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Guillaume Gille

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Guillaume Gille
Gille playing for HSV Hamburg in 2007
Personal information
Full name Guillaume Alain Gille
Born (1976-07-12) 12 July 1976 (age 48)
Valence, Drôme, France
Nationality French
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Centre back
Youth career
Years Team
1984-1996
 HBC Loriol
Senior clubs
Years Team
1996-2002
 Chambéry Savoie Handball
2002–2012
 HSV Hamburg
2012–2015
 Chambéry Savoie Handball
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996-2013
 France 308 (678)
Teams managed
2016-2020
 France assistant
2020-
 France
Medal record
Men's handball
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 France
Gold medal – first place 2009 Croatia
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Japan
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Portugal
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Tunisia
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Switzerland
Gold medal – first place 2010 Austria
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Norway
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Tunis Team

Guillaume Alain Gille (born 12 July 1976) is a retired French handballer and current coach of the French national team.[1]

He was the winner of the gold medal at the 2008[2] and 2012 Summer Olympics[3] and is the older brother of Bertrand Gille.

Career

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Gille's career as a handballer began early. Already in 1984, he was playing for HBC Loriol, followed by a sport étude. From 1996 to 2002, he played for Chambéry SH, before joining HSV Hamburg in the Bundesliga. At Hamburg he won the 2006 DHB-Pokal. In 2012 he returned to Chambéry.[4] He retired in 2015.[5] He has been playing with his brother, Bertrand Gille, since their childhood and they played together for their entire career. At Chámbery they also played with their third brother, Benjamin Gille.[4]

He has been a member of the French national team since 1996. Gille got his debut on 26 November 1996 against Serbia-Montenegro. He has played 276 matches and scored 658 goals in full. He was a play-maker on the team, that won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2009 World Championships and 2010 European Championships. He has been a part of the French team, that completed a hat-trick by winning in 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Gille was named Hamburgs Sportler des Jahres (Hamburg athlete of the year) in 2010.

Coaching career

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In September 2016 he became the assistant coach on the French national team under Didier Dinart. In this position he won the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship; his first tournament as part of the French coaching team.[6]

In 2020 he replaced Dinart has the head coach.[7] His first major international tournament was the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship in Egypt, where France finished 4th.[8]

At the 2020 Olympics (which were delayed to 2021) he won Gold medals.[9] This made him the third male handballer to win Olympic gold medals both as coach and as player, behind Vladimir Maksimov (1976 & 2000) and Branislav Pokrajac (1972 & 1984).

In the lead up to the 2024 Olympics the French Handball Federation announced that they planed to keep Gille as head coach long term until at least the 2029 World Championship.[10]

Personal life

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He has two younger brothers; Bertrand Gille, born in 1978 and Benjamin Gille, born in 1982.

Medals and victories

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Seasons for HSV Hamburg

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Season Club League Games Goals 7-Meter Besides 7-Meter
2002/03 HSV Hamburg Bundesliga 10 34 1 33
2003/04 HSV Hamburg Bundesliga 31 111 0 111
2004/05 HSV Hamburg Bundesliga 34 130 0 130
2005/06 HSV Hamburg Bundesliga 33 84 0 84
2006/07 HSV Hamburg Bundesliga 34 90 0 90
2007/08 HSV Hamburg Bundesliga 30 66 0 66
2008/09 HSV Hamburg Bundesliga 31 59 0 59
2002–2009 Total Bundesliga 203 574 1 573

References

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  1. ^ EHF profile
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Guillaume Gille". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Guillaume Gille". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Die Gilles bestätigen ihre Rückkehr nach Chambéry" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  5. ^ ""Riese des Handballs" sagt Adieu: Bertrand Gille beendet nach 19 Jahren Profikarriere" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Didier Dinart und Guillaume Gille französische Nationaltrainer". handball-world.com. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Unruhe in Frankreich: L`Equipe vermeldet Trennung von Nationaltrainer Didier Dinart". handball-world. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Reifer, schneller, wacher: Spanien verdient sich die Bronze-Medaille" (in German). Kicker. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Cumulative Statistics: France" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Deutliche Aussage zur Zukunft von Frankreichs Handball-Nationaltrainer Guillaume Gille" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
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