{{short description|French handball player (born 1996)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Yanis Lenne | image = Condes de Albarei Teucro – FC Barcelona Lassa (Yanis Lenne ) 03.jpg | caption = Yanis Lenne in 2017 | nationality = French | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|6|29|df=y}} | birth_place = Colmar, France | height = 1.87 m | position = Right Wing | currentclub = Montpellier Handball | clubnumber = 32 | years1 = 2015–2017 | clubs1 = Sélestat AHB | years2 = 2017–2019 | clubs2 = FC Barcelona Lassa | years3 = 2018–2019 | clubs3 = → Pays d'Aix UCH (loan) | years4 = 2019–2025 | clubs4 = Montpellier Handball | years5 = 2025– | clubs5 = ONE Veszprém | nationalyears1 = 2016– | nationalteam1 = France | nationalcaps1 = 64 | nationalgoals1 = 126 | ntupdate = 14 January 2026 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|World Championship}} {{MedalSilver|2023 Poland/Sweden|}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championship}} {{MedalGold|2024 Germany|}} }} '''Yanis Lenne''' (born 29 June 1996) is a French handball player for Montpellier Handball and the French national handball team.<ref>{{Cite web|title=LENNE, YANIS|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/SHcCjAUwyGwYlb8ZlI2evQ/yanis-lenne/|access-date=14 October 2021|website=EHF}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=YANIS LENNE|url=https://www.ffhandball.fr/fr/equipes-de-france/handball/a/equipe-de-france-masculine/joueurs/yanis-lenne|access-date=14 October 2021|website=ffhandball.fr}}</ref>
He is the older brother of fellow Montpellier player Arthur Lenne.
==Career== Yanis Lenne started playing handball at Sélestat AHB. In the 2014-15 season he made his senior debut for the club in the Ligue Nationale de Handball, but was relegated in his first season. A year later he was however promoted.
He then joined FC Barcelona for a transfer fee of 50,000 euroes on a four year deal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://handnews.fr/2017/ldc-m-yanis-lenne-nouveau-blaugrana/ |title=Yanis Lenne nouveau blaugrana |publisher=handnews.fr |language=fr |access-date=2022-08-23}}</ref> Here he won the 2017-18 Liga ASOBAL, Copa ASOBAL, Copa del Rey, Supercopa ASOBAL and the IHF Super Globe.
In the 2018-19 season he returned to France and joined Pays d'Aix UCH on loan.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-3-107899.html |title=FC Barcelona verleiht Linkshänder an PAUC Aix en Provence |publisher=handball-world.news |access-date=2022-08-23 |language=de |archive-date=23 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823160053/https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-3-107899.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2019 he joined Montpellier Handball on a four year deal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.marca.com/balonmano/2019/05/10/5cd5b017e5fdeaf60d8b463e.html |title=El francés Lenne se desvincula del Barça y ficha por el Montpellier |publisher=Marca |language=es |access-date=2022-08-23}}</ref> Later he extended his contract until 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Handball/Actualites/Montpellier-prolonge-yanis-lenne-diego-simonet-et-kevin-bonnefoi-jusqu-en-2024/1256144 |title=Montpellier prolonge Yanis Lenne, Diego Simonet et Kevin Bonnefoi jusqu'en 2024 |publisher=L'equipe |language=fr |access-date=2022-08-23}}</ref> With Montpellier he reached the final of the Coupe de France in 2021, but lost to Paris Saint-Germain 26:30.
For the 2025-26 season he will join Hungarian KC Veszprém.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://handballveszprem.hu/hu/article/yanis-lenne-a-francia-valogatott-jobbszelsoje-nyartol-veszpremben-folytatja_7744 |title=Yanis Lenne a Francia válogatott jobbszélsője nyártól Veszprémben folytatja |publisher=KC Veszprém |date=2025-01-13 |language=hu |access-date=2025-01-13}}</ref>
===National team=== With the French youth national teams Lenne won gold at the 2014 U18 European Championship, 2015 U19 World Championship, bronze at the 2016 U20 European Championship and the 2017 U21 World Championship.
He made his debut for the French senior national team on 3 November 2016 in a 37-20 win over Lithuania.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://handnews.fr/2016/edf-m-yanis-lenne-premiere-reussie/ |title=Yanis Lenne, première réussie |publisher=handnews.fr |language=fr |access-date=2022-08-23}}</ref>
He participated in the 2021 World Championship, where France finished 4th.
At the 2002 European Championship he once again finished fourth, scoring 19 goals in 9 games in the process.
At the 2023 World Championship he won silver medlas with the French team.
A year later he won the 2024 European Championship. He played 7 games, scoring 14 goals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://res.ehf.eu/doxtore/TLCEQLGQDD/aWJqnOpQtsdci2TqI54ItQBahSJS-wffQ8ZHaKchcvU |title=EHF Euro 2024: Cumulative Statistics France |publisher=European Handball Federation|website=eurohandball.com |format=PDF |language=en |access-date=2024-01-29}}</ref>
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