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Loui Sand

Loui Sand

Swedish handball player

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]

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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. [1]
    "Louise Sand". eurohandball.com. Archived from the original on December 19, 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  2. [2]
    "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. [3]
    Sörensen, Daniel (7 January 2019). "Loui Sand ends his handball career". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  4. [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. [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. [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. [7]
    "Sand blir historisk – klar för herrlag". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 12 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
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