Christian Penigaud (born 27 February 1964 in

Poitiers Poitiers (, , , ; Poitevin: ''Poetàe'') is a city on the River Clain in west-central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and the historical centre of Poitou. In 2017 it had a population of 88,291. Its agglomerat ...

) is a retired male

beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two or more players on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the ...

player from

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

, who competed in two consecutive

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

for his native country, starting in 1996. He became the first official European champion in men's beach volleyball, when he won the title in 1993 alongside

Jean-Philippe Jodard Jean-Philippe Jodard (born July 8, 1966 in Auxerre) is a retired male beach volleyball player from France, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. He became the first official European champion in ...

Playing partners

Thierry Glowacz Thierry is a French male given name, derived from the Germanic "Theodoric". It is the cognate of German "Dietrich" and " Dieter", English Terry, Derek and Derrick, and of various forms in other European languages. It is also a surname. People wit ...

Laurent Tillie Laurent Tillie (born 1 December 1963) is a French professional volleyball coach and former player. He was a member of the France national team from 1982 to 1995, and a participant in the Olympic Games ( Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992). He currently ...

* Jean-Christian Gras

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* * * * * 1964 births Living people French beach volleyball players Men's beach volleyball players Olympic beach volleyball players for France Beach volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Poitiers {{France-volleyball-bio-stub