Loui Sand

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Field	Value
name	Loui Sand
image	Louise Sand cropped from Rio 2016. sx 77 (28750524822).jpg
caption	Sand playing with the women handball squad during the 2016 Summer Olympics
nationality	Swedish
birth_date
birth_place	Modara, Sri Lanka
height	1.64 m
position	Left wing
currentclub	Kärra HF
youthyears1	2001-2005
youthclubs1	Kärra HF
youthyears2	2005-2009
youthclubs2	Önnereds HK
youthyears3	2009-2011
youthclubs3	IK Sävehof
years1	2011–2017
clubs1	IK Sävehof
years2	2017–2018
clubs2	Brest Bretagne Handball
years3	2018
clubs3	Fleury Loiret Handball
years4	2021–
clubs4	Kärra HF
nationalyears1	2012–2018
nationalteam1	Sweden
nationalcaps1	105
nationalgoals1	221
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| name = Loui Sand | image = Louise Sand cropped from Rio 2016. sx 77 (28750524822).jpg | caption = Sand playing with the women handball squad during the 2016 Summer Olympics | nationality = Swedish | birth_date = | birth_place = Modara, Sri Lanka | height = 1.64 m | position = Left wing | currentclub = Kärra HF | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2001-2005 | youthclubs1 = Kärra HF | youthyears2 = 2005-2009 | youthclubs2 = Önnereds HK | youthyears3 = 2009-2011 | youthclubs3 = IK Sävehof | years1 = 2011–2017 | clubs1 = IK Sävehof | years2 = 2017–2018 | clubs2 = Brest Bretagne Handball | years3 = 2018 | clubs3 = Fleury Loiret Handball |years4 = 2021– |clubs4 = Kärra HF | nationalyears1 = 2012–2018 | nationalteam1 = Sweden | nationalcaps1 = 105 | nationalgoals1 = 221 | medaltemplates =

Loui Nelum Sandamali Sand (born Louise Sand; 27 December 1992 in Modara, Sri Lanka) is a Swedish handball player. In January 2019, Sand announced his retirement from handball due to gender dysphoria. In 2021, he made a comeback in handball, as he signed a contract with the Swedish Kärra HF's men's team, becoming the first trans professional handball player in Sweden.

Early life

Sand was adopted from Sri Lanka by a Swedish couple and raised in Gothenburg.

Career

He started his career at the youth team of Kärra HF in 2001. He then joined Önnereds HK for four years before joining Swedish top club IK Sävehof, where he debuted for the senior team in 2011. with the club he won 5 straigth Swedish championships from 2012 to 2016.

He debuted for the Sweden women's national handball team in October 2012, and later the same year played at his first major international tournament at the 2012 European Women's Handball Championship. At the 2014 European Women's Handball Championship he won bronze medals with the Swedish team.

In 2017 Sand joined French team Brest Bretagne HB in order to become professional. After a conflict with the coach, he left the club a year later. He then joined Fleury Loiret Handball. In January 2019 he left the club in order to transition.

In May 2021 he made a comeback for the men's team at Kärra HF, where he had begun his career.

Achievements

• Carpathian Trophy (women's handball):
  • Winner: 2015
• Handbollsligan
  • Winner: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
• European Championship
  • Bronze medals: 2014

References

References

1. "Louise Sand". eurohandball.com.
2. "2014 European Championship Roster". [[European Handball Federation.
3. (7 January 2019). "Loui Sand ends his handball career". Aftonbladet.
4. (7 January 2019). "Handball player Loui Sand concludes his career: "I was born in the wrong body"". [[Dagens Nyheter]].
5. (12 August 2021). "Sand blir historisk – klar för herrlag".
6. (8 January 2019). "Swedish handball player Louise Sand withdraws from sports for sex change surgery". HotNews.ro.
7. (9 January 2019). "In Sweden, handballeuse Loui Sand ends her career and announces she is trans". Le Monde.
8. "Landskamper 2012". Handbollslandslaget.
9. Johan Flinck. (10 December 2012). "Nya favoriten: 'Jag föddes med en boll'". Aftonbladet.
10. [https://web.archive.org/web/20151222091112/http://handball.sportresult.com/hbem14w/PDF/21122014/W46/W46.pdf Match report - third place playoff 2014]
11. "Louise Sand klar för fransk klubb". [[Sveriges Television]].
12. "Sand lämnar Brest". [[Sveriges Television]].
13. "Under valet ville jag inte åka hem".

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