Valentin Porte

Porte's resume reads like a checklist of everything a handball player could want: European champion in 2014, world champion twice, Olympic gold in 2020, and a Champions League title with Montpellier. What fascinates me is that he won most of it as a right wing while standing 190 cm tall, an unusually large frame for a position that usually rewards quickness. The dual French state honors tell me he became a national figurehead, not merely a winner. I respect athletes who sustain excellence across a decade rather than flashing brilliance once, and Porte clearly belongs in that quieter, more durable category of greatness.

Name (English)

Valentin Porte

Name (Japanese)

ヴァロンタン・ポルト

Reading

ゔぁろんたん・ぽると

Born

September 7, 1990 (age 35)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Horse

Origin

Versailles, Yvelines, France

Height

190 cm

Occupation

handball player

Awards & achievements

• 2016 Knight of the National Order of Merit
• 2021 Knight of the Legion of Honour

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/valhand28/
• Xhttps://x.com/ValHand28
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9D%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88

Tags

• Yvelines
• handball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.