Emma Jacques
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| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||
| Born | 29 November 2001 Metz, France | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||
| Sport | Handball | ||||||||||||
| Position | Right back | ||||||||||||
| Current club | Esztergomi KC | ||||||||||||
| Number | 24 | ||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||
| –2016 | La Tamponnaise | ||||||||||||
| 2016–2025 | Metz Handball | ||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | |||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||
| 2016–2025 | Metz Handball | ||||||||||||
| 2025– | Esztergomi KC | ||||||||||||
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Medal record | |||||||||||||
| Updated on 17 December 2025 | |||||||||||||
Emma Jacques (born 29 November 2001) is French handball player for the Hungarian club Esztergomi KC.
Private
Her mother, Mélinda Jacques-Szabo, is a former handballer for both the Hungarian and French national team. They both play the same position, right back. Her father Pascal Jacques played for the French men's team.
Career
Jacques started playing handball age 5 at the club La Tamponnaise.
From 2016 she played for the top league team Metz Handball, with whom she won the French U18 Championship. The following year she played for the second team, but in the 2016-17 season she made her debut for the first team in a match against Entente Sportive Bisontine Féminin.
With Metz Handball she won the Championship and Cup double 4 years in a row from 2022 to 2025.
For the 2025-26 season she joined the Hungarian team Esztergomi KC.
National team
Jacques made her debut for the French national team on 6 October 2021 against Czechia.
At the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship she won a bronze medal with the French team.
References
- 1 2 3 "Emma Jacques «Avec mes parents, j'ai grandi dans le handball !»" (in French). handball-moselle.com. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- 1 2 "Qualifications pour l'Euro 2022 de handball féminin : une nouvelle génération de joueuses "fières d'être là"". franceinfo.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ↑ "Emma, la vie en bleu". lequotidien.re (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ↑ "Emma Jacques" (in French). handzone.net. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ↑ "Szöllősi-Zácsik Szandra: Nem volt egy bonyolult beszélgetés, gyorsan igent mondtam" (in Hungarian). nemzetisport.hu. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ↑ "2025 World Championship Team roster: France" (PDF). ihf.info. 27 November 2025. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
- ↑ "EDFF – IHF Mondial 2025 – Bronzées à l'arrachée !" (in French). ffhandball.fr. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
External links
- Emma Jacques at the European Handball Federation
- Emma Jacques at the Ligue Féminine de Handball (in French)
- Emma Jacques at InterSportStats
- DhDB profile
