William Gérald Accambray (born 8 April 1988) is a French

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 plays for

Saran Loiret Handball Saran Loiret Handball is a French handball team based in Saran, that plays in the LNH Division 1. History The club was founded in 1974. In 2002, he reached the 3rd division for the first time. In 2015, after several second places, the team ...

and for the French national team. With the French national team, he won the World Championship in 2011. He is the son of hammer thrower

Jacques Accambray Jacques Accambray (born 23 May 1950) is a French former track and field athlete. A talented age group thrower, Accambray set a world junior record in men's hammer throw in 1969. During the early 1970s he studied at Kent State University in Ohio, ...

and Isabelle Accambray.

Achievements

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

: **''Winner'': 2012 *

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

: **''Winner'': 2011, 2015 * European Championship: **''Winner'': 2014 * LNH Division 1: **''Winner'': 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 * Coupe de France: **''Winner'': 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012

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External links

Profile at Montpellier Agglomération Handball official website
1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Cannes French male handball players Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for France Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics European champions for France Expatriate handball players French expatriate sportspeople in Hungary French expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in handball 21st-century French people {{France-handball-bio-stub