Loui Sand
Sand playing with the women handball squad during the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born (1992-12-27) 27 December 1992 (age 31)
Modara, Sri Lanka
Nationality Swedish
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position Left wing
Club information
Current club Kärra HF
Senior clubs
Years Team
2011–2017
 IK Sävehof
2017–2018
 Brest Bretagne Handball
2018
 Fleury Loiret Handball
2021–
 Kärra HF
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2018
 Sweden 105 (221)
Medal record
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Croatia/Hungary

Loui Nelum Sandamali Sand (born Louise Sand; 27 December 1992 in Modara, Sri Lanka) is a Swedish handball player.[1][2] In January 2019, Sand announced his retirement from handball due to gender dysphoria.[3][4]

Sand was adopted from Sri Lanka by a Swedish couple and raised in Gothenburg.[5][6]

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.[7]

Achievements

References

  1. ^ "Louise Sand". eurohandball.com. Archived from the original on December 19, 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  2. ^ "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. ^ Sörensen, Daniel (7 January 2019). "Loui Sand ends his handball career". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Handball player Loui Sand concludes his career: "I was born in the wrong body"". DN.SE (in Swedish). 7 January 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Swedish handball player Louise Sand withdraws from sports for sex change surgery". HotNews.ro (in Romanian). 8 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  6. ^ Hivert, Anne-Françoise (9 January 2019). "In Sweden, handballeuse Loui Sand ends her career and announces she is trans". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Sand blir historisk – klar för herrlag". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 12 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

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