Olivier Girault
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Olivier Damien Girault | ||
| Born |
22 February 1973 (age 51) Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, French West Indies | ||
| Nationality | French | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Paris Handball | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997-2008 | France | 231 | (527) |
Olivier Damien Girault (born 22 February 1973) is a now retired French team handball player, who is currently the coach of the Paris Handball team. He retired as a field player in 2008 after the victory of the France men's national handball team (of which he was the captain) at the Beijing Olympics.[1]
He won all three major championships with the national team: world championship in 2001, European championship in 2006 and olympic champion in 2008, as mentioned above.
He also regularly works as a commentator and consultant on sports events for France Télévisions.
He was the president of National Handball League from 2018 till 2020.
Clubs
[edit]- Vaires-sur-Marne
- Livry-Gargan handball
- Massy Essonne HB
- CD Bidasoa
- Paris Handball
Honors
[edit]- Club
- 2007 : Winner of French Cup
- 2008 : 2nd of the French Cup
- National team
- World Cup : 2001
- European Men's Handball Championship : 2006
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olivier Girault". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
External links
[edit]- Olivier Girault on the French Handball Federation website (in French)
- Olivier Girault at the European Handball Federation
- Olivier Girault at Olympedia (archive)
- Olivier Girault at Olympics.com
- Olivier Girault at Équipe de France (in French)
- Olivier Girault at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- French male handball players
- Guadeloupean male handball players
- Olympic handball players for France
- Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for France
- French people of Guadeloupean descent
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- European champions for France
- French expatriate handball players in Spain
- Paris Saint-Germain Handball players
- Black French sportspeople
- French handball coaches
- French sports executives and administrators
- Handball administrators
- CD Bidasoa Irun players
- 20th-century French sportsmen
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France
- Mediterranean Games medalists in handball
- Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
- Guadeloupean people stubs
- French handball biography stubs