Gawain Vincent (born 9 March 1990, Les Lilas) is a British

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

he competed with the

Great Britain men's national handball team The Great Britain men's national handball team is the national handball team of Great Britain and is controlled by the British Handball Association which is jointly operated by the England Handball Association and the Scottish Handball Associati ...

in the men's tournament.

Club career

Vincent began his career with Torcy Handball Club before moving to play for

HBC Nantes Handball Club Nantes is a team from Nantes, France, that plays in the LNH Division 1. Crest, colours, supporters Naming history Club crest File:Logo HBCNantes 2000.GIF, Logo in the 2000s(-2011) File:NantesLOGO.png, Official logo since 20 ...

in 2010. By 2013, he was playing for Girondins HBC.

International career

Born in France to an English mother, Vincent represented Britain beginning in 2009. He was selected as part of the 2012 Olympic squad and had to pay for his own plane tickets and meals to compete for the team. He competed in all five of the team's games, scoring a total of nine goals.

References

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