Olivier Girault (born February 22, 1973 in

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) is a now retired French

team 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, who is currently the coach of the Paris Handball team. He retired as a field player in 2008 after the victory of the

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(of which he was the captain) at the Beijing Olympics. He won all three major championships with the national team: world championship in

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, European championship in

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and olympic champion in 2008, as mentioned above. He also regularly works as a commentator and consultant on sports events for

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. He was the president of National Handball League from 2018 till 2020.

Clubs

* Vaires-sur-Marne * Livry-Gargan handball * Massy Essonne HB *

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* Paris Handball

Honors

; 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

Olivier Girault on the French Handball Federation website
1973 births Living people French male handball players Guadeloupean male handball players Olympic handball players of 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 sportspeople in Spain {{France-handball-bio-stub