Samuel Honrubia

{{short description|French handball player (born 1986)}} {{expand French|date=February 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Samuel Honrubia | image = Samuel Honrubia 01.jpg | nationality = French | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|7|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Béziers, France | height = {{height|m=1.80|precision=0}} | position = Left wing | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Montagnac HB | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = HBC Clermont-Salagou | youthyears3 = | youthclubs3 = CREPS Montpellier | years1 = 2001–2012 | clubs1 = Montpellier Handball | years2 = 2012–2016 | clubs2 = PSG Handball | years3 = 2016–2019 | clubs3 = Tremblay Handball | years4 = 2019–2021 | clubs4 = Pays d'Aix Université Club | years5 = 2021– | clubs5 = Istres Provence Handball | nationalyears1 = 2009–2017 | nationalteam1 = France | nationalcaps1 = 87 | nationalgoals1 = 198 | medaltemplates = {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalGold|2012 London|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championship}} {{MedalGold|2011 Sweden|}} {{MedalGold|2015 Qatar|}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championship}} {{MedalGold|2014 Denmark|}} }} '''Samuel Honrubia''' (born 5 July 1986)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/honrubia-samuel-1107489/|title=Samuel Honrubia|publisher=London2012.com|accessdate=August 12, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810164318/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/honrubia-samuel-1107489/|archivedate=August 10, 2012}}</ref> is a former French handball player, who competed for and the French national team. He has competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where France won the gold medal and at the 2015 World Championship and 2011 World Championship where France also won gold medals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/153/pdf/FRA.pdf|title=2015 World Championship Roster|publisher=IHF|accessdate=15 January 2015}}</ref>

== Career == Honrubia started playing handball at Racing Club Montagnac. His senior debut came for Montpellier HB, where he played until 2012. In 2012 he joined PSG Handball.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-1-1-20-39573.html |title=Französischer Nationalspieler für Paris|access-date=16 June 2012|language=de|publisher=Handball-world}}</ref> Here he won the French Championship in 2013, 2015 and 2016, as wella s the 2014 and 2015 French Cup.

In 2016 he joined Tremblay-en-France Handball.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://handnews.fr/2016/lnh-tremblay-bingo-sen-va-honrubia-et-pitre-arrivent/ |publisher=handnews.fr|title=Bingo s’en va, Honrubia et Pitre arrivent|access-date=3 September 2016|language=fr}}</ref> He retired in 2019, but reconsidered and joined Pays d'Aix Université Club.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-4-120650.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Comeback von Olympiasieger: Füchse-Gegner Aix en Provence verstärkt Kader|access-date=11 December 2019|language=de}}</ref> In 2021 he joined Istres Provence Handball.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.handzone.net/Home/Actu/66026/A-Istres-Samuel-Honrubia-veut-faire-durer-le-plaisir/ |publisher=handzone.net|title=A Istres, Samuel Honrubia veut faire durer le plaisir|access-date=14 August 2021|language=fr}}</ref>

== National team == Honrubia played at the 2010 European Men's Handball Championship,<ref>[http://cms.eurohandball.com/PortalData/1/Resources/1_ehf_main/3_download_pdf/EHF_EURO_2010_Official_Squads.pdf, cms.eurohandball.com, abgerufen am 7. Januar 2010 (PDF; 347 kB)]{{dead link|url=http://cms.eurohandball.com/PortalData/1/Resources/1_ehf_main/3_download_pdf/EHF_EURO_2010_Official_Squads.pdf, |date=May 2019|archivebot=2019-05-11 23:09:38 InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> and at the 2014 European Men's Handball Championship, where he became European Championship.

==References== {{Reflist}} {{Navboxes |title = France squads |bg = #0055A4 |fg = #FFFFFF |bordercolor = |list1 = {{France squad 2012 European Men's Handball Championship}} {{France handball squad 2012 Summer Olympics}} {{France squad 2014 European Men's Handball Championship}} {{France squad 2015 World Men's Handball Championship}} {{France squad 2016 European Men's Handball Championship}} }}

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