Olivier Girault
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February 22, 1973 Pointe-à-Pitre , Guadeloupe, French West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1,83m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Paris Handball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1997-2008 | France | 231 | (527) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olivier Girault (born February 22, 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.
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
External links
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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
- Guadeloupean people stubs
- French handball biography stubs