |date=8 January 2019 |language=ro}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hivert |first1=Anne-Françoise |title=In Sweden, handballeuse Loui Sand ends her career and announces she is trans |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2019/01/09/en-suede-l-ex-handballeuse-loui-sand-met-fin-a-sa-carriere-et-annonce-etre-trans_5406712_3210.html |accessdate=15 January 2019 |work=Le Monde |date=9 January 2019 |language=fr}}</ref>
==Career== He started his career at the youth team of Kärra HF in 2001. He then joined Önnereds HK for four years before joining Swedish top club IK Sävehof, where he debuted for the senior team in 2011. with the club he won 5 straigth Swedish championships from 2012 to 2016.
In 2017 Sand joined French team Brest Bretagne HB in order to become professional.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.svt.se/sport/handboll/louise-sand-klar-for-fransk-klubb |title=Louise Sand klar för fransk klubb |access-date=7 January 2019|publisher=Sveriges Television|language=sv}}</ref> After a conflict with the coach, he left the club a year later.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.svt.se/sport/handboll/sand-lamnar-brest |title=Sand lämnar Brest |publisher=Sveriges Television|access-date=7 January 2019|language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vt.se/sport/sand-under-valet-ville-jag-inte-aka-hem-om5577391.aspx |title=Under valet ville jag inte åka hem |access-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108100801/https://www.vt.se/sport/sand-under-valet-ville-jag-inte-aka-hem-om5577391.aspx |archive-date=8 January 2019|language=sv }}</ref> He then joined Fleury Loiret Handball. In January 2019 he left the club in order to transition.<ref name=transition />
In May 2021 he made a comeback for the men's team at Kärra HF, where he had begun his career.<ref name=comeback /> He made his debut for the team on 25 September 2021.
== National team == He debuted for the Sweden women's national handball team in October 2012,<ref> {{cite web|publisher=svenskhandboll.se|title=#9 Louise Sand |url=http://www.svenskhandboll.se/Landslag/DamerA/Spelarbiografier/9LouiseSand/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421232631/http://www.svenskhandboll.se/Landslag/DamerA/Spelarbiografier/9LouiseSand/|archive-date=2013-04-21|language=sv|access-date=28 March 2026}}</ref> and later the same year played at his first major international tournament at the 2012 European Women's Handball Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.handbollslandslaget.se/dam/landskamper2012/ |title=Landskamper 2012|publisher=Handbollslandslaget|access-date=20 February 2019|language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Johan Flinck |title=Nya favoriten: 'Jag föddes med en boll' |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/4dRmyq/nya-favoriten-jag-foddes-med-en-boll |publisher=Aftonbladet |date=10 December 2012 |access-date=7 January 2019|language=sv}}</ref> At the 2014 European Women's Handball Championship he won bronze medals with the Swedish team.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151222091112/http://handball.sportresult.com/hbem14w/PDF/21122014/W46/W46.pdf Match report - third place playoff 2014]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://huncro2014.ehf-euro.com/news/single-news/news/gullden-leads-sweden-to-their-first-womens-ehf-euro-bronze-medal|title=Gullden leads Sweden to first EHF EURO bronze|date=21 December 2014|work=huncro2014.ehf-euro.com|access-date=21 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222120329/http://huncro2014.ehf-euro.com/news/single-news/news/gullden-leads-sweden-to-their-first-womens-ehf-euro-bronze-medal/|archive-date=22 December 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://huncro2014.ehf-euro.com/news/single-news/news/swedens-women-are-ready-to-rumble|title=Sweden's women are ready to rumble|date=12 November 2014|work=huncro2014.ehf-euro.com|access-date=16 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129204525/http://huncro2014.ehf-euro.com/news/single-news/news/swedens-women-are-ready-to-rumble/|archive-date=29 November 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He represented Sweden at 7 major international tournaments.
==Achievements== *'''Carpathian Trophy (women's handball)''': **''Winner'': 2015 *'''Handbollsligan''' **''Winner'': 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 *'''European Championship''' **''Bronze medals'': 2014
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Sports-reference}}
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