Allison Marie Pineau (born 2 May 1989) is a French handballer for Metz Handball and the French national team. She won gold medal at the 2017 World Championship, 2018 European Championship and 2020 Olympic Games.
She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 2009 by the International Handball Federation.
Career In March 2012, Pineau agreed with Romanian CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea and joined the club on 1 July 2012.
Between 2013 and 2015, she played for ŽRK Vardar and RK Krim. With ŽRK Vardar, she again reached the semifinals of the Champions League in the 2013–14 season claiming the bronze medal after beating FC Midtjylland 34–31.
In the summer of 2015, she returned to Romania after the three months at Nîmes in France. In 2017 she signed a contract with French team Brest Bretagne HB.
International honours National team Olympics: Gold Medalist: 2020 Silver Medalist: 2016 World Championship: Gold Medalist: 2017 Silver Medalist: 2009, 2011, 2021 European Championship: Gold Medalist: 2018 Bronze Medalist: 2016
Club EHF Champions League: Bronze Medalist: 2014 Semifinalist: 2013
Individual awards IHF World Player of the Year: 2009 All-Star Playmaker of the World Championship: 2009, 2011 Championnat de France Best Defender: 2018
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