Stéphanie Cano (born 17 April 1974) is a French handball player who has played for the French national team, and is a world champion from 2003.
She was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023.
Club career Cano played for Léognan Handball's youth team from 1989 to 1991. She then joined Mérignac Handball, where she played for over 10 years.
She then joined Spanish team Mar El Osito L'Eliana in 2002. In her only season at the club, she reached the final of the 2002-03 EHF Women's Champions League, where they lost to Slovenian Krim Ljubljana.
She then joined Slagelse FH in Denmark. With the club she won the 2003-04 EHF Women's Champions League.
After a year in Denmark, she returned to Spain and joined BM Elda Prestigio. In 2005 she returned to France, where she joined CA Bèglais. Here she played until 2010, where she retired.
National team Cano made her debut for the French national team on 7 September 1993 against Sweden.
At the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship she won a gold medal, which was the first ever for France. She also won a silver medal at the 1999 World Women's Handball Championship, losing to Norway in the final. She also won a bronze medal at both the 2002 and 2006 European Women's Handball Championship. In 2002 she was included in the tournament all-star team.EHF 2002 all-star team
She also participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China, where the French team placed fifth.
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