Guillaume Alain Gille (born 12 July 1976) is a retired 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 ...

er and current coach of the French national team. He was the winner of the gold medal at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics and is the older brother of Bertrand Gille.

Career

Gille's career as a handballer began early. Already in 1984, he was playing for HBC Loriol, followed by a sport étude. From 1996 to 2002, he played for Chambéry SH, before joining

HSV Hamburg Handball Sport Verein Hamburg is a handball club from Germany, located in Hamburg. Currently, Handball Hamburg competes in the Handball-Bundesliga. The full name in German is ''Handball Sport Verein Hamburg e.V.'' but the club has traditionally ...

in the

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. He has been playing with his brother, Bertrand Gille, since their childhood. He has been a member of the French national team since 1996. Gille got his debut on 26 November 1996 against Serbia-Montenegro. He has played 276 matches and scored 658 goals in full. He was a play-maker on the team, that won the gold medal at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...

, 2009 World Championships and 2010 European Championships. He has been a part of the French team, that completed a hat-trick by winning in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Gille was named ''Hamburgs Sportler des Jahres'' (Hamburg athlete of the year) in 2010.

Personal life

He has two younger brothers; Bertrand Gille, born in 1978 and

Benjamin Gille Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's th ...

, born in 1982.

Medals and victories

*French Handball champions 2001 *Vicechampion in Germany 2004 and 2008 *Supercup winner in Germany 2004, 2006 and 2009 *German Cup-winner 2006, 2010 *French Cup-winner 2002 *Winner of

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2007 *Bronze medal from European Championships 2008 *Gold medal from Summer Olympics 2008 *World Champion 2009 *European Champion 2010 *Hamburgs Sportler des Jahres 2009 *Gold medal from Summer Olympics 2012

Seasons for HSV Hamburg

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gille, Guillaume 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Valence, Drôme French male handball players French expatriate sportspeople in Germany Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics 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 Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite European champions for France Expatriate handball players Handball-Bundesliga players Handball coaches of international teams 21st-century French people