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Isabelle Cendier Ajaguin

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Sonia Cendier Ajaguin
Personal information
Full name Isabelle Cendier Ajaguin
Born (1977-05-22) 22 May 1977 (age 48)
Le Port, Réunion
Nationality French
Height 172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Back
Club information
Current club Retired
Youth career
Years Team
1990-1996
 AS Saint-Gilles les Hauts
Senior clubs
Years Team
1996-2000
 Toulouse Féminin Handball
2000-2007
 Metz Handball
2007-2009
 Yutz
2009-2010
 Toulouse Féminin Handball
2010-2011
 Bruguières OC 31
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999-2004
 France 98 (188)
Medal record
Representing  France
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2003 Croatia Team
Silver medal – second place 1999 Denmark/Norway Team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2001 Tunis Team

Isabelle "Sonia" Cendier Ajaguin (born 22 May 1977)[1] is a French team handball player. In 2003 she won the World Championship with France. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where the French team placed sixth. She also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where France placed fourth.[2]

Career

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Cendier started playing handball at the age of 13 at Saint-Gilles on Réunion.[3] In 1996 she joined Toulouse Féminin HB. After three seasons she was promoted to the top division LFH Division 1 Féminine with the team. In 2000 she joined Metz Handball, one o fthe dominating teams in France. Here she won the French Championship 5 times and the League Cup three times. In 2007 she joined Yutz in the second tier.[4] In 2009 she rejoined Toulouse Feminin HB. In 2011 she retired.[5]

She debuted for the French national team in 1999 in a match against Ukraine.[3]

Her first name is legally Isabelle, but she goes by Sonia.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Isabelle Cendier Ajaguin". Handzone.net (in French).
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sonia Cendier Ajaguin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  3. ^ a b c "Isabelle Cendier : « C'est fort ce qu'on a fait »". ladepeche.fr (in French). La Dépêche du Midi. 16 December 1999. Retrieved 29 September 2019..
  4. ^ "Handzone - LBE Yutz :Aujourd'hui c'est demain : Casting serré ! samedi" (in French). handzone.net. 17 November 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  5. ^ "INTERVIEW DE SONIA CENDIER: »QUAND J'ARRÊTERAI,JE LE DIRAI ! »" (in French). Média Pitchounes. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
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