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Guillaume Joli

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Guillaume Joli
Personal information
Born (1985-03-27) March 27, 1985 (age 39)
Lyon, France
Nationality French
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Right wing
Youth career
Years Team
1994-2000
Tassin-la-Demi-Lune
2000-2002
HBC Villefranche-sur-Saône
Senior clubs
Years Team
2002-2004
Villeurbanne Handball Association
2004-2010
Chambéry Savoie HB
2010-2012
BM Valladolid
2012-2014
Dunkerque Handball Grand Littoral
2014-2016
HSG Wetzlar
2016-2019
Dunkerque Handball Grand Littoral
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2015
France 118[1] (346)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2009 Croatia Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Qatar Team
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2010 Austria Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Denmark Team

Guillaume Joli (born 27 March 1985) is a former French handballer. He was at the France men's national handball team which won gold medals at the 2009, 2011 and 2015 World Men's Handball Championships and the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2]

Career

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Joli joined Chambéry Savoie HB in 2004. Here he played in the 2007-08 EHF Cup and the 2006-07, 2008-09 and 2009-10 EHF Champions League.[3] In september 2012 he joined Dunkerque Handball Grand Littoral.[4] Here he won the 2013 french League cup and 2014 French championship.

In 2014 he joined German Bundesliga team HSG Wetzlar.[5] In 2016 he returned to Dunkerque.[6] He retired after the 2018-19 season.[7]

National team

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Joli debuted for the French national team on 16 June 2006 against Spain. In 2010 he won his first international title at the 2009 World Championship in Croatia. This was followed by gold medals at the 2010 European Championship in Austria,[8] the 2012 Olympics and 2014 European Championship in Denmark. In 2015 he won his second World Championship title.

For much of his national team career he was the second choice on the right wing next to Luc Abalo.

References

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  1. ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Guillaume Joli Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
  3. ^ www.eurohandball.com, retrieved 10. January 2010
  4. ^ Dünkirchen holt Joli
  5. ^ "Wetzlar verpflichtet Europameister" (in German). handball-world.com. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  6. ^ "L'ailier international français Guillaume Joli retrouve Dunkerque" (in French). lequipe.fr. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Lidl Starligue : Guillaume Joli arrête aussi" (in French). lequipe.fr. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  8. ^ "EHF EURO 2010 Official Squads" (PDF). cms.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 January 2010.